- Mike Huckabee
Michael Dale "Mike" Huckabee (born August 24, 1955) is the former governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas, having served from 1996 to 2007, who is a candidate in the United States presidential election, 2008. He was only the third Republican governor of the state since Reconstruction. He officially announced his candidacy for the United States presidential election, 2008 on January 28, 2007.
- Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. He was the third-youngest president, older only than Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy. He became president at the end of the Cold War, and as he was born in the period after World War II, is known as the first Baby Boomer president.
- Jim Guy Tucker
James "Jim" Guy Tucker, Jr. (born June 12 1943) is a former governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas. Tucker resigned the governorship on July 16, 1996, after his conviction for fraud during the Whitewater scandal although the conviction was not directly related to that investigation of Bill and Hillary Clinton's real estate and related business dealings.
- Mike Beebe
Michael Dale Beebe (born December 28 1946) is the current Governor of Arkansas and a member of the Democratic Party.
- Orval Faubus
Orval Eugene Faubus (7 January 1910 - 14 December 1994) was a six-term Democratic Governor of Arkansas, having served from 1955-1967. He is best known for his 1957 stand against the integration of Little Rock public schools in defiance of the United States Supreme Court.
- Winthrop Rockefeller
Winthrop A. Rockefeller (May 1, 1912 - February 22, 1973), was a politician and philanthropist who served as the first Republican Governor of Arkansas since Reconstruction. He was a third-generation member of the renowned Rockefeller family.
- Dale Bumpers
Dale Leon Bumpers (born 12 August 1925) is an American politician who served as Governor of Arkansas from 1971 to 1975; and then in United States Senate from 1975 until his retirement in January 1999. He is member of the Democratic Party.
- Susan Webber Wright
Susan Webber Wright (b. 1948) is a United States District Court judge presently serving as the chief judge of the Eastern District of Arkansas. She received national attention when she dismissed Paula Jones's sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton in 1998. Wright was a student of Clinton's in a class on admiralty law while at the University of Arkansas law school; she later challenged him on her grade.
- Bruce Lindsey
Bruce R. Lindsey currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the William J. Clinton Foundation and splits his time between the Foundation's New York and Little Rock offices. He has been a long-time advisor to former President Bill Clinton. During the eight years of the Clinton Administration, he served as an Assistant to the President, Deputy White House Counsel, and Senior Advisor. During 1993, Mr.
- David Pryor
David Hampton Pryor (born August 29, 1934) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Pryor also served as Governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1979 and was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1960 to 1966. Pryor was born in Camden, the seat of Ouachita County in southern Arkansas, to William Edgar Pryor and the former Susan Newton.
- Jay Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller IV (born June 18, 1937), generally known as Jay Rockefeller, has served as a Democratic U.S. Senator from West Virginia since 1985. He was Governor of West Virginia from 1977 to 1985. As a great-grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, he is the only current politician of the prominent six-generation Rockefeller family and the only Democrat in what has been traditionally a staunchly, albeit generally progressive, …
- Jefferson Davis
Jefferson "Jeff" Davis (6 May 1862 - 3 January 1913) was a Democratic United States Senator from Arkansas and also served as governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas.
- Sid McMath
Sidney Sanders McMath (June 14, 1912 - October 4, 2003) was a decorated U.S. Marine, renowned attorney and progressive Democratic reform Governor of Arkansas (1949-1953) who, in defiance of his state's political establishment, championed rapid rural electrification, massive highway and school construction, the building of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, strict bank and utility regulation, repeal of the poll tax, …
- Archibald Yell
Archibald Yell (August 9, 1797 -February 23, 1847) was a member of the United States House of Representatives, Governor of the State of Arkansas, and a Brigadier General in the United States Army serving in the Mexican-American War.
- Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams was a Democratic Governor of the State of Arkansas. Samuel Adams was born in Halifax County, Virginia. Adams was self-taught and moved to Arkansas in 1835. Adams became a planter and became active in Arkansas politics. In 1840 Adams was elected to the Arkansas Senate. He was reelected and served as president of the Senate during his second term.
- Frank D. White
Frank Durward White was only the second Republican governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas since Reconstruction. He served a single two-year term from 1981 to 1983. He is one of two Republicans in Arkansas to have defeated future U.S. President Bill Clinton in an election. The other is former U.S. Representative John Paul Hammerschmidt of Harrison.
- Powell Clayton
Powell Clayton (7 August 1833 - 23 August 1914) was the first carpetbag Governor of the State of Arkansas and Ambassador to Mexico during the administrations of William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Clayton was born in Bethel, Pennsylvania to John and Ann Glover Clayton. His father was an orchard keeper and carpenter and parents had ten children in all, although six died in infancy. He attended a private military academy in Bristol, …
- Elisha Baxter
Elisha Baxter (1 September, 1827 - 31 May, 1899) was a Republican Governor of the State of Arkansas. Elisha Baxter was born in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Baxter received an appointment to the United States Military Academy but his father would not allow him to attend. In 1852 Baxter moved to Arkansas and opened a business that soon failed. He was elected to the Arkansas Senate in 1854. He studied law and, in 1856, was admitted to the Arkansas bar.
- Isaac Murphy
Isaac Murphy (16 October 1799 - 8 September 1882) was the first Reconstruction Governor of Arkansas. He was the first reconstruction governor to come to power under President Abraham Lincoln's conciliatory policy. Unlike some other reconstruction administrations the Murphy administration was characterized by fiscal restraint and conciliatory attitude towards the soon to be defeated Confederates.
- John Pope
John Pope (1770 - July 12, 1845) was a United States Senator from Kentucky, a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky, Secretary of State of Kentucky, and Governor of Arkansas Territory. John Pope was born in Prince William County, Virginia in 1770. He lost his arm during his youth and was known as "One-arm Pope". He studied law and moved to Springfield, Kentucky where he was admitted to the bar.
- James Miller
James Miller (25 April 1776 - 7 July 1851) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire, the first Governor of Arkansas Territory, and a Brigadier General in the United States Army during the War of 1812.
- Joe Purcell
Joe Edward Purcell (29 July 1923 - March 1987) was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas for six days in 1979. He was the state's attorney general from 1967-1971 and its lieutenant governor from 1975-1981. Purcell was born in Warren, the seat of Bradley County, in southern Arkansas. He graduated from Little Rock Junior College and served in the United States Army during World War II.
- Robert Crittenden
Robert Crittenden (1 January 1797 - 18 December 1834) was Governor of Arkansas Territory and co-founder of Rose Law Firm. Robert Crittenden was born near Versailles, Kentucky. Crittenden served as Secretary of Arkansas Territory from 1819 to 1829. He served as Governor of Arkansas while James Miller was delayed for an extended period en route to Arkansas. Crittenden called the first legislature into session and took responsibility for organizing the new territory.
- James Sevier Conway
James Sevier Conway (9 December 1798 - 3 March 1855) was a Democratic Governor of the State of Arkansas, the first elected governor since it became a state. James Sevier Conway was born in Greene County, Tennessee. Conway was educated by private tutors and attended public schools. In 1820 he moved to Arkansas where he worked as a surveyor. He formed a surveying business with two of his brothers.
- Hattie Caraway
Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway was the first woman elected to serve as a United States Senator. Hattie Wyatt was born near Bakerville, Tennessee, in Humphreys County. She married Thaddeus H. Caraway and moved with him to Jonesboro, Arkansas where she cared for their children and home and her husband practiced law and started a political career.
- George Izard
George Izard (21 October 1776 - 22 November 1828) was a General in the United States Army during the War of 1812 and a Governor of the Arkansas Territory. George Izard was born in London. He was the son of Ralph Izard who was a delegate to the Continental Congress and United States Senator from South Carolina. He graduated from the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania) in 1792.
- Augustus Hill Garland
Augustus Hill Garland (June 11, 1832 - January 26, 1899) was an Attorney General of the United States, Democratic United States Senator, Confederate States Senator, Confederate States Representative, and Governor of the State of Arkansas. Augustus Hill Garland was born in Covington, Tennessee. His family moved to Hempstead County, Arkansas, in 1833. Garland attended St. Mary's College in Lebanon, Kentucky and graduated from St. Joseph's College in Bardstown, Kentucky, …
- Joseph Taylor Robinson
Joseph Taylor Robinson (August 26, 1872 - July 14, 1937) was a Democratic United States Senator, Senate Majority Leader, member of the United States House of Representatives, Governor of Arkansas, and U.S. Vice Presidential candidate. Born in Lonoke, Arkansas, Robinson attended the University of Arkansas and studied law at the University of Virginia. In 1894 Robinson was elected to the Arkansas Legislature and served one term.
- Francis Cherry
Francis Adams Cherry (5 September, 1908 - 15 July 1965) was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas for a single two-year term from 1953 - 1955. He was only the second governor in Arkansas history to have been denied a second term -- the first was Tom Jefferson Terral, who was defeated in 1926. After the governorship, Republican U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Cherry, a staunch anti-communist, to head the Subversive Activities Control Board, …
- Daniel Webster Jones
Daniel Webster Jones (15 December 1839 - 25 December 1918) was a Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas. Daniel Webster Jones was born in Bowie County, Texas. His family moved to Washington, Arkansas in 1840. Jones attended Washington Academy there and later studied law. During his childhood, James Black, creator of the famous Bowie knife, lived with his family before moving to Washington, Arkansas. Black attempted to show Daniel his metallurgical secret in 1870, …
- George Washington Donaghey
George Washington Donaghey (1 July 1856 - 15 December 1937) was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas from 1909 to 1913. George W. Donaghey was born in Oakland, Louisiana. From 1882 to 1883, Donaghey attended the University of Arkansas. He was a school teacher, carpenter, and studied both architecture and structural engineering.
- Harvey Parnell
Harvey Parnell (28 February 1880-16 January 1936) was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas from 1928 to 1933. Harvey Parnell was born in Orlando in Cleveland County, Arkansas. Parnell attended public schools and graduated from Warren High School in Warren, Arkansas. After graduating he worked as a bookkeeper and store clerk, and took up farming in Chicot County, Arkansas. Parnell was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1919 to 1921.
- Thomas Chipman McRae
Thomas Chipman McRae (21 December 1851 - 2 June 1929) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and was Governor of Arkansas from 1921 to 1925. Thomas Chipman McRae was born at Mount Holly in Union County, Arkansas. He attended Soule Business College and graduated with a law degree from Washington and Lee University. In 1874, McRae was appointed to the post of Election Commissioner.
- Bob C. Riley
Bob Cowley Riley (September 18, 1924-February 16, 1994) was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas for eleven days in 1975. Like Moshe Dayan of Israel, Riley wore a black eyepatch because of a wartime injury. Riley was born in Little Rock, the son of Columbus Allen Riley and the former Winnie Mae Craig. He attended public schools in Little Rock. He dropped out of high school after Pearl Harbor to enlist in the United States Marine Corps. On July 24, 1944, Riley, based in Guam, …
- Harris Flanagin
Harris Flanagin (3 November 1817 - 23 September 1874) was a Democratic Governor of the State of Arkansas. Harris Flanagin was born in Roadstown, New Jersey. Flanagin was educated in Quaker schools in New Jersey. At age 18 he became a professor of mathematics. Flanagin moved west and opened his own private school in Paoli, Illinois. He studied law and was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1837. Flanagin moved to Arkansas and entered politics.
- Charles Hillman Brough
Charles Hillman Brough (9 July 1876-26 December 1935) was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas from 1917 to 1921. Charles Brough was born in Clinton, Mississippi. In 1894, he graduated from Mississippi College in Clinton. He earned his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University in 1898, and graduated from the law school at the University of Mississippi in 1902. He taught at Mississippi College, Hillman College, and the University of Arkansas.
- Henry Massey Rector
Henry Massey Rector (1 May 1816 - 12 August 1899) was a Democratic Governor of the State of Arkansas. Henry Massey Rector was born near Louisville, Kentucky. Rector was educated by his mother and attended one year of school at Louisville. He moved to Arkansas in 1835. Rector served as U.S. Marshal after moving to Arkansas. Rector was elected to the Arkansas Senate and served in that body from 1848 to 1850. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1854.
- Benjamin Travis Laney
Benjamin Travis Laney, Jr. (25 November 1896 - 21 January 1977), was a Democratic Governor of Arkansas. Laney was born in Camden, where he attended Ouachita County public schools but never graduated from high school. He was, however, admitted in 1915 to Hendrix College, a liberal arts institution in Conway. His studies were interrupted by World War I. Laney entered the United States Navy in 1918 and served until the end of the war.
- Elias Nelson Conway
Elias Nelson Conway (17 May 1812 - 28 February 1892) was a Democratic Governor of Arkansas. Elias Nelson Conway was brother to James Sevier Conway, the first governor of Arkansas. He and his family moved to Missouri. Conway attended Bonne Femme Academy in Boone County, Missouri. In 1833 Conway moved to Little Rock, Arkansas. He studied surveying and served as the state auditor from 1835 to 1849. In 1844 Conway was offered, but declined, the nomination for Governor in 1844.
- John Selden Roane
John Selden Roane (8 January, 1817 - 8 April, 1867) was a Confederate Brigadier General during the American Civil War. He also served as Governor of the State of Arkansas. John Selden Roane was born in Lebanon in Wilson County, Tennessee, and was educated at Cumberland College which at the time was located in Princeton, Kentucky. Roane immigrated to Arkansas in 1837, studied law, and was admitted to the bar.