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{{Use American English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Governor
| body = Arkansas
| flag = Flag of Arkansas.svg
| flagsize = 160px
| flagcaption = [[Flag of Arkansas]]
| insignia = Seal of Arkansas.svg
| insigniasize = 110px
| insigniacaption = [[Great Seal of Arkansas]]
| image = Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (cropped).jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| incumbent = [[Sarah Huckabee Sanders]]
| incumbentsince = {{Start date|2023|1|10}}
| style = {{ublist|[[Governor]]<br />(informal)|[[The Honourable#United States of America|The Honorable]]<br />(formal)}}
| department = [[Government of Arkansas]]
| status = [[Head of Government]]
| residence = [[Arkansas Governor's Mansion]]
| seat = [[Arkansas State Capitol|State Capitol]], [[Little Rock, Arkansas]]
| termlength = Four years, renewable once
| constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of Arkansas#1836 Constitution|Constitution of Arkansas]]
| precursor = Governor of [[Arkansas Territory]]
| inaugural = [[James Sevier Conway]]
| formation = {{start date and age|1836|9|13|p=1|br=1}}
| succession = [[Gubernatorial_lines_of_succession_in_the_United_States#Arkansas|Line of succession]]
| deputy = [[Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas]]
| salary = $158,739 (2022)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bookofthestates.org/tables/selected-state-administrative-officials-annual-salaries/ |title=Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries |publisher=The Council of State Governments |access-date=August 7, 2024}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|governor.arkansas.gov}}
}}

The '''governor of Arkansas''' is the [[head of government]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Arkansas]]. The [[Governor (United States)|governor]] is the head of the [[Executive (government)|executive branch]] of the [[Politics and government of Arkansas|Arkansas government]] and is charged with enforcing state laws. They have the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the [[Arkansas General Assembly]], to convene the legislature, and to grant pardons, except in cases of treason and impeachment.<ref>AR Const. art. VI</ref>

The state has had 46 elected governors, as well as 11 acting governors who assumed powers and duties following the resignation or death of the governor. Before becoming a state, [[Arkansas Territory]] had four governors appointed to it by the [[president of the United States]]. [[Orval Faubus]] (1955–1967) served the longest term as governor, being elected six times to serve 12 years. [[Bill Clinton]] (1979–1981; 1983–1992), elected five times over two distinct terms, fell only one month short of 12 years, and [[Mike Huckabee]] (1996–2007) served 10 years for two full four-year terms. The shortest term for an elected governor was the 38 days served by [[John Sebastian Little]] before his [[Mental disorder|nervous breakdown]]; one of the acting successors to his term, [[Jesse M. Martin]], took office only three days before the end of the term, the shortest term overall.

The current governor of Arkansas is [[Republican Party of Arkansas|Republican]] [[Sarah Huckabee Sanders]], who was sworn in on January 10, 2023.

==List of governors==
===Arkansas Territory===
[[Arkansas Territory|Arkansaw Territory]] (renamed Arkansas Territory, circa 1822){{efn|The territory was formally organized with the name "Arkansaw", but spellings including "Arkansas" and "Arkansa" remained common until around 1822, when the popularity of the ''[[Arkansas Gazette]]'' helped standardize the spelling as "Arkansas".<ref name="ar-timeline">{{Cite web |title=Arkansas History Timeline (1819–1861) |url=http://www.historicarkansas.org/Collections-and-Research/arkansas-history-timeline-1819-1861 |access-date=October 11, 2016 |publisher=Historic Arkansas Museum}}</ref>}} was split from the [[Missouri Territory]] on July 4, 1819.<ref>{{usstat|3|493}}</ref> As territorial secretary from 1819 to 1829, [[Robert Crittenden]] served as [[acting governor]] whenever the appointed governor was not in the state. This meant that Crittenden was the first person to perform the duties of governor, since [[James Miller (general)|James Miller]] did not arrive in the territory until nine months after his appointment.<ref name="eoa-crittenden">{{Cite web |last=Bird |first=Allen W. |date=May 21, 2019 |title=Robert Crittenden (1797–1834) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/robert-crittenden-2270/ |access-date=February 19, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>

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|+ Governors of Arkansas Territory
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|{{abbr|No.|Number}}
!scope="colgroup" colspan="2"|Governor
!scope="col"|Term in office{{efn|The range given is from the date the governor was confirmed by the Senate, or appointed by the President during a Senate recess, to the date the governor left office.}}
!scope="col"|Appointed by
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|1
|data-sort-value="Miller, James"|[[File:AR Miller James.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[James Miller (general)|James Miller]]'''<br>{{Small|(1776–1851)}}<br>{{sfn|McMullin|1984|pp=57–59}}
|{{dts|March 3, 1819}}{{efn|Miller was nominated, and confirmed by the Senate, on March 3, 1819.<ref>U.S. Congress. ''Senate Exec. Journal''. 15th Cong., 2nd sess., [https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llej&fileName=003/llej003.db&recNum=191 184], accessed January 31, 2023.</ref> However, to avoid the hot southern summer, he delayed his departure from [[New Hampshire]] until September, and took an indirect route, finally arriving in the territory on December 26.<ref name="eoa-miller-james">{{Cite web |last=Clements |first=Derek Allen |date=March 19, 2019 |title=James Miller (1776–1851) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/james-miller-2872/ |access-date=February 19, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref> [[Robert Crittenden]], secretary of the territory, served as acting governor while Miller was delayed.<ref name="eoa-crittenden" /> Miller was reconfirmed by the Senate on January 3, 1823.<ref>U.S. Congress. ''Senate Exec. Journal''. 17th Cong., 2nd sess., [https://books.google.com/books?id=hPtFAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA318 318], accessed February 19, 2023.</ref>}}<br />–<br />December 27, 1824<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Miller resigned citing poor health; at the time of his resignation, he had been absent from the territory for 18 months.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ledbetter |first=Cal |date=1988 |title=General James Miller: Hawthorne's Hero in Arkansas |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40038144 |journal=The Arkansas Historical Quarterly |volume=47 |issue=2 |page=109 |doi=10.2307/40038144 |jstor=40038144 |issn=0004-1823|url-access=subscription }}</ref>}}
|{{sortname|James|Monroe}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|2
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Izard, George"|[[File:George Izard.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[George Izard]]'''<br>{{Small|(1776–1828)}}<br>{{sfn|McMullin|1984|pp=59–60}}
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|March 3, 1825}}{{efn|Izard was nominated on February 22, 1825,<ref>U.S. Congress. ''Senate Exec. Journal''. 18th Cong., 2nd sess., [https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llej&fileName=003/llej003.db&recNum=423 416], accessed January 31, 2023.</ref> confirmed by the Senate on March 3,<ref>U.S. Congress. ''Senate Exec. Journal''. 18th Cong., 2nd sess., [https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llej&fileName=003/llej003.db&recNum=433 426], accessed January 31, 2023.</ref> and took office on May 31.{{sfn|McMullin|1984|pp=59–60}} Until he arrived in the territory, [[Robert Crittenden]], secretary of the territory, served as acting governor, though Crittenden himself was out of state when Izard arrived.<ref name="eoa-izard">{{Cite web |last=Goodner |first=Wes |date=April 12, 2022 |title=George Izard (1776–1828) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/george-izard-3662/ |access-date=February 19, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref> Izard was reconfirmed by the Senate on January 9, 1828.<ref>U.S. Congress. ''Senate Exec. Journal''. 20th Cong., 1st sess., [https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llej&fileName=003/llej003.db&recNum=598 591], accessed January 31, 2023.</ref>}}<br />–<br />November 22, 1828<br>{{small|(died in office)}}
|{{sortname|James|Monroe}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|{{sortname|John Quincy|Adams}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|3
|data-sort-value="Pope, John"|[[File:AR Pope John.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[John Pope (Kentucky politician)|John Pope]]'''<br>{{Small|(1770–1845)}}<br>{{sfn|McMullin|1984|pp=61–62}}
|{{dts|March 9, 1829}}{{efn|By the time notice of Izard's death reached [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Andrew Jackson]] had been elected president, and the [[United States Senate]] refused to approve [[John Quincy Adams]]'s choice for governor, [[Hutchins Gordon Burton]].<ref>U.S. Congress. ''Senate Exec. Journal''. 20th Cong., 2nd sess., [https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llej&fileName=003/llej003.db&recNum=637 630], accessed January 31, 2023.</ref> Pope was nominated, and confirmed by the Senate, on March 9, 1829,<ref>U.S. Congress. ''Senate Exec. Journal''. 21st Cong., special sess., [https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llej&fileName=004/llej004.db&recNum=9 8&ndash;9], accessed January 31, 2023.</ref> and took office on May 31.{{sfn|McMullin|1984|pp=61–62}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1829-06-03 |title=none | quote=His Excellency John Pope, Governor of the Territory of Arkansas, arrived here on Sunday evening last, from Kentucky, and has entered on the discharge of the duties of his office. |page=3 |work=The Arkansas Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/117679528/john-pope-takes-office-as-governor-of/ |access-date=2023-01-31 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Pope was reconfirmed by the Senate on March 23, 1832.<ref>U.S. Congress. ''Senate Exec. Journal''. 22nd Cong., 1st sess., [https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llej&fileName=004/llej004.db&recNum=232 231], accessed January 31, 2023.</ref>}}<br />–<br />March 9, 1835<br>{{small|(successor appointed)}}
|{{sortname|Andrew|Jackson}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|4
|data-sort-value="Fulton, William"|[[File:WSFulton.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[William S. Fulton]]'''<br>{{Small|(1795–1844)}}<br>{{sfn|McMullin|1984|pp=62–64}}
|{{dts|March 9, 1835}}{{efn|Fulton was nominated on February 2, 1835,<ref>U.S. Congress. ''Senate Exec. Journal''. 23rd Cong., 2nd sess., [https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llej&fileName=004/llej004.db&recNum=465 464], accessed January 31, 2023.</ref> and confirmed by the Senate on February 23,<ref>U.S. Congress. ''Senate Exec. Journal''. 23rd Cong., 2nd sess., [https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llej&fileName=004/llej004.db&recNum=472 471], accessed January 31, 2023.</ref> for a term to begin March 9. No contemporary reporting has been found as to when Fulton was sworn in, but one source refers to Pope saying his term would not end until March 28,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1835-03-06 |title=none | quote=We are informed by Gov. Pope, that his term of office expires on the 23rd of the present month, and not on the 5th, as has been elsewhere stated. |page=2 |work=Arkansas Times and Advocate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/117681401/fulton-nominated-pope-says-his-term/ |access-date=2023-01-31 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and another notes Fulton's commission did not arrive until March 24,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1835-03-24 |title=The New Governor and Secretary |page=3 |work=The Arkansas Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/117681641/the-new-governor-and-secretary/ |access-date=2023-01-31 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> when he was out of state.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1835-03-27 |title=none | quote=The nominations of Wm. S. Fulton and Lewis Randolph, as Governor and Secretary of this Territory, were confirmed by the Senate of the U.S. on the 23rd ult., and we believe the commission of Governor Fuilton has arrived. He is now absent from this place... |page=2 |work=Arkansas Times and Advocate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/117681581/fultons-commission-arrives/ |access-date=2023-01-31 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>}}<br />–<br />September 13, 1836<br>{{small|(statehood)}}{{efn|Fulton served as governor until statehood, when he was elected to the [[United States Senate]].<ref name="bioguide-fulton">{{Cite web |title=Fulton, William Savin |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000425 |access-date=August 31, 2007 |website=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]] |publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives and Historian of the United States Senate}}</ref>}}
|{{sortname|Andrew|Jackson}}
|}

===State of Arkansas===
Arkansas was [[List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union|admitted to the Union]] on June 15, 1836.<ref>{{usstat|5|50}}</ref> The state [[Secession|seceded]] on May 6, 1861,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Secession Ordinances of 13 Confederate States |url=http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=3953 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905091739/http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=3953 |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |access-date=May 24, 2015 |publisher=[[University of Houston]]}}</ref> and was [[List of C.S. states by date of admission to the Confederacy|admitted to the Confederacy]] on May 18, 1861.<ref>[http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/19conf/19conf.html#p120 An Act to admit the State of Arkansas into the Confederacy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820151934/http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/19conf/19conf.html |date=August 20, 2016}}, accessed July 8, 2015</ref> When [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]], the state capital, was captured on September 10, 1863, the state government relocated to [[Washington, Arkansas]], and a [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] government was installed in its place, causing an overlap in the terms of Confederate governor [[Harris Flanagin]] and Union governor [[Isaac Murphy]].<ref name="eoa-flanagin" /> During the post-war [[Reconstruction era|Reconstruction period]], it was part of the [[Fourth Military District]]. Arkansas was readmitted to the Union on June 22, 1868.<ref>{{usstat|15|72}}</ref>

The [[Constitution of Arkansas#1836 Constitution|Arkansas Constitution of 1836]] established four-year terms for governors,<ref name="1836const-art5sec4">1836 Const. art. V, § 4</ref> which was lowered to two years in the 1874, and current, constitution.<ref name="const-a6-s1">AR Const. art. VI, § 1</ref> An amendment in 1984 increased the terms of both governor and [[lieutenant governor]] to four years.<ref name="const-amend63">AR Const. amendment 63</ref> Governors were originally limited only to serving no more than eight out of every twelve years,<ref name="1836const-art5sec4" /> but the 1874 constitution removed any [[term limit]]. A referendum in 1992 limited governors to two terms.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wickline |first=Michael R. |date=November 4, 2020 |title=2 issues on state ballot approved by voters |work=[[Arkansas Online]] |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/nov/04/3-issues-on-state-ballot-approved-by-voters/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=State Term Limits |url=https://www.termlimits.org/term-limits/state-term-limits/ |access-date=October 11, 2016}}</ref>

Until 1864, the constitutions provided that, should the office of governor be rendered vacant, the [[President of the Senate|president of the senate]] would serve as [[acting governor]] until such time as a new governor was elected or the disability removed, or the acting governor's senate term expired.<ref>1836 Const. art. V, § 18</ref><ref>1861 Const. art. V, § 18</ref> This led to some situations where the governorship changed hands in quick succession, due to senate terms ending or new senate presidents being elected. For example, after [[John Sebastian Little]] resigned in 1907, 3 senate presidents acted as governors before the next elected governor took office. Should the president of the senate be similarly incapacitated, the next in line for the governorship was the speaker of the state house of representatives.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

The 1864 constitution created the office of lieutenant governor<ref>1864 Const. art. VI, § 19</ref> who would also act as president of the senate,<ref>1864 Const. art. VI, § 20</ref> and who would serve as acting governor in case of vacancy.<ref>1864 Const. art. VI, § 23</ref> The 1868 constitution maintained the position,<ref>1868 Const. art. VI, § 1</ref> but the 1874 constitution removed it and returned to the original line of succession.<ref>AR Const. art. VI, § 12</ref> An amendment to the constitution, passed in 1914 but not recognized until 1925,<ref name="ltgov" /> recreated the office of lieutenant governor, who becomes governor in case of vacancy of the governor's office.<ref>{{cite court | litigants=Bryant v. English | court=Arkansas Supreme Court | vol=311 | reporter=Ark. | opinion=187 | date=1992 | url=https://opinions.arcourts.gov/ark/supremecourt/en/item/247569/index.do | access-date=October 26, 2019}}</ref> The governor and the lieutenant governor are not officially elected on the same [[ticket (election)|ticket]].{{sfn|Blair|Barth|2005|p=169}}

Arkansas was a strongly [[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]] state before the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], electing only candidates from the Democratic party. It elected three [[Republican Party of Arkansas|Republican]] governors following Reconstruction, but after the Democratic Party re-established control, 92 years passed before voters chose another Republican.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

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|+ Governors of Arkansas
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|{{abbr|No.|Number}}{{efn|According to the numbering generally used, acting governors are not numbered.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Office of the Governor |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture |url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=5676 |access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref>}}
!scope="colgroup" colspan="3"|Governor
!scope="col"|Term in office
!scope="col"|Party
!scope="col"|Election
!scope="colgroup" colspan="2"|[[Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas|Lt. Governor]]{{efn|The office of lieutenant governor was created in 1864 and abolished in 1874. It was recreated in 1914, and was not filled until 1927. The amendment to the constitution creating the office was narrowly voted in by the electorate in 1914. The Speaker of the House declared that the measure had lost, because even though it had received the majority of the votes cast for that particular ballot measure, winning 45,567 to 45,206, it had not received the majority of votes cast across the whole election, determined by looking at the question on the ballot with the highest total number of votes for or against. On that ballot, this figure was 135,517 votes, so it was ruled that at least 67,758 votes in favor would have been required for the measure to pass, essentially counting blank votes as votes against. In 1925, it was discovered that a 1910 law amended this requirement such that only a majority of the votes on the specific question was required. Therefore, the 1914 initiative was declared to be valid.<ref name="ltgov">{{Cite web |title=About The Office – Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas |url=http://ltgovernor.arkansas.gov/about-the-office/office-history/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150420124936/http://ltgovernor.arkansas.gov/about-the-office/office-history/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 20, 2015 |access-date=September 6, 2016}}</ref>}}{{efn|Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.}}
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!scope="row"|1
|data-sort-value="Conway, James"|[[File:AR Conway James Sevier.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="9" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|'''[[James Sevier Conway]]'''<br>{{Small|(1796–1855)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=63}}<ref name="nga-conway-james">{{Cite web |title=James Sevier Conway |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-sevier-conway/ |access-date=February 1, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-conway-james">{{Cite web |last=William |first=C. Fred |date=June 24, 2022 |title=James Sevier Conway (1796–1855) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/james-sevier-conway-97/ |access-date=February 1, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|September 13, 1836}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1836-09-13 |title=Inauguration of the Governor |page=2 |work=The Arkansas Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-arkansas-gazette-conway-inaugurated/129216426/ |access-date=2023-07-31}}</ref><br />–<br />November 4, 1840<br />{{small|(did not run)}}<ref name="eoa-conway-james" />
|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=9}}
|[[1836 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1836]]
|colspan="2" rowspan="13" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Office did not exist''
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|2
|data-sort-value="Yell, Archibald"|[[File:Archibald Yell - 2er Gouverneur Arkansas.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[Archibald Yell]]'''<br>{{Small|(1797–1847)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=63–64}}<ref name="nga-yell">{{Cite web |title=Archibald Yell |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/archibald-yell/ |access-date=February 1, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-yell">{{Cite web |last=Dougan |first=Michael B. |date=November 9, 2020 |title=Archibald Yell (1797?–1847) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/archibald-yell-126/ |access-date=February 1, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|November 4, 1840}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1840-11-11 |title=Public Meeting and Inauguration of the Governor |page=2 |work=Weekly Arkansas Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/weekly-arkansas-gazette-yell-inaugurated/129217673/ |access-date=2023-07-31}}</ref><br />–<br />April 29, 1844<br />{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Yell resigned to [[1844–45 United States House of Representatives elections|successfully run]] for the [[United States House of Representatives]].<ref name="nga-yell" />}}
|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=10}}
|[[1840 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1840]]
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|data-sort-value="Adams, Samuel"|[[File:Samuel Adams (governor).jpg|75px]]
|'''[[Samuel Adams (Arkansas politician)|Samuel Adams]]'''<br>{{Small|(1805–1850)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=64–65}}<ref name="nga-adams">{{Cite web |title=Samuel Adams |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/samuel-adams/ |access-date=February 1, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-adams">{{Cite web |last=Manning |first=Jaci |date=January 26, 2022 |title=Samuel Adams (1805–1850) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/samuel-adams-3703/ |access-date=February 1, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|April 29, 1844}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1844-05-01 |title=Governor's Resignation; Inauguration of Governor; Governor Adams |page=2 |work=True Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/true-democrat-adams-succeeds-yell-april/129217754/ |access-date=2023-07-31}}</ref><br />–<br />November 9, 1844<br />{{small|(successor took office)}}
|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|President of<br />the Senate<br />acting}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|3
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Drew, Thomas"|[[File:Thomas Stevenson Drew - Gouverneur von Arkansas.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Thomas Stevenson Drew]]'''<br>{{Small|(1802–1879)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=65}}<ref name="nga-drew">{{Cite web |title=Thomas Stevenson Drew |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-stevenson-drew/ |access-date=February 1, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-drew">{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Bobby |date=May 16, 2019 |title=Thomas Stevenson Drew (1802–1879) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/thomas-stevenson-drew-100/ |access-date=February 1, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|November 9, 1844}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1844-11-13 |title=Inauguration of Governor Drew |page=2 |work=True Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/true-democrat-drew-inaugurated-november/129217832/ |access-date=2023-07-31}}</ref><br />–<br />January 10, 1849<br />{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Drew resigned due to the low salary he received as governor.<ref name="nga-drew" />}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=10}}
|[[1844 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1844]]
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|[[1848 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1848]]
|- style="height:2em;"
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|data-sort-value="Byrd, Richard"|[[File:No image.svg|75px]]
|'''[[Richard C. Byrd]]'''<br>{{Small|(1805–1854)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=65–66}}<ref name="nga-byrd">{{Cite web |title=Richard C. Byrd |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/richard-c-byrd/ |access-date=February 1, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|January 10, 1849}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1849-01-16 |title=none | quote=His Excellency Richard C. Byrd, as President of the Senate, is now the acting Executive of the State... |page=2 |work=True Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/true-democrat-governor-drew-resigned-jan/117715334/ |access-date=2023-07-31}}</ref><br />–<br />April 19, 1849<br />{{small|(successor took office)}}
|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|President of<br />the Senate<br />acting}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|4
|data-sort-value="Roane, John"|[[File:Gubernatorial portrait of 4th Governor of Arkansas John Selden Roane.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[John Selden Roane]]'''{{efn|Roane was out of state enough in 1851 that [[John R. Hampton]], president of the Senate, was sworn in as acting governor on June 25, 1851.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1851-07-01 |title=Acting Governor |page=2 |work=The Arkansas Banner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/117716089/john-hampton-sworn-in-as-acting-governor/ |access-date=2023-02-01}}</ref> However, Sobel states Hampton was acting governor in September 1851.{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=67}} No source has been found as to when Roane returned to active work.}}<br>{{Small|(1817–1867)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=66}}<ref name="nga-roane">{{Cite web |title=John Selden Roane |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-selden-roane/ |access-date=February 1, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-roane">{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Bobby |date=April 27, 2021 |title=John Selden Roane (1817–1867) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/john-selden-roane-120/ |access-date=February 1, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|April 19, 1849}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1849-04-28 |title=none | quote=... do hereby declare and make known that John S. Roane is constitutionally elected Governor of the State of Arkansas... |page=3 |work=Arkansas Intelligencer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arkansas-intelligencer-roane-declared-wi/129218407/ |access-date=2023-07-31}}</ref><br />–<br />November 15, 1852<br />{{small|(did not run)}}<ref name="eoa-roane" />
|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=10}}
|[[1849 Arkansas gubernatorial special election|1849]]<br />{{small|(special)}}{{efn|Roane was elected in a special election to fill the remainder of the term vacated by Thomas S. Drew's resignation.<ref name="nga-roane" />}}
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!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|5
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Conway, Elias"|[[File:Portrait of 5th Governor of Arkansas Elias Nelson Conway.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Elias Nelson Conway]]'''{{efn|Conway was out of state in 1857, and president of the Senate [[John R. Hampton]] was sworn in as acting governor and served from April 21 to September 14.{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=67}}}}<br>{{Small|(1812–1892)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=67–68}}<ref name="nga-conway-elias">{{Cite web |title=Elias Nelson Conway |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/elias-nelson-conway/ |access-date=February 1, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-conway-elias">{{Cite web |last=Worthen |first=William B. |date=April 12, 2022 |title=Elias Nelson Conway (1812–1892) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/elias-nelson-conway-96/ |access-date=February 1, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|November 15, 1852}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1852-11-19 |title=Inauguration of the New Governor |page=2 |work=Weekly Arkansas Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/weekly-arkansas-gazette-conway-inaugurat/129218483/ |access-date=2023-07-31}}</ref><br />–<br />November 15, 1860<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|Under the 1836 constitution, governors were not eligible to serve more than eight years in any term of twelve years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1836 Ark. Const. art. V, § 4 |url=http://www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu/Search/results.aspx?srch=1&state=%27AR%27&CID=247&art=5&sec=4&amd=&key=&Yr= |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu}}</ref>|name=limits-1836}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=11}}
|[[1852 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1852]]
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|[[1856 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1856]]
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!scope="row"|6
|data-sort-value="Rector, Henry"|[[File:Henry Massey Rector.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent Democrat}};"|
|'''[[Henry Massey Rector]]'''<br>{{Small|(1816–1899)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=68–69}}<ref name="nga-rector">{{Cite web |title=Henry Massey Rector |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/henry-massey-rector/ |access-date=February 2, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-rector">{{Cite web |last1=Whayne |first1=Jeannie |last2=Dougan |first2=Michael B. |last3=Moore |first3=Waddy W. |date=May 13, 2022 |title=Henry Massie Rector (1816–1899) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/henry-massie-rector-119/ |access-date=February 2, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|November 15, 1860}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1860-11-17 |title=Inauguration of Governor |page=2 |work=Weekly Arkansas Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/weekly-arkansas-gazette-rector-inaugurat/129218636/ |access-date=2023-07-31}}</ref><br />–<br />November 3, 1862<br />{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Rector resigned two weeks before the end of his term, having lost re-election. Sources suggest he resigned because he was so badly defeated in the election,<ref name="eoa-rector" /> or because the new constitution would shorten his term.<ref name="fletcher">{{Cite book |last=Hempstead |first=Fay |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wUVEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA250 |title=Historical Review of Arkansas: Its Commerce, Industry and Modern Affairs, Volume 1 |publisher=Lewis Publishing Company |year=1911 |page=250 |access-date=September 5, 2015}}</ref>}}
|[[Independent Democrat|Independent<br>Democratic]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=12}}
|[[1860 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1860]]{{efn|This term was shortened to two years due to the 1861 constitution moving the election schedule.<ref>1861 Const. art. IV, § 8</ref>}}
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!scope="row"|—
|data-sort-value="Fletcher, Thomas"|[[File:No image.svg|75px]]
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|'''[[Thomas Fletcher (Arkansas politician)|Thomas Fletcher]]'''<br>{{Small|(1817–1880)}}<br>{{efn|Sobel's entry on Fletcher mixes information with a similarly named man who ran for governor twice; even contemporary sources would confuse the two.{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=69}}}}
|{{dts|November 3, 1862}}<ref name="fletcher-inaug">{{Cite news |date=November 8, 1862 |title=none | quote=Gov. Rector, after the delivery of his message, resigned, and Judge Fletcher, thereby becomes Governor until the Governor elect is installed. |page=2 |work=Weekly Arkansas Gazette |location=Little Rock, Arkansas |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/33834488/fletcher_succeeds_rector/ |access-date=February 2, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><br />–<br />November 15, 1862<br />{{small|(successor took office)}}{{efn|Governor-elect Flanagin was not sworn in until November 15, 1862;<ref name="eoa-flanagin" /> in the interim, Fletcher acted as governor.<ref name="fletcher" /><ref name="fletcher-inaug" /> Fletcher is omitted from most lists of Arkansas governors.}}
|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|President of<br />the Senate<br />acting}}
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!scope="row"|7
|data-sort-value="Flanagin, Harris"|[[File:Governor Harris Flanigin.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent (United States)}};"|
|'''[[Harris Flanagin]]'''<br>{{Small|(1817–1874)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=70}}<ref name="nga-flanagin">{{Cite web |title=Harris Flanagin |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/harris-flanagin/ |access-date=February 3, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-flanagin">{{Cite web |last=Dougan |first=Michael B. |date=December 6, 2022 |title=Harris Flanagin (1817–1874) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/harris-flanagin-104/ |access-date=February 2, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|November 15, 1862}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1862-11-26 |title=none | quote=Hon. Harris Flanagin, the Governor elect arrived in this city on Thursday afternoon, and will be installed today. |page=2 |work=Washington Telegraph |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/washington-telegraph-flanagin-inaugurate/129218802/ |access-date=2023-07-31}}</ref><br />–<br />June 1, 1865{{efn|Some sources state Flanagin left office on April 18, 1864, but that was when Isaac Murphy was sworn in as governor by [[Military occupation|occupation]] authorities after winning the 1864 election. Following the evacuation of [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]] on September 10, 1863, Flanagin was governor [[government in exile|in exile]] at [[Washington, Arkansas]].<ref name="ea5676">{{Cite web |title=Office of the Governor |url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=5676 |access-date=September 5, 2015 |publisher=Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture}}</ref> Flanagin's last official act as governor was to preside over the Arkansas State Military Board during its final meeting at Washington on June 1, 1865;<ref>{{Cite book |last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Minute Book of the Military Board of Arkansas, 1862-1865 |location=Washington, Arkansas |page=228}}</ref> six days after the [[Trans-Mississippi Department]] was surrendered to [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] authorities at [[New Orleans]].}}<br />{{small|(government in exile<br />disestablished)}}{{efn|Flanagin evacuated [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]] before it fell to [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces on September 10, 1863, leading a [[government in exile]] at [[Washington, Arkansas]], until the [[Conclusion of the American Civil War|end of the Civil War]]. Isaac Murphy was sworn in as provisional governor by [[Military occupation|occupation]] authorities on January 20, 1864, and elected in his own right under [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]]'s "[[ten percent plan]]" (taking office on April 18, 1864), thus causing an overlap in terms.}}
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]<ref name="eoa-governors">{{Cite web |title=Governor, Office of the |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/office-of-the-governor-5676/ |access-date=December 20, 2022 |publisher=Encyclopedia of Arkansas}}</ref>
|[[1862 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1862]]{{efn|On March 14, 1864, a new state constitution was ratified by [[Southern Unionist|Union men]] of Arkansas under President [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]]'s "[[ten percent plan]]" in an election supervised by Union [[Military occupation|occupation]] authorities; however, it had no effect on Flanagin's [[government in exile]] at [[Washington, Arkansas|Washington]].<ref name="eoa-occupation">{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Adam |date=February 8, 2022 |title=Union Occupation of Arkansas |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/union-occupation-of-arkansas-6390/ |access-date=February 3, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>}}
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!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|8
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Murphy, Isaac"|[[File:Portrait of 8th Governor of Arkansas Isaac Murphy.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Isaac Murphy]]'''<br>{{Small|({{Abbr|d.|died in}} 1882)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=70–71}}<ref name="nga-murphy">{{Cite web |title=Isaac Murphy |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/isaac-murphy/ |access-date=February 3, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-murphy">{{Cite web |last=Dougan |first=Michael B. |date=December 31, 2022 |title=Isaac Murphy (1799–1882) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/isaac-murphy-116/ |access-date=February 3, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 20, 1864}}{{efn|Murphy was chosen as provisional governor by the Unionist constitutional convention on January 20, 1864;<ref>Journal of the Convention of Delegates of the People of Arkansas, January 20, 1864, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZnxQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA41 41], accessed July 31, 2023</ref> he refused to exercise power until the constitution was ratified and he was elected by popular vote. He was formally inaugurated on April 18.{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=70–71}}}}<br />–<br />July 2, 1868<br />{{small|(did not run)}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]{{efn|Sources disagree on Murphy's party: the state says Independent,<ref name="eoa-governors" /> Sobel says Democratic,{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=70–71}} and Kallenbach says Union.{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}}}
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Provisional<br />governor<br />appointed by<br />constitutional<br />convention}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1864 Arkansas gubernatorial Union election|1864]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{sortname|Calvin C.|Bliss}}{{sfn|Herndon|1922|p=287}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|9
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Clayton, Powell"|[[File:Powell Clayton.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Powell Clayton]]'''<br>{{Small|(1833–1914)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=71–72}}<ref name="nga-clayton">{{Cite web |title=Powell Clayton |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/powell-clayton/ |access-date=February 3, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-clayton">{{Cite web |last=Moneyhon |first=Carl H. |date=September 2, 2021 |title=Powell Clayton (1833–1914) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/powell-clayton-94/ |access-date=February 3, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|July 2, 1868}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1868-07-03 |title=The Inauguration |page=2 |work=Daily Arkansas Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette-clayton-inaugurat/129233595/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />March 17, 1871<br />{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Clayton resigned, having been [[1870 United States Senate election in Arkansas|elected]] to the [[United States Senate]]. He had delayed his resignation to prevent Lieutenant Governor Johnson from succeeding him; party machinations led to Johnson's resignation and acceptance of the office of secretary of state, so that Hadley, as president pro tempore of the senate, could act as governor for the remainder of the term.<ref name="eoa-hadley" />|name=clayton}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Republican Party of Arkansas|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|rowspan="2"|[[1868 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1868]]
|{{sortname|James M.|Johnson|dab=politician}}{{sfn|Herndon|1922|p=293}}<br />{{small|(resigned March 14, 1871)}}{{efn|name=clayton}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
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!scope="row"|—
|data-sort-value="Hadley, Ozra"|[[File:O. A. Hadley (Arkansas Governor) 2.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[Ozra Amander Hadley]]'''<br>{{Small|(1826–1915)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=72}}<ref name="nga-hadley">{{Cite web |title=Ozra A. Hadley |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/ozra-a-hadley/ |access-date=February 3, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-hadley">{{Cite web |last=Dougan |first=Michael B. |date=September 28, 2022 |title=Ozro Amander Hadley (1826–1915) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/ozro-amander-hadley-3711/ |access-date=February 3, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|March 17, 1871}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1871-03-18 |title=General Assembly of Arkansas |page=4 |work=Daily Arkansas Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette-hadley-succeeds-c/129233771/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 6, 1873<br />{{small|(successor took office)}}
|[[Republican Party of Arkansas|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|President of<br />the Senate<br />acting}}{{efn|name=clayton}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|10
|data-sort-value="Baxter, Elisha"|[[File:Elisha Baxter.png|75px]]
|'''[[Elisha Baxter]]'''{{efn|Baxter was ousted by [[Joseph Brooks (politician)|Joseph Brooks]] on April 15, 1874, triggering the [[Brooks–Baxter War]]. He was reinstated on May 19.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moneyhon |first=Carl H. |date=August 25, 2022 |title=Brooks-Baxter War |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/brooks-baxter-war-2276/ |access-date=February 3, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>}}<br>{{Small|(1827–1899)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=73}}<ref name="nga-baxter">{{Cite web |title=Elisha Baxter |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/elisha-baxter/ |access-date=February 3, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-baxter">{{Cite web |last=Dougan |first=Michael B. |date=May 13, 2022 |title=Elisha Baxter (1827–1899) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/elisha-baxter-87/ |access-date=February 3, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|January 6, 1873}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1873-01-07 |title=Little Rock |page=4 |work=The Cincinnati Enquirer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-baxter-inaugurat/129234032/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />November 12, 1874<br />{{small|(did not run)}}{{efn|Baxter received the [[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]] nomination, but declined.{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=73}}}}
|[[Republican Party of Arkansas|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1872 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1872]]{{efn|This term was shortened to two years by the 1874 constitution.<ref name="const-a6-s1" />}}
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|{{sortname|Volney V.|Smith}}{{sfn|Herndon|1922|p=306}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|11
|data-sort-value="Garland, Augustus"|[[File:Augustus Hill Garland - Brady-Handy.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="53" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|'''[[Augustus Hill Garland]]'''<br>{{Small|(1832–1899)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=73–74}}<ref name="nga-garland">{{Cite web |title=Augustus Hill Garland |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/augustus-hill-garland/ |access-date=February 3, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-garland">{{Cite web |last=Watkins |first=Beverly |title=Augustus Hill Garland (1832–1899) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/augustus-hill-garland-106/ |access-date=February 3, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|November 12, 1874}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1874-11-13 |title=Gov. Garland's Message |page=1 |work=Daily Arkansas Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette-garland-inaugurat/129234191/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 11, 1877<br />{{small|(did not run)}}{{efn|Garland was instead [[1876–77 United States Senate elections|elected]] to the [[United States Senate]].<ref name="eoa-garland" />}}
|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1874 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1874]]
|colspan="2" rowspan="32" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Office did not exist''
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|12
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Miller, William"|[[File:Painting, Portrait - Governor William R. Miller.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[William Read Miller]]'''<br>{{Small|(1823–1887)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=74–75}}<ref name="nga-miller-william">{{Cite web |title=William Read Miller |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-read-miller/ |access-date=February 3, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-miller-william">{{Cite web |last=Dougan |first=Michael B. |date=March 19, 2019 |title=William Read Miller (1823–1887) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/william-read-miller-115/ |access-date=February 3, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 11, 1877}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1877-01-18 |title=Governor Miller |page=1 |work=The Russellville Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-russellville-democrat-miller-inaugur/129234241/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 13, 1881<br />{{small|(lost nomination)}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1880-06-05 |title=Our Ticket - The Nominations of Yesterday |page=4 |work=Daily Arkansas Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/117959100/miller-loses-nomination/ |access-date=2023-02-04}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1876 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1876]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1878 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1878]]
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|13
|data-sort-value="Churchill, Thomas"|[[File:Thomas James Churchill.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[Thomas James Churchill]]'''<br>{{Small|(1824–1905)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=75–76}}<ref name="nga-churchill">{{Cite web |title=Thomas James Churchill |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-james-churchill/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-churchill">{{Cite web |last=Montgomery |first=Don |date=November 19, 2020 |title=Thomas James Churchill (1824–1905) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/thomas-james-churchill-92/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|January 13, 1881}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1881-01-13 |title=Gov. Churchill |page=1 |work=Arkansas Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arkansas-democrat-churchill-inaugurated/129234401/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 13, 1883<br />{{small|(did not run)}}<ref name="eoa-churchill" />
|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1880 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1880]]
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|14
|data-sort-value="Berry, James"|[[File:Photograph, Cabinet Card - Arkansas Governor James Berry (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|'''[[James Henderson Berry]]'''<br>{{Small|(1841–1913)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=76}}<ref name="nga-berry">{{Cite web |title=James Henderson Berry |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-henderson-berry/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-berry">{{Cite web |last=Balogh |first=George W. |date=June 30, 2021 |title=James Henderson Berry (1841–1913) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/james-henderson-berry-88/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|January 13, 1883}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1883-01-13 |title=Arkansas General Assembly |page=1 |work=Arkansas Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arkansas-democrat-berry-inaugurated-janu/129234499/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 15, 1885<br />{{small|(did not run)}}
|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1882 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1882]]
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|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Hughes, Simon"|[[File:Simon P. Hughes, Jr - Gouverneur von Arkansas.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Simon Pollard Hughes Jr.]]'''<br>{{Small|(1830–1906)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=77}}<ref name="nga-hughes">{{Cite web |title=Simon P. Hughes |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/simon-p-hughes/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-hughes">{{Cite web |last=Readnour |first=Harry W. |date=February 14, 2022 |title=Simon Pollard Hughes (1830–1906) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/simon-pollard-hughes-109/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 15, 1885}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1885-01-15 |title=Inauguration of State Officers in Arkansas |page=1 |work=Vicksburg Evening Post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/117941697/simon-h-hughes-inaugurated/ |access-date=2023-02-04}}</ref><br />–<br />January 17, 1889<br />{{small|(lost nomination)}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1888-06-06 |title=Col. J.P. Eagle for Governor |page=4 |work=Daily Arkansas Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/117959967/hughes-loses-nomination/ |access-date=2023-02-04}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1884 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1884]]
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|[[1886 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1886]]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|16
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Eagle, James"|[[File:Photograph, Sepia - James P. Eagle (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[James Philip Eagle]]'''<br>{{Small|(1837–1904)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=77–78}}<ref name="nga-eagle">{{Cite web |title=James Philip Eagle |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-philip-eagle/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-eagle">{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=C. Fred |date=October 12, 2022 |title=James Philip Eagle (1837–1904) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/james-philip-eagle-101/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 17, 1889}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1889-01-25 |title=Governor Eagle |page=4 |work=The Springdale News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-springdale-news-eagle-inaugurated-ja/129234632/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 14, 1893<br />{{small|(did not run)}}<ref name="eoa-eagle" />
|rowspan="2"|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1888 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1888]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1890 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1890]]
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|17
|data-sort-value="Fishback, William"|[[File:William Meade Fishback.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[William Meade Fishback]]'''{{efn|Fishback was out of state for a period in 1893; during that time, [[Clay Sloan]], president of the Senate, acted as governor.{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=78}}}}<br>{{Small|(1831–1903)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=79}}<ref name="nga-fishback">{{Cite web |title=William Meade Fishback |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-meade-fishback/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-fishback">{{Cite web |last=Readnour |first=Harry W. |date=October 24, 2022 |title=William Meade Fishback (1831–1903) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/william-meade-fishback-103/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|January 14, 1893}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1893-01-15 |title=Fishback |page=1 |work=Daily Arkansas Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette-fishback-inaugura/129234677/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 18, 1895<br />{{small|(did not run)}}{{efn|Fishback instead [[1894–95 United States Senate elections|ran unsuccessfully]] for the Democratic nomination to the [[United States Senate]].{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=79}}}}
|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1892 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1892]]
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|18
|data-sort-value="Clarke, James"|[[File:AR Clarke John.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[James Paul Clarke]]'''<br>{{Small|(1854–1916)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=79–80}}<ref name="nga-clarke">{{Cite web |title=James Paul Clarke |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-paul-clarke/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-clarke">{{Cite web |last=Niswonger |first=Richard L. |date=July 1, 2021 |title=James Paul Clarke (1854–1916) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/james-paul-clarke-93/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|January 18, 1895}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1895-01-19 |title=Bent on Business |page=1 |work=Daily Arkansas Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette-clarke-inaugurate/129234705/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 18, 1897<br />{{small|(did not run)}}{{efn|Clarke instead [[1896–97 United States Senate elections|ran unsuccessfully]] for the Democratic nomination to the [[United States Senate]].<ref name="eoa-clarke" />}}
|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1894 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1894]]
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|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Jones, Daniel"|[[File:Daniel Webster Jones (governor).jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Daniel Webster Jones (governor)|Daniel Webster Jones]]'''<br>{{Small|(1839–1918)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=80}}<ref name="nga-jones">{{Cite web |title=Daniel Webster Jones |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/daniel-webster-jones/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-jones">{{Cite web |last=Niswonger |first=Richard L. |date=March 19, 2019 |title=Daniel Webster Jones (1839–1918) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/daniel-webster-jones-110/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 18, 1897}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1897-01-19 |title=Busy Times |page=1 |work=Daily Arkansas Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette-jones-inaugurated/129234749/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 18, 1901<br />{{small|(did not run)}}{{efn|Jones instead [[1900–01 United States Senate elections|ran unsuccessfully]] for the Democratic nomination for the [[United States Senate]].<ref name="eoa-jones" />}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1896 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1896]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1898 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1898]]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|20
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Davis, Jeff"|[[File:Photograph, Cabinet Card - Arkansas Govenor Jeff Davis (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="3"|'''[[Jeff Davis (Arkansas governor)|Jeff Davis]]'''<br>{{Small|(1862–1913)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=80–81}}<ref name="nga-davis">{{Cite web |title=Jefferson Davis |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/jefferson-davis/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-davis">{{Cite web |last=Arsenault |first=Raymond O. |date=October 25, 2022 |title=Jeff Davis (1862–1913) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/jeff-davis-98/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 18, 1901}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1901-01-20 |title=Gov. Jeff Davis |page=4 |work=[[Pine Bluff Daily Graphic]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/117968131/gov-jeff-davis/ |access-date=2023-02-04}}</ref><br />–<br />January 18, 1907<br />{{small|(did not run)}}{{efn|Davis was instead [[1900–01 United States Senate elections|elected]] to the [[United States Senate]].<ref name="eoa-davis" />}}
|rowspan="3"|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1900 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1900]]
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|[[1902 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1902]]
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|[[1904 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1904]]
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!scope="row"|21
|data-sort-value="Little, John"|[[File:AR Little John.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[John Sebastian Little]]'''<br>{{Small|(1851–1916)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=81–82}}<ref name="nga-little">{{Cite web |title=John Sebastian Little |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-sebastian-little/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-little">{{Cite web |last=Gatewood |first=Willard B. |date=October 12, 2019 |title=John Sebastian Little (1851–1916) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/john-sebastian-little-112/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|January 18, 1907}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1907-01-18 |title=New Governor Inaugurated |page=2 |work=Arkansas Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arkansas-democrat-little-inaugurated-jan/129237726/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />February 11, 1907<br />{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Little resigned after suffering a [[nervous breakdown]] soon after taking office.<ref name="eoa-little" />}}
|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1906 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1906]]
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!scope="row"|—
|data-sort-value="Moore, John"|[[File:John Isaac Moore.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[John Isaac Moore]]'''<br>{{Small|(1856–1937)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=82}}<ref name="nga-moore">{{Cite web |title=John Isaac Moore |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-isaac-moore/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|February 11, 1907}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1907-02-12 |title=Governor Little Has Gone to Texas |page=1 |work=Daily Arkansas Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette-moore-succeeds-li/129237788/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />May 14, 1907<br />{{small|(legislature adjourned)}}
|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|President of<br />the Senate<br />acting}}{{efn|President of the Senate Moore acted as governor until the legislature adjourned,<ref name="nga-moore" /> at which time a new president pro tempore of the Senate was chosen, Pindall, who acted as governor until his senate term expired.<ref name="nga-pindall" /> For the remaining three days of the gubernatorial term, Martin, the new president pro tempore of the Senate, acted as governor.<ref name="eoa-little" /> Further complicating the situation, Pindall was out of state from May 9 to May 14, 1908, during which time [[Allen Hamiter]], speaker of the House, served as acting governor.<ref name="eoa-little" />|name=little}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|—
|data-sort-value="Pindall, Xenophon"|[[File:PindallXO f.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[Xenophon Overton Pindall]]'''<br>{{Small|(1873–1935)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=82–83}}<ref name="nga-pindall">{{Cite web |title=Xenophon Overton Pindall |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/xenophon-overton-pindall/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-pindall">{{Cite web |last=Goodner |first=Wes |date=March 19, 2019 |title=Xenophon Overton Pindall (1873–1935) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/xenophon-overton-pindall-2753/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|May 14, 1907}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1907-05-14 |title=Will Not Contest |page=1 |work=The Prescott Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-prescott-daily-news-pindall-succeeds/129237830/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 11, 1909<br />{{small|(senate term expired)}}
|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|President of<br />the Senate<br />acting}}{{efn|name=little}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|—
|data-sort-value="Martin, Jesse"|[[File:Jesse M. Martin.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[Jesse M. Martin]]'''<br>{{Small|(1877–1915)}}
|{{dts|January 11, 1909}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1909-01-11 |title=Brown and Martin |page=4 |work=Arkansas Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arkansas-democrat-martin-succeeds-pindal/129237917/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 14, 1909<br />{{small|(successor took office)}}
|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|President of<br />the Senate<br />acting}}{{efn|name=little}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|22
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Donaghey, George"|[[File:Portrait of George Washington Donaghey.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[George Washington Donaghey]]'''<br>{{Small|(1856–1937)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=83}}<ref name="nga-donaghey">{{Cite web |title=George W. Donaghey |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/george-w-donaghey/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-donaghey">{{Cite web |last=Ledbetter |first=Cal |date=May 21, 2019 |title=George Washington Donaghey (1856–1937) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/george-washington-donaghey-99/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 14, 1909}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1909-01-14 |title=Gov. Donaghey Inaugurated |page=1 |work=The Log Cabin Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-log-cabin-democrat-donaghey-inaugura/129238027/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 16, 1913<br />{{small|(lost nomination)}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1912-03-28 |title=Does Not Concede Donaghey's Defeat |page=1 |work=Daily Arkansas Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/117957380/does-not-concede-donagheys-defeat/ |access-date=2023-02-04}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1908 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1908]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1910 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1910]]
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|23
|data-sort-value="Robinson, Joseph"|[[File:Joseph T. Robinson cropped.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[Joseph Taylor Robinson]]'''<br>{{Small|(1872–1937)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=84}}<ref name="nga-robinson">{{Cite web |title=Joseph Taylor Robinson |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/joseph-taylor-robinson/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-robinson">{{Cite web |last=Weller |first=Cecil Edward Jr. |date=October 13, 2022 |title=Joseph Taylor Robinson (1872–1937) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/joseph-taylor-robinson-121/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|January 16, 1913}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1913-01-16 |title=Simple Ceremonies Were in Presence of Lawmakers |page=1 |work=Arkansas Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arkansas-democrat-robinson-inaugurated-j/129238092/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />March 8, 1913<br />{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Robinson resigned, having been [[1913 United States Senate special election in Arkansas|elected]] to the [[United States Senate]].<ref name="nga-robinson" />}}
|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1912 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1912]]
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!scope="row"|—
|data-sort-value="Oldham, William"|[[File:W. K. Oldham 2.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[William Kavanaugh Oldham]]'''<br>{{Small|(1865–1938)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=84–85}}<ref name="nga-oldham">{{Cite web |title=William Kavanaugh Oldham |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-kavanaugh-oldham/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|March 8, 1913}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1913-03-09 |title=Robinson Resigns; Oldham Is Governor |page=1 |work=Daily Arkansas Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette-oldham-succeeds-r/129238140/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />March 13, 1913<br />{{small|(new president of<br />the senate elected)}}
|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|President of<br />the Senate<br />acting}}{{efn|Oldham acted as governor for six days before a new president of the senate was elected.<ref name="nga-oldham" /> The new president, Futrell, acted as governor<ref name="nga-futrell" /> until Hays was elected in a special election to fill the remainder of the term.<ref name="nga-hays" /> Conflict over whether or not Futrell could succeed Oldham as acting governor led to the Arkansas Supreme Court ruling that he could.<ref>{{cite court | litigants=Futrell v. Oldham | court=Arkansas Supreme Court | vol=107 | reporter=Ark. | opinion=386 | date=1913 | url=https://opinions.arcourts.gov/ark/supremecourt/en/item/279908/index.do | access-date=October 26, 2019}}</ref>|name=robinson}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|—
|data-sort-value="Futrell, Junius"|[[File:Junius Marion Futrell.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[Junius Marion Futrell]]'''<br>{{Small|(1870–1955)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=85}}<ref name="nga-futrell">{{Cite web |title=Junius Marion Futrell |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/junius-marion-futrell/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-futrell">{{Cite web |last=Dougan |first=Michael B. |date=January 19, 2023 |title=Junius Marion Futrell (1870–1955) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/junius-marion-futrell-105/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|March 13, 1913}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1913-03-14 |title=Who Is Governor of Arkansas? |page=1 |work=The Prescott Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-prescott-daily-news-futrell-sworn-in/129238260/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />August 6, 1913<br />{{small|(successor took office)}}
|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|President of<br />the Senate<br />acting}}{{efn|name=robinson}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|24
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Hays, George"|[[File:George W. Hays (Arkansas governor).jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[George Washington Hays]]'''<br>{{Small|(1863–1927)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=86}}<ref name="nga-hays">{{Cite web |title=George Washington Hays |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/george-washington-hays/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-hays">{{Cite web |last=Niswonger |first=Richard L. |date=March 4, 2022 |title=George Washington Hays (1863–1927) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/george-washington-hays-107/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|August 6, 1913}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1913-08-06 |title=Geo. W. Hays Now Governor |page=1 |work=Newport Daily Independent |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/117969737/geo-w-hays-now-governor/ |access-date=2023-02-05}}</ref><br />–<br />January 10, 1917<br />{{small|(did not run)}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=86}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1913 Arkansas gubernatorial special election|1913]]<br />{{small|(special)}}{{efn|name=robinson}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1914 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1914]]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|25
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Brough, Charles"|[[File:Charles Hillman Brough in 1916 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Charles Hillman Brough]]'''<br>{{Small|(1876–1935)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=86–87}}<ref name="nga-brough">{{Cite web |title=Charles Hillman Brough |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/charles-hillman-brough/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-brough">{{Cite web |last=Dougan |first=Michael B. |date=December 5, 2022 |title=Charles Hillman Brough (1876–1935) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/charles-hillman-brough-89/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 10, 1917}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1917-01-11 |title=Brough Inaugurated Governor of State |page=1 |work=The Newark Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/117970200/brough-inaugurated-governor-of-state/ |access-date=2023-02-05}}</ref><br />–<br />January 12, 1921<br />{{small|(did not run)}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=86–87}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1916 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1916]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1918 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1918]]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|26
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="McRae, Thomas"|[[File:AR McRae Thomas.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Thomas Chipman McRae]]'''<br>{{Small|(1851–1929)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=87–88}}<ref name="nga-mcrae">{{Cite web |title=Thomas Chapman McRae |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-chipman-mcrae/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-mcrae">{{Cite web |last=Clements |first=Derek Allen |date=October 25, 2022 |title=Thomas Chipman McRae (1851–1929) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/thomas-chipman-mcrae-114/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 12, 1921}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1921-01-12 |title=Inauguration of Gov. Thomas C. M'Rae Held This Afternoon |page=1 |work=Little Rock Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/117970572/inauguration-of-gov-thomas-c-mrae/ |access-date=2023-02-05}}</ref><br />–<br />January 14, 1925<br />{{small|(did not run)}}<ref name="eoa-mcrae" />
|rowspan="2"|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1920 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1920]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1922 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1922]]
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|27
|data-sort-value="Terral, Tom"|[[File:Gov. T.J. Terrell of Ark., 6-4-25 LCCN2016850440 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|'''[[Tom Terral]]'''<br>{{Small|(1882–1946)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=88}}<ref name="nga-terral">{{Cite web |title=Thomas Jefferson Terral |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-jefferson-terral/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-terral">{{Cite web |last=Clements |first=Derek Allen |date=October 13, 2022 |title=Thomas Jefferson Terral (1882–1946) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/thomas-jefferson-terral-123/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|January 14, 1925}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1925-01-15 |title=Terral Takes Oath As Arkansas Chief |page=18 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/117971088/terral-takes-oath-as-arkansas-chief/ |access-date=2023-02-05}}</ref><br />–<br />January 11, 1927<br />{{small|(lost nomination)}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=88}}
|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1924 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1924]]
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!scope="row"|28
|data-sort-value="Martineau, John"|[[File:JohnEllisMartineau.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[John Ellis Martineau]]'''<br>{{Small|(1873–1937)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=89}}<ref name="nga-martineau">{{Cite web |title=John Ellis Martineau |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-ellis-martineau/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-martineau">{{Cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Leon C. |last2=Moneyhon |first2=Carl H. |date=October 13, 2022 |title=John Ellis Martineau (1873–1937) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/john-ellis-martineau-113/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|January 11, 1927}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1927-01-13 |title=John E. Martineau at the Helm of State |page=1 |work=The Madison County Record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-madison-county-record-martineau-inau/129238413/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />March 14, 1928<br />{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Martineau resigned, having been confirmed to the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas]].<ref name="nga-martineau" />}}
|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1926 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1926]]
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|{{sortname|Harvey|Parnell}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|29
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Parnell, Harvey"|[[File:Harvey Parnell.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="3"|'''[[Harvey Parnell]]'''<br>{{Small|(1880–1936)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=89–90}}<ref name="nga-parnell">{{Cite web |title=Harvey Parnell |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/harvey-parnell/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-parnell">{{Cite web |last=Salamo |first=Pamela |date=October 13, 2022 |title=Harvey Parnell (1880–1936) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/harvey-parnell-117/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|March 14, 1928}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1928-03-15 |title=Martineau In As Judge |page=5 |work=The Kansas City Times |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/117971855/martineau-in-as-judge/ |access-date=2023-02-05}}</ref><br />–<br />January 10, 1933<br />{{small|(did not run)}}<ref name="eoa-parnell" />
|rowspan="3"|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Succeeded from<br />lieutenant<br />governor}}
|colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1928 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1928]]
|rowspan="19" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|{{sortname|Lee|Cazort}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1930 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1930]]
|{{sortname|Lawrence Elery|Wilson}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|30
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Futrell, Junius"|[[File:Junius Marion Futrell.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Junius Marion Futrell]]'''<br>{{Small|(1870–1955)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=85}}<ref name="nga-futrell" /><ref name="eoa-futrell" />
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 10, 1933}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1933-01-12 |title=Governor Futrell Demands Economy |page=1 |work=The Star Progress |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-star-progress-futrell-inaugurated-ja/129238642/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 12, 1937<br />{{small|(did not run)}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1932 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1932]]
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Lee|Cazort}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1934 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1934]]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|31
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Bailey, Carl"|[[File:Carl E. Bailey (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Carl E. Bailey]]'''<br>{{Small|(1894–1948)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=90–91}}<ref name="nga-bailey">{{Cite web |title=Carl Edward Bailey |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/carl-edward-bailey/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-bailey">{{Cite web |last=Holley |first=Donald |date=October 13, 2022 |title=Carl Edward Bailey (1894–1948) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/carl-edward-bailey-86/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 12, 1937}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1937-01-12 |title=Carl Bailey Takes Oath As Governor |page=1 |work=The Courier News |agency=United Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-news-bailey-inaugurated-janu/129238679/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 14, 1941<br />{{small|(lost nomination)}}<ref name="eoa-bailey" />
|rowspan="2"|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1936 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1936]]
|rowspan="3"|{{sortname|Robert L.|Bailey}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1938 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1938]]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|32
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Adkins, Homer"|[[File:Homer M. Adkins.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Homer Martin Adkins]]'''<br>{{Small|(1890–1964)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=91}}<ref name="nga-adkins">{{Cite web |title=Homer Martin Adkins |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/homer-martin-adkins/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-adkins">{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Patrick G. |date=January 18, 2023 |title=Homer Martin Adkins (1890–1964) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/homer-martin-adkins-84/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 14, 1941}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1941-01-14 |title=none | quote=Homer M. Adkins, 50-year-old former Internal Revenue Collector for Arkansas, became this state's 33rd governor today... |page=1 |work=The Daily World |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-world-adkins-inaugurated-janua/129238729/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 9, 1945<br />{{small|(did not run)}}{{efn|Adkins instead [[1944 United States Senate election in Arkansas|ran unsuccessfully]] for the Democratic nomination for the [[United States Senate]].<ref name="eoa-adkins" />}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1940 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1940]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1942 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1942]]
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|James L.|Shaver}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|33
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Laney, Benjamin"|[[File:Ben Laney.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Benjamin T. Laney]]'''<br>{{Small|(1896–1977)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=92}}<ref name="nga-laney">{{Cite web |title=Benjamin Travis Laney |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/benjamin-travis-laney/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-laney">{{Cite web |last=Forgey |first=Tom |date=May 21, 2019 |title=Benjamin Travis Laney Jr. (1896–1977) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/benjamin-travis-laney-jr-111/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 9, 1945}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1945-01-12 |title='Bills Must Be Paid' Laney Reminds Arkansas in Inaugural Address |page=1 |work=Baxter Bulletin |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/baxter-bulletin-laney-inaugurated-januar/129238774/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 11, 1949<br />{{small|(did not run)}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1944 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1944]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1946 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1946]]
|rowspan="10"|{{sortname|Nathan Green|Gordon}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|34
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="McMath, Sid"|[[File:Sid mcmath1.JPG|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Sid McMath]]'''<br>{{Small|(1912–2003)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=92–93}}<ref name="nga-mcmath">{{Cite web |title=Sidney Sanders McMath |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/sidney-sanders-mcmath/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-mcmath">{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=C. Fred |date=January 3, 2023 |title=Sid McMath (1912–2003) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/sid-mcmath-51/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 11, 1949}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1949-01-11 |title=Hot Springs Man Becomes 35th Governor |page=1 |work=Hope Star |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hope-star-mcmath-inaugurated-january-11/129238825/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 13, 1953<br />{{small|(lost nomination)}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=92–93}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1948 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1948]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1950 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1950]]
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|35
|data-sort-value="Cherry, Francis"|[[File:Francis Cherry.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[Francis Cherry (governor)|Francis Cherry]]'''<br>{{Small|(1908–1965)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=93–94}}<ref name="nga-cherry">{{Cite web |title=Francis Adams Cherry |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/francis-adams-cherry/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-cherry">{{Cite web |last=Dougan |first=Michael B. |date=October 24, 2022 |title=Francis Adams Cherry (1908–1965) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/francis-adams-cherry-91/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|January 13, 1953}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hatch |first=Leon |date=1953-01-13 |title=New Governor Says Revision 'Best Solution' |page=1 |work=The Courier News |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-news-cherry-inaugurated-janu/129248865/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 11, 1955<br />{{small|(lost nomination)}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=93–94}}
|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1952 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1952]]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="6" scope="rowgroup"|36
|rowspan="6" data-sort-value="Faubus, Orval"|[[File:Orval Faubus.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="6"|'''[[Orval Faubus]]'''<br>{{Small|(1910–1994)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=94–95}}<ref name="nga-faubus">{{Cite web |title=Orval Eugene Faubus |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/orval-eugene-faubus/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-faubus">{{Cite web |last=Reed |first=Roy |date=January 12, 2023 |title=Orval Eugene Faubus (1910–1994) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/orval-eugene-faubus-102/ |access-date=December 22, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="6"|{{dts|January 11, 1955}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1955-01-11 |title=Orval Faubus Inaugurated As Governor of Arkansas Outlines Plans for His Administration |page=1 |work=The Daily World |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-world-faubus-inaugurated-janua/129248920/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 10, 1967<br />{{small|(did not run)}}
|rowspan="6"|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1954 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1954]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1956 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1956]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1958 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1958]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1960 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1960]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1962 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1962]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1964 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1964]]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|37
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Rockefeller, Winthrop"|[[File:Winthrop Rockefeller Razorback 1969 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Winthrop Rockefeller]]'''<br>{{Small|(1912–1973)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=95–96}}<ref name="nga-rockefeller">{{Cite web |title=Winthrop Rockefeller |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/winthrop-rockefeller/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-rockefeller">{{Cite web |last=Dillard |first=Tom W. |date=January 2, 2023 |title=Winthrop Rockefeller (1912–1973) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/winthrop-rockefeller-122/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 10, 1967}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1967-01-10 |title=Winthrop Rockefeller Takes Oath As Governor; Faubus Says Goodbye |page=1 |work=The Daily World |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-world-rockefeller-inaugurated/129248955/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 12, 1971<br />{{small|(lost election)}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Republican Party of Arkansas|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1966 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1966]]
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Maurice|Britt}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1968 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1968]]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|38
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Bumpers, Dale"|[[File:Dale Bumpers (AR).png|75px]]
|rowspan="7" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Dale Bumpers]]'''<br>{{Small|(1925–2016)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=96}}<ref name="nga-bumpers">{{Cite web |title=Dale Bumpers |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/dale-bumpers/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-bumpers">{{Cite web |last=Durning |first=Dan |date=July 6, 2022 |title=Dale Leon Bumpers (1925–2016) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/dale-leon-bumpers-90/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 12, 1971}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shaw |first=Robert |date=1971-01-12 |title=Bumpers Sworn In As 38th State Governor |page=1 |work=The El Dorado Times |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-el-dorado-times-bumpers-inaugurated/129248985/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 3, 1975<br />{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Bumpers resigned, having been [[1974 United States Senate election in Arkansas|elected]] to the [[United States Senate]].{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=96}}}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1970 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1970]]
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Bob C.|Riley}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1972 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1972]]
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|—
|data-sort-value="Riley, Bob"|[[File:Bob C. Riley (Arkansas governor).jpg|75px]]
|'''[[Bob C. Riley]]'''<br>{{Small|(1924–1994)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=96–97}}<ref name="eoa-riley">{{Cite web |last=Bass |first=Harold F. |date=December 21, 2022 |title=Bob Cowley Riley (1924–1994) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/bob-cowley-riley-2458/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|January 3, 1975}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1975-01-03 |title=Bob Riley Sworn In |page=1 |work=Northwest Arkansas Times |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/northwest-arkansas-times-riley-succeeds/129249024/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 14, 1975<br />{{small|(successor took office)}}
|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Succeeded from<br />lieutenant<br />governor}}
|colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|39
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Pryor, David"|[[File:David Pryor (AR).png|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[David Pryor]]'''<br>{{Small|(1934–2024)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=97–98}}<ref name="nga-pryor">{{Cite web |title=David Hampton Pryor |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/david-hampton-pryor/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-pryor">{{Cite web |last=Barth |first=Jay |date=November 9, 2022 |title=David Hampton Pryor (1934–) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/david-hampton-pryor-118/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 14, 1975}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1975-01-14 |title=none | quote=David Pryor took the oath of office as Arkansas 39th elected governor... |page=4 |work=The Daily World |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-world-pryor-inaugurated-januar/129249040/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 3, 1979<br />{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Pryor resigned, having been [[1978 United States Senate election in Arkansas|elected]] to the [[United States Senate]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1979-01-03 |title=Pryor Leaves Office to Take Senate Post |page=25 |work=The Memphis Press-Scimitar |agency=United Press International |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/117989325/pryor-leaves-office-to-take-senate-post/ |access-date=2023-02-05}}</ref>}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=55–56}}
|[[1974 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1974]]
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Joe|Purcell}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1976 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1976]]
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|—
|data-sort-value="Purcell, Joe"|[[File:Joe Purcell (1975).png|75px]]
|'''[[Joe Purcell]]'''<br>{{Small|(1923–1987)}}<br><ref name="eoa-purcell">{{Cite web |last=Dumas |first=Ernest |date=October 6, 2022 |title=Joe Edward Purcell (1923–1987) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/joe-edward-purcell-2456/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|January 3, 1979}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Simmons |first=Bill |date=1979-01-07 |title=Legislature Convenes on Monday |page=1 |work=The Daily World |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-world-purcell-succeeds-pryor-j/129249134/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 9, 1979<br />{{small|(successor took office)}}
|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]<ref name="eoa-purcell" />
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Succeeded from<br />lieutenant<br />governor}}
|colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|[[Governorships of Bill Clinton|40]]
|data-sort-value="Clinton, Bill"|[[File:Bill Clinton (37899881792) (cropped2).jpg|75px]]
|'''[[Bill Clinton]]''' <br>{{Small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1946)}}<br><ref name="nga-clinton">{{Cite web |title=William Jefferson Clinton |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-jefferson-clinton/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-clinton">{{Cite web |last=Dumas |first=Ernest |date=January 19, 2023 |title=Bill Clinton |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/bill-clinton-95/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|January 9, 1979}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nelson |first=Janet |date=1979-01-11 |title=Gov. Clinton Takes Office |page=1A |work=Baxter Bulletin |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/baxter-bulletin-clinton-inaugurated-janu/129249201/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 13, 1981<br />{{small|(lost election)}}
|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]<ref name="eoa-clinton" />
|[[1978 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1978]]
|rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|{{sortname|Joe|Purcell}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|41
|data-sort-value="White, Frank"|[[File:Frank D. White 1995 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|'''[[Frank D. White]]'''<br>{{Small|(1933–2003)}}<br><ref name="nga-white">{{Cite web |title=Frank D. White |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/frank-d-white/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-white">{{Cite web |last=Dillard |first=Tom W. |date=July 1, 2022 |title=Frank Durward White (1933–2003) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/frank-durward-white-125/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|January 13, 1981}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Katz |first=Jeffrey |date=1981-01-14 |title=White Promises Fiscal 'Realism' At First Speech |page=3 |work=The Commercial Appeal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-white-inaugurated/129249327/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 11, 1983<br />{{small|(lost election)}}
|[[Republican Party of Arkansas|Republican]]<ref name="eoa-white" />
|[[1980 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1980]]
|rowspan="4"|{{sortname|Winston|Bryant}}{{efn|Represented the [[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic Party]]|name=lt-dem}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="4" scope="rowgroup"|[[Governorships of Bill Clinton|42]]
|rowspan="4" data-sort-value="Clinton, Bill"|[[File:Bill Clinton 1986.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="7" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="4"|'''[[Bill Clinton]]''' <br>{{Small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1946)}}<br><ref name="nga-clinton" /><ref name="eoa-clinton" />
|rowspan="4"|{{dts|January 11, 1983}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hale |first=Debbye |date=1983-01-12 |title=Clinton Inaugurated; Sets Ambitious Agenda |page=12A |work=The Times |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-clinton-inaugurated-january-11/129249522/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />December 12, 1992<br />{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Clinton resigned, having been [[1992 United States presidential election|elected]] [[President of the United States]].<ref name="eoa-clinton" />}}
|rowspan="4"|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]<ref name="eoa-clinton" />
|[[1982 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1982]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1984 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1984]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1986 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1986]]{{efn|First term under a 1984 constitutional amendment, which lengthened terms to four years.<ref name="const-amend63" />}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1990 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1990]]
|{{sortname|Jim Guy|Tucker}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|43
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Tucker, Jim"|[[File:Jim Guy Tucker.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="3"|'''[[Jim Guy Tucker]]''' <br>{{Small|(1943–2025)}}<br><ref name="nga-tucker">{{Cite web |title=Jim Guy Tucker |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/jim-guy-tucker/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-tucker">{{Cite web |last=Whayne |first=Jeannie M. |date=February 24, 2021 |title=Jim Guy Tucker Jr. (1943–2025) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/jim-guy-tucker-jr-124/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|December 12, 1992}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Duffy |first=Joan I. |date=1992-12-13 |title=Tucker Succeeds Clinton As Arkansas Chief of State |page=A19 |work=The Commercial Appeal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-tucker-succeeds-cl/129249550/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />July 15, 1996<br />{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Tucker resigned after being convicted of [[mail fraud]] in the [[Whitewater controversy]];<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Melton |first1=R.H. |last2=Haddigan |first2=Michael |date=May 29, 1996 |title=Three Guilty in Arkansas Fraud Trial |page=A1 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/whitewater/stories/wwtr960529.htm |access-date=February 4, 2023}}</ref>}}
|rowspan="3"|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]<ref name="eoa-tucker" />
|rowspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Succeeded from<br />lieutenant<br />governor}}
|colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Mike|Huckabee}}{{efn|Represented the [[Republican Party of Arkansas|Republican Party]]|name=lt-rep}}<br />{{small|(elected November 20, 1993)}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1994 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1994]]
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="5" scope="rowgroup"|[[Governorship of Mike Huckabee|44]]
|rowspan="5" data-sort-value="Huckabee, Mike"|[[File:Mike Huckabee, August 2002 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="5"|'''[[Mike Huckabee]]''' <br>{{Small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1955)}}<br><ref name="nga-huckabee">{{Cite web |title=Mike Huckabee |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/mike-huckabee/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-huckabee">{{Cite web |last=Berry |first=Trey |date=December 15, 2022 |title=Mike Huckabee (1955–) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/mike-huckabee-108/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="5"|{{dts|July 15, 1996}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1996-07-16 |title=Arkansas Governor Quits Under Pressure |page=8A |work=Democrat and Chronicle |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle-huckabee-succeeds/129249582/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 9, 2007<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|Under a 1993 amendment to the constitution, governors may not serve more than two terms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amendment 73 - Arkansas Term Limitation Amendment |url=https://law.justia.com/constitution/arkansas/amendments/amendment-73/ |access-date=2023-12-14 }}</ref>|name=limits-1993}}
|rowspan="5"|[[Republican Party of Arkansas|Republican]]<ref name="eoa-huckabee" />
|rowspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Succeeded from<br />lieutenant<br />governor}}
|colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="3"|{{sortname|Winthrop Paul|Rockefeller}}<br />{{small|(elected November 19, 1996)<br />(died July 16, 2006)}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1998 Arkansas gubernatorial election|1998]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2"|[[2002 Arkansas gubernatorial election|2002]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|45
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Beebe, Mike"|[[File:MikeBeebe2009 (cropped) (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[Mike Beebe]]''' <br>{{Small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1946)}}<br><ref name="nga-beebe">{{Cite web |title=Mike Beebe |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/mike-beebe/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-beebe">{{Cite web |last=Barth |first=Jay |date=January 14, 2022 |title=Mickey Dale (Mike) Beebe (1946–) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/mickey-dale-8718/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 9, 2007}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=DeMillo |first=Andrew |date=2007-01-10 |title=New Governor of Arkansas Says Hard Times Aren't Inevitable |page=B6 |work=The Commercial Appeal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-beebe-inaugurated/129249691/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 13, 2015<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1993}}
|rowspan="3"|[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]]<ref name="eoa-beebe" />
|[[2006 Arkansas gubernatorial election|2006]]
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|{{sortname|Bill|Halter}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2"|[[2010 Arkansas gubernatorial election|2010]]
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|{{sortname|Mark|Darr}}{{efn|name=lt-rep}}<br />{{small|(resigned February 1, 2014)}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|46
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Hutchinson, Asa"| [[File:Asa Hutchinson by Gage Skidmore.jpg|99x99px]]
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Asa Hutchinson]]''' <br>{{Small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1950)}}<br><ref name="nga-hutchinson">{{Cite web |title=Asa Hutchinson |date=January 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/asa-hutchinson/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-hutchinson">{{Cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=Felicia |last2=Barth |first2=Jay |last3=Johnson |first3=Ben F. III |date=December 12, 2022 |title=Asa Hutchinson (1950–) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/asa-hutchinson-4517/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 13, 2015}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lesnick |first=Gavin |date=2015-01-13 |title=Hutchinson sworn in as state's 46th governor |language=en |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/jan/13/hutchinson-sworn-states-46th-governor/ |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />January 10, 2023<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1993}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Republican Party of Arkansas|Republican]]<ref name="eoa-hutchinson" />
|[[2014 Arkansas gubernatorial election|2014]]
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Tim|Griffin}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[2018 Arkansas gubernatorial election|2018]]
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|47
|data-sort-value="Sanders, Sarah"|[[File:Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|'''[[Sarah Huckabee Sanders]]'''<br>{{Small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1982)}}<br><ref name="nga-sanders">{{Cite web |title=Sarah Huckabee Sanders |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/sarah-huckabee-sanders/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="eoa-sanders">{{Cite web |last=Pruden |first=William H. III |date=January 30, 2023 |title=Sarah Huckabee Sanders (1982–) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/Sarah-Huckabee-Sanders-13510/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|January 10, 2023}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=DeMillo |first=Andrew |date=2023-01-10 |title=Sarah Huckabee Sanders sworn in as Arkansas governor |language=en-US |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-01-10/sarah-huckabee-sanders-sworn-in-as-arkansas-governor |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><br />–<br />Incumbent{{efn|Sanders' term [[2026 Arkansas gubernatorial election|will expire]] on January 12, 2027. She is running for reelection.}}
|[[Republican Party of Arkansas|Republican]]<ref name="eoa-sanders" />
|[[2022 Arkansas gubernatorial election|2022]]
|{{sortname|Leslie|Rutledge}}
|}

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==See also==
* [[List of Arkansas General Assemblies]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==

;General
{{refbegin}}
* {{Cite web |title=Former Arkansas Governors |url=https://www.nga.org/former-governors/arkansas/ |access-date=December 20, 2022 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}
* {{Cite web |title=Governor, Office of the |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/office-of-the-governor-5676/ |access-date=December 20, 2022 |publisher=Encyclopedia of Arkansas}}
* {{cite book| last1 = Blair | first1 = Diane D.| last2 = Barth| first2 = Jay| title = Arkansas Politics and Government| publisher = University of Nebraska Press | edition = second| year = 2005| location = Lincoln| isbn = 0-8032-6198-5}}
* {{Cite book |last=Herndon |first=Dallas Tabor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6hUUAAAAYAAJ |title=Centennial History of Arkansas |publisher=Southern Historical Press |year=1922 |isbn=978-0-89308-068-6 |access-date=August 3, 2010}}
* {{Cite book |last=Sobel |first=Robert |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicaldire0001sobe/ |title=Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. I |publisher=Meckler Books |year=1978 |isbn=9780930466015 |access-date=July 10, 2019}}
* {{Cite book |last=McMullin |first=Thomas A. |url=http://archive.org/details/biographicaldire0000mcmu |title=Biographical directory of American territorial governors |date=1984 |publisher=Westport, CT : Meckler |isbn=978-0-930466-11-4 |access-date=January 19, 2023}}
* {{Cite book |last=Dubin |first=Michael J. |url=http://archive.org/details/unitedstatesgube0000dubi |title=United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County |date=2003 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-1439-0}}
* {{Cite book |last=Dubin |first=Michael J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WYJAIOabIPgC |title=United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911: The Official Results by State and County |date=2014 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-5646-8 |language=en}}
* {{Cite book |last=Kallenbach |first=Joseph Ernest |url=http://archive.org/details/americanstategov0000kall |title=American State Governors, 1776-1976 |date=1977 |publisher=Oceana Publications |isbn=978-0-379-00665-0 |access-date=September 23, 2023}}
* {{Cite book |last=Glashan |first=Roy R. |url=http://archive.org/details/americangovernor0000glas |title=American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 |date=1979 |publisher=Meckler Books |isbn=978-0-930466-17-6}}
* {{Cite web |title=Our Campaigns - Governor of Arkansas - History |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerHistory.html?ContainerID=106 |access-date=2023-07-25 |website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}
* {{Cite web |title=Our Campaigns - Governor of Arkansas (CSA) - History |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerHistory.html?ContainerID=61423 |access-date=2023-07-25 |website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}
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;Constitutions
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* {{Cite journal |year=1874 |title=Constitution of the State of Arkansas |journal=Arkansas Constitutions |url=https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/constitutions/2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807041458/https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/constitutions/2/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |access-date=December 20, 2022 |publisher=Arkansas State Legislature}}
* {{Cite journal |year=1836 |title=Constitution of the State of Arkansas |journal=Arkansas Constitutions |url=https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/constitutions/5/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027075924/https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/constitutions/5/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |access-date=December 20, 2022 |publisher=Arkansas State Legislature}}
* {{Cite journal |year=1861 |title=Constitution of the State of Arkansas |journal=Arkansas Constitutions |url=https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/constitutions/4/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107160555/https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/constitutions/4/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 7, 2020 |access-date=December 20, 2022 |publisher=Arkansas State Legislature}}
* {{Cite journal |year=1864 |title=Constitution of the State of Arkansas |journal=Arkansas Constitutions |url=https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/constitutions/1/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027014657/https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/constitutions/1/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |access-date=December 20, 2022 |publisher=Arkansas State Legislature}}
* {{Cite journal |year=1868 |title=Constitution of the State of Arkansas |journal=Arkansas Constitutions |url=https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/constitutions/3/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101075117/https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/constitutions/3/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |access-date=December 20, 2022 |publisher=Arkansas State Legislature}}
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