Governor's Office

The Arkansas Governor's Office

Governors and Acting Governors of Arkansas

James Sevier -- September 13, 1836-November 4, 1840 Archibald Yell -- November 4, 1840-April 29, 1844 Samuel Adams -- April 29, 1844-November 5, 1844 Thomas Stevenson Drew -- November 5, 1844-January 10, 1849 Richard C. Byrd -- January 10, 1849-April 19, 1849 John Selden Roane -- April 19, 1849-November 15, 1852 Elias Nelson Conway -- November 15, 1852-November 16, 1860 Henry Massey Rector -- November 16, 1860-November 4, 1862 Harris Flanagin -- November 4, 1862-April 18, 1864 Isaac Murphy -- April 18, 1864-July 2, 1868 Powell Clayton -- July 2, 1868-March 17, 1871 Ozra Amander Hadley -- March 17, 1871-January 6, 1873 Elisha Baxter -- January 6, 1873-November 12, 1874 Augustus Hill Garland -- November 12, 1874-January 11, 1877 William Read Miller -- January 11, 1877-January 11, 1881 Thomas James Churchill -- January 11, 1881-January 13, 1883 James Henderson Berry -- January 13, 1883-January 17, 1885 Simon Pollard Hughes, Jr. -- January 17, 1885-January 8, 1889 James Philip Eagle -- January 8, 1889-January 10, 1893 William Meade Fishback -- January 10, 1893-January 8, 1895 James Paul Clarke -- January 8, 1895-January 12, 1897 Daniel Webster Jones -- January 12, 1897-January 8, 1901 Jefferson Davis -- January 8, 1901-January 8, 1907 John Sebastian Little -- January 8, 1907-February 15, 1907 John Isaac Moore -- February 15, 1907-May 14, 1907 Xenophon Overton Pindall -- May 14, 1907-January 11, 1909 Jesse M. Martin -- January 11, 1909-January 14, 1909 George Washington Donaghey -- January 14, 1909-January 16, 1913 Joseph Taylor Robinson -- January 16, 1913-March 8, 1913 William Kavanaugh Oldham -- March 8, 1913-March 13, 1913 Junius Marion Futrell -- March 13, 1913-July 23, 1913 George Washington Hays -- July 23, 1913-January 10, 1917 Charles Hillman Brough -- January 10, 1917-January 11, 1921 Thomas Chipman McRae -- January 11, 1921-January 13, 1925 Tom Jefferson Terral -- January 13, 1925-January 11, 1927 John Ellis Martineau -- January 11, 1927-March 4, 1928 Harvey Parnell -- March 4, 1928-January 10, 1933 Junius Marion Futrell -- January 10, 1933-January 12, 1937 Carl Edward Bailey -- January 12, 1937-January 14, 1941 Homer Martin Adkins -- January 14, 1941-January 9, 1945 Benjamin Travis Laney -- January 9, 1945-January 11, 1949 Sid McMath -- January 11, 1949-January 13, 1953 Francis Cherry -- January 13, 1953-January 11, 1955 Orval Faubus -- January 11, 1955-January 10, 1967 Winthrop Rockefeller -- January 10, 1967-January 12, 1971 Dale Bumpers -- January 12, 1971-January 3, 1975 Bob C. Riley -- January 3, 1975-January 14, 1975 David Pryor -- January 14, 1975-January 3, 1979 Joe Purcell -- January 3, 1979-January 9, 1979 Bill Clinton -- January 9, 1979-January 19, 1981 Frank D. White -- January 19, 1981-January 11, 1983 Bill Clinton -- January 11, 1983-December 12, 1992 Jim Guy Tucker -- December 12, 1992-July 15, 1996 Mike Huckabee -- July 15, 1996-January 9, 2007 Mike Beebe -- January 9, 2007-