49th Arkansas General Assembly
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| name = 49th Arkansas General Assembly
| image = Arkansas State Capitol.jpg
| caption = Arkansas State Capitol (2009)
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| term_start = {{Start date|1933|1|9}}
| term_end = {{End date|1933|3|9}}
| before = 48th
| after = 50th
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| chamber1_image = Arkansas Senate Arch 35d.svg
| chamber1_image_caption = Senate party standings
| chamber1 = Arkansas Senate
| membership1 = 35 (35 Democratic Party)
| control1 = Democratic Party
| chamber1_leader1_type = President of the Senate
| chamber1_leader1 = Lee Cazort (D)
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| chamber2_image = Arkansas House Arch 100d.svg
| chamber2_image_caption =House party standings
| chamber2 = House of Representatives
| membership2 = 100 (100 Democratic Party)
| control2 = Democratic Party
| chamber2_leader1_type = House Speaker
| chamber2_leader1 = H. K. Toney (D)
| session1_start = January 9, 1933
| session1_end = March 9, 1933
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The Forty-Ninth Arkansas General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Arkansas in 1933 and 1934. In this General Assembly, all 35 positions in the Arkansas Senate and 100 positions in the Arkansas House of Representatives were both controlled by the Democrats.
Major events
Democratic hegemony was typical in Arkansas and throughout the American South during the Solid South period.
=Vacancies=
- Senator John Fred Parish (D-29th) was contested, and R. A. Nelson was seated on January 9, 1933{{harvp|"SOS"|1998|p= 287}}.
- Representative Ethel Cole Cunningham (D-Yell County) resigned at the end of the regular session but is carried as absent non-voting{{harvp|"SOS"|1998|p= 288}}.
Senate
The senate was completely controlled the Democratic party. Fifteen freshman senators took seats in the chamber, including John Fred Parish (D-29th), who successfully contested the reelection of incumbent R. A. Nelson, who was seated at the beginning of the session.
=Leadership=
- President of the Senate: Lee Cazort{{harvp|"SOS"|1998|p= 287}}.
=Senators=
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| 1 | C. B. Gregg | Democratic | 1932 | Clay, Craighead, Greene |
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| 2 | Andrew J. Cole | Democratic | 1932 | Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp |
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| 3 | Roy Milum | Democratic | 1922 | Boone, Marion, Newton |
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| 4 | Robert L. Bailey | Democratic | 1930 | Johnson, Pope |
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| 5 | Wilson Cardwell | Democratic | 1932 | Washington |
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| 6 | J. Paul Ward | Democratic | 1930 | Independence, Stone |
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| 7 | J. L. Shaver | Democratic | 1930 | Cross, Woodruff |
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| 8 | Charles I. Evans | Democratic | 1932 | Logan, Yell |
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| 9 | Marvin N. Harris | Democratic | 1932 | Grant, Hot Spring, Saline |
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| 10 | Ed B. Dillon | Democratic | 1926 | Perry, Pulaski |
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| 10 | G. W. Hendricks | Democratic | 1930 | Perry, Pulaski |
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| 11 | Sam Levine | Democratic | 1932 | Jefferson |
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| 12 | T. P. Atkins | Democratic | 1930 | Lonoke, Prairie |
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| 13 | G. C. Carnes | Democratic | 1928 | Arkansas, Monroe |
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| 14 | William L. Ward | Democratic | 1932 | Lee, Phillips |
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| 15 | J.A. Bennett | Democratic | 1930 | Ashley, Chicot |
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| 16 | A. J. Johnson | Democratic | 1932 | Cleveland, Dallas, Lincoln |
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| 17 | W. F. Norrell | Democratic | 1930 | Desha, Drew |
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| 18 | Tom Marlin | Democratic | 1932 | Bradley, Union |
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| 19 | Charles L. Poole | Democratic | 1930 | Calhoun, Ouachita |
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| 20 | Lawrence L. Mitchell | Democratic | 1930 | Hempstead, Nevada |
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| 21 | Ned A. Stewart | Democratic | 1930 | Columbia, Lafayette, Miller |
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| 22 | Winfred Lake | Democratic | 1930 | Howard, Little River, Sevier |
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| 23 | John C. Ashley | Democratic | 1932 | Baxter, Fulton, Izard |
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| 24 | Mike I. Shuster | Democratic | 1930 | Carroll, Madison |
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| 25 | Ivo W. Gilbert | Democratic | 1932 | Crawford, Franklin |
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| 26 | Guy Walls | Democratic | 1930 | Conway, Cleburne, Searcy, Van Buren |
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| 27 | W. H. Abington | Democratic | 1930 | White, Faulkner |
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| 28 | Fred Armstrong | Democratic | 1932 | Sebastian |
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| 29 | R. A. Nelson | Democratic | 1928 | Jackson, Mississippi, Poinsett |
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| 30 | Fletcher McElhannon | Democratic | 1930 | Clark, Pike |
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| 31 | L. Walter Wheatley | Democratic | 1932 | Garland, Montgomery |
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| 32 | Marvin B. Norfleet | Democratic | 1930 | Crittenden, St. Francis |
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| 33 | R. L. Crutchfield | Democratic | 1932 | Polk, Scott |
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| 34 | Storm O. Whaley | Democratic | 1930 | Benton |
House of Representatives
The House was almost entirely new, with 73 freshmen members. Only three members had first won election to the House in 1928.
=Leadership=
- Speaker of the House: H. K. Toney
=Representatives=
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!County !Representative !Party !First elected | |||
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| Arkansas | Louis K. Burkle | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Ashley | T. G. Morgan | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Baxter | M. R. Pryor | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Benton | John W. Nance | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Benton | Clyde T. Ellis | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Boone | Louis Dowell | Democratic | 1930 |
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| Bradley | Carroll Hollensworth | Democratic | 1930 |
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| Calhoun | Marcus W. Proctor | Democratic | 1930 |
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| Carroll | Ted P. Coxsey | Democratic | 1930 |
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| Chicot | E. B. Cone | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Clark | C. R. Huie | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Clark | George H. Wells | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Clay | C. O. Raley | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Cleburne | Eddie J. Dunn | Democratic | 1932 |
{{party shading/Democratic}} | O. E. Gates | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Columbia | Joe L. Davis | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Columbia | S. A. Crumpler | Democratic | 1930 |
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| Conway | J. H. Reynolds | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Conway | Steve Combs | Democratic | 1932 |
{{party shading/Democratic}} | Orris B. Elgin | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Crawford | James W. Smith | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Crawford | Jim Scott | Democratic | 1930 |
{{party shading/Democratic}} | W. W. Harris | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Cross | Sam A. Gooch | Democratic | 1930 |
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| Dallas | W. M. Caraway | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Desha | Scott McGehee | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Drew | Charles H. Killian | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Faulkner | J. C. Dawson | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Franklin | John Bollinger | Democratic | 1930 |
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| Franklin | W. R. Bumpers | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Fulton | H. A. Northcutt | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Garland | Elmer Tackett | Democratic | 1930 |
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| Garland | C. A. Stanfield | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Grant | A. J. Stephens | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Greene | J. Ed Thompson | Democratic | 1928 |
{{party shading/Democratic}} | Luke F. Monroe | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Hempstead | Ernest G. Steed | Democratic | 1932 |
{{party shading/Democratic}} | H. S. Thomas | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Howard | Jack Owen | Democratic | 1932 |
{{party shading/Democratic}} | Virgil James Butler | Democratic | 1930 |
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| Independence | W. P. Detherow | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Izard | W. W. Copeland | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Jackson | Henry S. Grant | Democratic | 1932 |
{{party shading/Democratic}} | H. Kemp Toney | Democratic | 1930 |
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| Jefferson | Hendrix Rowell | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Jefferson | Carleton Harris | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Johnson | Armil Taylor | Democratic | 1932 |
{{party shading/Democratic}} | R. T. Boulware | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Lawrence | E. E. Kelley | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Lee | A. L. Wilsford | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Lee | Eugene Hampton | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Lincoln | Joe C. Hardin | Democratic | 1930 |
{{party shading/Democratic}} | W. D. Waldrop | Democratic | 1930 |
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| Logan | John M. Willems | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Logan | Joseph O. Horton | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Lonoke | John M. Bransford | Democratic | 1930 |
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| Lonoke | A. J. Walls | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Madison | Charles L. McElhaney | Democratic | 1930 |
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| Marion | Earl Berry | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Miller | Ben E. Carter | Democratic | 1932 |
{{party shading/Democratic}} | Curtis J. Little | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Monroe | Fred N. McCollum | Democratic | 1932 |
{{party shading/Democratic}} | Harold Watkins | Democratic | 1930 |
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| Nevada | Alfred E. Cross | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Newton | Ernest Cheatham | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Ouachita | Richard K. Mason | Democratic | 1930 |
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| Perry | G. B. Colvin | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Phillips | Leo Nyberg | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Phillips | Luther J. Wilkes | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Pike | Fletcher B. Clement | Democratic | 1930 |
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| Poinsett | H. B. Thorn | Democratic | 1930 |
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| Polk | Marcus L. Miller | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Pope | John G. Rye | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Pope | Neal King | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Prairie | J. W. Watson | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Pulaski | Morgan Smith | Democratic | 1928 |
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| Pulaski | J. S. Murphy | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Pulaski | Ellis M. Fagan | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Pulaski | David D. Terry | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Randolph | J. E. Smith | Democratic | 1930 |
{{party shading/Democratic}} | B. McCollum | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Saline | B. B. McCall | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Scott | Lorenzo D. Duncan | Democratic | 1930 |
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| Searcy | Zeb V. Ferguson | Democratic | 1932 |
{{party shading/Democratic}} | Henry Kaufman | Democratic | 1930 |
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| Sebastian | Earl Dunn | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Sebastian | Means Wilkinson | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Sevier | Minor W. Millwee | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Sharp | James M. Simpson | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Stone | William O. Edmondson | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Union | Sam D. Crawford | Democratic | 1932 |
{{party shading/Democratic}} | Joe S. Hall | Democratic | 1930 |
{{party shading/Democratic}} | Irvin R. Rothrock | Democratic | 1928 |
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| Washington | Rufus J. Nelson | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Washington | W. H. Norton | Democratic | 1932 |
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| White | J. A. Choate | Democratic | 1932 |
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| White | Oscar L. Akin | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Woodruff | Roger Williams | Democratic | 1932 |
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| Yell | Ethel Cole Cunningham | Democratic | 1930 |
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| Yell | Neill Bohlinger | Democratic | 1932 |
See also
References
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- {{cite book |last1= Priest |first1= Sharon |author-link1=Sharon Priest |editor1-last= Runnells |editor1-first= Jonathan |title= Historical Report of the Arkansas Secretary of State |year= 1998 |publisher= Office of the Arkansas Secretary of State |oclc= 40157815 |ref={{harvid|"SOS"|1998}} }}
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