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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!District

!Senator

!Party

!First elected

!Counties

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| 1

C. B. GreggDemocratic1932Clay, Craighead, Greene
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| 2

Andrew J. ColeDemocratic1932Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp
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| 3

Roy MilumDemocratic1922Boone, Marion, Newton
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| 4

Robert L. BaileyDemocratic1930Johnson, Pope
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| 5

Wilson CardwellDemocratic1932Washington
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| 6

J. Paul WardDemocratic1930Independence, Stone
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| 7

J. L. ShaverDemocratic1930Cross, Woodruff
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| 8

Charles I. EvansDemocratic1932Logan, Yell
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| 9

Marvin N. HarrisDemocratic1932Grant, Hot Spring, Saline
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| 10

Ed B. DillonDemocratic1926Perry, Pulaski
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| 10

G. W. HendricksDemocratic1930Perry, Pulaski
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| 11

Sam LevineDemocratic1932Jefferson
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| 12

T. P. AtkinsDemocratic1930Lonoke, Prairie
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| 13

G. C. CarnesDemocratic1928Arkansas, Monroe
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| 14

William L. WardDemocratic1932Lee, Phillips
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| 15

J.A. BennettDemocratic1930Ashley, Chicot
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| 16

A. J. JohnsonDemocratic1932Cleveland, Dallas, Lincoln
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| 17

W. F. NorrellDemocratic1930Desha, Drew
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| 18

Tom MarlinDemocratic1932Bradley, Union
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| 19

Charles L. PooleDemocratic1930Calhoun, Ouachita
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| 20

Lawrence L. MitchellDemocratic1930Hempstead, Nevada
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| 21

Ned A. StewartDemocratic1930Columbia, Lafayette, Miller
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| 22

Winfred LakeDemocratic1930Howard, Little River, Sevier
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| 23

John C. AshleyDemocratic1932Baxter, Fulton, Izard
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| 24

Mike I. ShusterDemocratic1930Carroll, Madison
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| 25

Ivo W. GilbertDemocratic1932Crawford, Franklin
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| 26

Guy WallsDemocratic1930Conway, Cleburne, Searcy, Van Buren
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| 27

W. H. AbingtonDemocratic1930White, Faulkner
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| 28

Fred ArmstrongDemocratic1932Sebastian
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| 29

R. A. NelsonDemocratic1928Jackson, Mississippi, Poinsett
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| 30

Fletcher McElhannonDemocratic1930Clark, Pike
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| 31

L. Walter WheatleyDemocratic1932Garland, Montgomery
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| 32

Marvin B. NorfleetDemocratic1930Crittenden, St. Francis
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| 33

R. L. CrutchfieldDemocratic1932Polk, Scott
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| 34

Storm O. WhaleyDemocratic1930Benton

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=

=Representatives=

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!County

!Representative

!Party

!First elected

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| Arkansas

Louis K. BurkleDemocratic1932
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| Ashley

T. G. MorganDemocratic1932
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| Baxter

M. R. PryorDemocratic1932
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| Benton

John W. NanceDemocratic1932
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| Benton

Clyde T. EllisDemocratic1932
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| Boone

Louis DowellDemocratic1930
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| Bradley

Carroll HollensworthDemocratic1930
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| Calhoun

Marcus W. ProctorDemocratic1930
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| Carroll

Ted P. CoxseyDemocratic1930
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| Chicot

E. B. ConeDemocratic1932
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| Clark

C. R. HuieDemocratic1932
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| Clark

George H. WellsDemocratic1932
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| Clay

C. O. RaleyDemocratic1932
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| Cleburne

Eddie J. DunnDemocratic1932
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| Cleveland

O. E. GatesDemocratic1932
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| Columbia

Joe L. DavisDemocratic1932
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| Columbia

S. A. CrumplerDemocratic1930
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| Conway

J. H. ReynoldsDemocratic1932
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| Conway

Steve CombsDemocratic1932
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| Craighead

Orris B. ElginDemocratic1932
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| Crawford

James W. SmithDemocratic1932
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| Crawford

Jim ScottDemocratic1930
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| Crittenden

W. W. HarrisDemocratic1932
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| Cross

Sam A. GoochDemocratic1930
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| Dallas

W. M. CarawayDemocratic1932
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| Desha

Scott McGeheeDemocratic1932
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| Drew

Charles H. KillianDemocratic1932
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| Faulkner

J. C. DawsonDemocratic1932
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| Franklin

John BollingerDemocratic1930
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| Franklin

W. R. BumpersDemocratic1932
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| Fulton

H. A. NorthcuttDemocratic1932
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| Garland

Elmer TackettDemocratic1930
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| Garland

C. A. StanfieldDemocratic1932
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| Grant

A. J. StephensDemocratic1932
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| Greene

J. Ed ThompsonDemocratic1928
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| Hempstead

Luke F. MonroeDemocratic1932
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| Hempstead

Ernest G. SteedDemocratic1932
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| Hot Spring

H. S. ThomasDemocratic1932
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| Howard

Jack OwenDemocratic1932
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| Independence

Virgil James ButlerDemocratic1930
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| Independence

W. P. DetherowDemocratic1932
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| Izard

W. W. CopelandDemocratic1932
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| Jackson

Henry S. GrantDemocratic1932
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| Jefferson

H. Kemp ToneyDemocratic1930
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| Jefferson

Hendrix RowellDemocratic1932
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| Jefferson

Carleton HarrisDemocratic1932
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| Johnson

Armil TaylorDemocratic1932
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| Lafayette

R. T. BoulwareDemocratic1932
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| Lawrence

E. E. KelleyDemocratic1932
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| Lee

A. L. WilsfordDemocratic1932
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| Lee

Eugene HamptonDemocratic1932
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| Lincoln

Joe C. HardinDemocratic1930
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| Little River

W. D. WaldropDemocratic1930
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| Logan

John M. WillemsDemocratic1932
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| Logan

Joseph O. HortonDemocratic1932
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| Lonoke

John M. BransfordDemocratic1930
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| Lonoke

A. J. WallsDemocratic1932
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| Madison

Charles L. McElhaneyDemocratic1930
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| Marion

Earl BerryDemocratic1932
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| Miller

Ben E. CarterDemocratic1932
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| Mississippi

Curtis J. LittleDemocratic1932
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| Monroe

Fred N. McCollumDemocratic1932
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| Montgomery

Harold WatkinsDemocratic1930
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| Nevada

Alfred E. CrossDemocratic1932
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| Newton

Ernest CheathamDemocratic1932
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| Ouachita

Richard K. MasonDemocratic1930
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| Perry

G. B. ColvinDemocratic1932
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| Phillips

Leo NybergDemocratic1932
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| Phillips

Luther J. WilkesDemocratic1932
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| Pike

Fletcher B. ClementDemocratic1930
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| Poinsett

H. B. ThornDemocratic1930
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| Polk

Marcus L. MillerDemocratic1932
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| Pope

John G. RyeDemocratic1932
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| Pope

Neal KingDemocratic1932
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| Prairie

J. W. WatsonDemocratic1932
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| Pulaski

Morgan SmithDemocratic1928
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| Pulaski

J. S. MurphyDemocratic1932
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| Pulaski

Ellis M. FaganDemocratic1932
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| Pulaski

David D. TerryDemocratic1932
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| Randolph

J. E. SmithDemocratic1930
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| St. Francis

B. McCollumDemocratic1932
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| Saline

B. B. McCallDemocratic1932
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| Scott

Lorenzo D. DuncanDemocratic1930
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| Searcy

Zeb V. FergusonDemocratic1932
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| Sebastian

Henry KaufmanDemocratic1930
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| Sebastian

Earl DunnDemocratic1932
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| Sebastian

Means WilkinsonDemocratic1932
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| Sevier

Minor W. MillweeDemocratic1932
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| Sharp

James M. SimpsonDemocratic1932
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| Stone

William O. EdmondsonDemocratic1932
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| Union

Sam D. CrawfordDemocratic1932
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| Van Buren

Joe S. HallDemocratic1930
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| Washington

Irvin R. RothrockDemocratic1928
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| Washington

Rufus J. NelsonDemocratic1932
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| Washington

W. H. NortonDemocratic1932
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| White

J. A. ChoateDemocratic1932
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| White

Oscar L. AkinDemocratic1932
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| Woodruff

Roger WilliamsDemocratic1932
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| Yell

Ethel Cole CunninghamDemocratic1930
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| Yell

Neill BohlingerDemocratic1932

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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