United States congressional delegations from Arkansas
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Since Arkansas became a U.S. state in 1836, it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives, beginning with the 25th United States Congress in 1837, with the exception of the Civil War period between the 37th United States Congress in 1861 and the 40th United States Congress in 1868, when Arkansas' congressional delegations were sent to the Confederate States Congress instead. Before becoming a state, the Arkansas Territory elected a non-voting delegate at-large to Congress, beginning with the 16th United States Congress in 1819.{{cite book |title=Biographical directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005: the Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788, and the Congress of the United States, from the First through the One Hundred Eighth Congresses, March 4, 1789, to January 3, 2005, inclusive |date=2005 |publisher=United States Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |isbn=0-16-073176-3 |page=54 |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc222/pdf/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc222.pdf |access-date=April 12, 2024}} Each state elects two senators to serve for six years in general elections, with their re-election staggered. Prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were elected by the Arkansas General Assembly.{{cite web |title=17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Direct Election of U.S. Senators (1913) {{!}} National Archives |url=https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/17th-amendment |website=National Archives |date=15 September 2021 |publisher=U.S. National Archives and Records Administration |access-date=April 13, 2024}} Each state elects a varying number of, but at least one,{{cite constitution |article=I |section=2 |polity=United States |date=1787}} member of the House, depending on population, to two-year terms.{{cite web |title=Congressional elections and midterm elections |url=https://www.usa.gov/midterm-elections |website=USA.gov |access-date=April 12, 2024 |language=en |archive-date=April 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406201616/https://www.usa.gov/midterm-elections |url-status=live }} Arkansas has sent four members to the House in each congressional delegation since the 1960 United States census.{{cite web |title=Historical Apportionment Data (1910–2020) |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/apportionment-data-text.html |website=Census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |date=April 26, 2021 |access-date=January 10, 2025 |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718165411/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/apportionment-data-text.html |url-status=live }}
The current dean, or longest-serving member, of the Arkansas delegation is senator John Boozman, who has represented Arkansas in Congress since 2001. As a senator for 34 years, from 1942 to 1977, John L. McClellan was the longest-serving senator to represent Arkansas in Congress.
Current delegation
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Tom Cotton
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Arkansas's current congressional delegation in the {{USCongressOrdinalCongress|119}} consists of two senators and four representatives, all of whom are Republicans. The state has had four representatives in the House since 1963, following the 1960 census. The current dean, or longest-serving member,{{cite news |last1=Schoenberg |first1=Shira |title=Springfield's Richard Neal will be the next dean of Massachusetts' congressional delegation |url=https://www.masslive.com/politics/2013/06/springfields_richard_neal_will.html |access-date=9 March 2025 |work=MassLive |date=28 June 2013 |language=en}} of the Arkansas delegation is Senator John Boozman, who has represented Arkansas in the Senate since 2011 and in Congress since 2001.{{cite news |last1=Hebda |first1=Dwain |title=Senior Statesman: Sen. John Boozman Talks New Administration, New Challenges and The Mandate |url=https://armoneyandpolitics.com/senior-statesman-sen-john-boozman/ |access-date=9 March 2025 |work=Arkansas Money and Politics |publisher=AY Media Group |date=15 January 2025}}
The Cook Partisan Voting Index (CPVI) is a measure of how strongly partisan a state is.{{cite journal |last1=Paul |first1=Megan |last2=Zhang |first2=Ruya |last3=Liu |first3=Bian |last4=Saadai |first4=Payam |last5=Coakley |first5=Brian A. |title=State-level political partisanship strongly correlates with health outcomes for US children |journal=European Journal of Pediatrics |date=January 2022 |volume=181 |issue=1 |pages=273–280 |doi=10.1007/s00431-021-04203-y |pmid=34272984 |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00431-021-04203-y |access-date=April 13, 2024 |archive-date=November 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120044643/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00431-021-04203-y |url-status=live }} For each district or state, the CPVI measures the party leaning (Democratic or Republican) and the number of percentage points more partisan than the national average. For instance, a rating of R+4 would mean the district or state voted four percentage points more Republican than the national average, while a rating of D+9 would mean the district or state voted nine points more Democratic than the national average.{{cite web |title=The Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠) |url=https://www.cookpolitical.com/cook-pvi |website=Cook Political Report |access-date=August 13, 2024 |language=en}} As of 2023, the CPVI rated all four districts in Arkansas as leaning Republican, with the 1st district, represented by Rick Crawford in the House, leaning most heavily at R+22,{{cite web |title=2023 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (118th Congress) |url=https://www.cookpolitical.com/cook-pvi/2023-partisan-voting-index/118-district-map-and-list |website=Cook Political Report |access-date=9 March 2025 |language=en |date=5 April 2023}} and the 2022 CPVI gave Arkansas a R+16 rating as a whole.{{cite web |title=2022 Cook PVI℠: State Map and List |url=https://www.cookpolitical.com/cook-pvi/2022-partisan-voting-index/state-map-and-list |website=Cook Political Report |access-date=9 March 2025 |language=en |date=12 July 2022}}
{{#section:Arkansas's congressional districts|Current representatives}}
United States Senate
{{Main|List of United States senators from Arkansas}}
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File:Hattie Caraway by Harris & Ewing, 1914.jpg, Arkansas senator who was the first woman to be elected to the United States Senate for a full term]]
File:John Little McClellan (D–AR).jpg, the longest-serving senator from Arkansas, who chaired the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Senate Appropriations Committee during his 34 years in office]]
File:J. William Fulbright in 1960 (cropped).jpg, Arkansas senator known for the Fulbright Program, his work as the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and his opposition to the civil rights movement]]
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35 people have served as a U.S. senator from Arkansas, consisting of 33 men and two women, as well as 28 Democrats and 7 Republicans.{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Adam |title=History of Arkansas' US Senators |url=https://www.4029tv.com/article/history-of-arkansas-in-the-us-senate/34026461 |access-date=22 January 2025 |work=KHBS |publisher=Arkansas Hearst Television |date=15 September 2020 |language=en}} Two, William K. Sebastian and Charles B. Mitchel, were expelled from the Senate because of Arkansas' secession from the Union at the start of the American Civil War; Sebastian was the only senator from a Confederate state to later be reinstated, albeit posthumously. After her husband's death in office, Hattie Caraway, became the first to be elected to a full term in the Senate after finishing his term. The longest-serving senator from Arkansas, John L. McClellan, chaired many Senate committees during his 34 years in office, including the Senate Committee on Government Operations and the Senate Appropriations Committee.{{cite news |title=John Little McClellan |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/11/29/john-little-mcclellan/15172515-67cb-49fa-afb6-6184112c9f13/ |access-date=22 January 2025 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=28 November 1977}} For some time, he served with J. William Fulbright, known for the Fulbright Program, establishing an American student exchange program; his chairing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, resulting in the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and Fulbright hearings; and his opposition to the civil rights movement.{{cite journal |last1=Woods |first1=Randall Bennett |title=J. William Fulbright 1905-1995 |journal=Academe |date=1995 |volume=81 |issue=3 |pages=20–22 |jstor=40250760 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40250760 |access-date=22 January 2025 |issn=0190-2946}}{{cite web |title=Chairman J. William Fulbright and the 1964 Tonkin Gulf Resolution |url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/senate-stories/chairman-fulbright-and-the-tonkin-gulf-resolution.htm |website=United States Senate |access-date=22 January 2025}} Other senators from Arkansas also served in leadership roles in the Senate, including Joseph T. Robinson, who served as Senate Majority Leader, and Ambrose Sevier and James P. Clarke, who both served as president pro tempore of the Senate.
Senators are elected every six years depending on their class, with each senator serving a six-year term and elections for senators occurring every two years; the class up for re-election rotates such that each election, around one-third of the seats in the Senate are up for election.{{cite web |title=U.S. Senate: About the Senate and the Constitution |url=https://www.senate.gov/about/origins-foundations/senate-and-constitution.htm |website=United States Senate |access-date=April 12, 2024 |archive-date=December 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204184956/https://www.senate.gov/about/origins-foundations/senate-and-constitution.htm |url-status=live }} Arkansas' senators are elected in classes II and III. Currently, Arkansas is represented in the Senate by Tom Cotton and John Boozman.{{cite web |title=U.S. Senate: States in the Senate {{!}} Arkansas Senators |url=https://www.senate.gov/states/AR/senators.htm |website=United States Senate |access-date=April 19, 2024 }}
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|+ Senators from Arkansas{{cite web |title=U.S. Senate: States in the Senate {{!}} Arkansas Senators |url=https://www.senate.gov/states/AR/senators.htm |website=United States Senate |access-date=15 January 2025}} | |
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| {{Party cell|Jacksonian Party|right|top}} | William S. Fulton (J) | rowspan="3" style="background: #D3D3D3"| ! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|24}} (1835–1837) | | {{Party cell|Jacksonian Party | top}} | Ambrose H. Sevier (J) |
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| rowspan=4 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)|right|bottom}} | William S. Fulton (D){{efn|Senator Fulton died on August 15, 1844, while in office.{{cite news |title=Death of Governor Fulton |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/true-democrat-death-of-governor-fulton/163074329/ |access-date=15 January 2025 |location=Little Rock |work=True Democrat |via=Newspapers.com |date=21 August 1844 |pages=2}}}} ! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|25}} (1837–1839) | rowspan="3" style="background: #D3D3D3"| | rowspan="7" {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US) | bottom}} | Ambrose H. Sevier (D){{efn|Senator Sevier resigned in 1848, while in office, after being appointed as an American commissioner in the ratification of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.{{cite news |title=The Treaty Ratified |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/washington-telegraph-the-treaty-ratified/163074890/ |access-date=15 January 2025 |work=Washington Telegraph |via=Newspapers.com |date=29 March 1848 |pages=2}}{{cite journal |last1=Reeves |first1=Jesse S. |title=The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo |journal=The American Historical Review |date=1905 |volume=10 |issue=2 |page=324 |doi=10.2307/1834723 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1834723 |jstor=1834723 |access-date=15 January 2025 |issn=0002-8762}}}} |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|26}} (1839–1841) | |
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| rowspan="4" | ! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|27}} (1841–1843) | |
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! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|28}} (1843–1845) | rowspan="5" | | |
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| rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)|right}} | Chester Ashley (D){{efn|Senator Ashley died on April 29, 1848, while in office.{{cite news |title=Death of Senator Ashley |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/washington-telegraph-death-of-senator-as/163230429/ |access-date=17 January 2025 |work=Washington Telegraph |via=Newspapers.com |date=17 May 1848 |location=Washington |pages=2}}}} | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|29}} (1845–1847) | |
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| rowspan="4" style="background: #D3D3D3"| ! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|30}} (1847–1849) | |
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| rowspan=9 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)|right}} | William K. Sebastian (D){{efn|Senator Sebastian was expelled from the Senate on July 11, 1861, on account of Arkansas' secession from the Union. He was the only senator from a Confederate state to later be symbolically reinstated, albeit posthumously, in 1877.{{cite book |last1=Butler |first1=Anne M. |last2=Wolff |first2=Wendy |title=United States Senate election, expulsion, and censure cases, 1793–1990 |publisher=Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951p00933065r |access-date=19 January 2025 |language=en |chapter=36}}}} | rowspan=4 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Solon Borland (D){{efn|Senator Borland was appointed by Arkansas governor Thomas S. Drew to the seat vacated by Sevier on March 30, 1848.{{cite web |last1=Woods |first1=James M. |title=Solon Borland (1811–1864) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/solon-borland-1595/ |website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |publisher=Central Arkansas Library System |access-date=17 January 2025}} He resigned from the Senate on April 11, 1853,{{cite web |title=Borland, Solon |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000642 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=17 January 2025}} to serve as a minister to Central America.{{cite journal |last1=Atkinson |first1=J. H. |last2=Borland |first2=Solon |title=Letters from Solon Borland to Roswell Beebe |journal=The Arkansas Historical Quarterly |date=1959 |volume=18 |issue=3 |pages=287–290 |doi=10.2307/40019214 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40019214 |jstor=40019214|access-date=17 January 2025 |issn=0004-1823}}}} | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|31}} (1849–1851) | rowspan="4" style="background: #D3D3D3"| | |
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| rowspan="4" | ! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|33}} (1853–1855) | |
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| rowspan=4 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Robert Ward Johnson (D) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|34}} (1855–1857) | rowspan="3" | | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|35}} (1857–1859) | |
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| rowspan="4" style="background: #D3D3D3"| ! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|36}} (1859–1861) | |
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! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|37}} (1861–1863) | rowspan="4" style="background: #D3D3D3"| |{{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Charles B. Mitchel (D){{efn|Senator Mitchel was expelled from the Senate on July 11, 1861, on account of Arkansas' secession from the Union.}} | |
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| rowspan=4 {{Party cell|Vacant|right}}| vacant{{efn|name="senate-secession"|From secession to readmission to the Union, Arkansas did not participate in the Senate.{{cite web |title=States in the Senate {{!}} Arkansas Timeline |url=https://www.senate.gov/states/AR/timeline.htm |website=United States Senate |access-date=21 January 2025}} Congressional representation from Arkansas was instead sent to the Confederate States Congress.{{cite journal |last1=Woods |first1=James M. |title=Devotees and Dissenters: Arkansans in the Confederate Congress, 1861–1865 |journal=The Arkansas Historical Quarterly |date=1979 |volume=38 |issue=3 |pages=227–247 |doi=10.2307/40023975 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40023975 |jstor=40023975 |access-date=21 January 2025 |issn=0004-1823}}}} | rowspan=4 {{Party cell|Vacant}}| vacant{{efn|name="senate-secession"}}{{efn | name="40th" | Augustus Hill Garland presented credentials as a senator-elect to the 40th United States Congress in 1867 but was not permitted to serve.{{cite journal |last1=Schlup |first1=Leonard |title=Augustus Hill Garland: Gilded Age Democrat |journal=The Arkansas Historical Quarterly |date=1981 |volume=40 |issue=4 |pages=338–346 |doi=10.2307/40020712 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40020712 |jstor=40020712 |access-date=19 January 2025 |issn=0004-1823}}}} | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|38}} (1863–1865) | |
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| rowspan="4" | ! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|39}} (1865–1867) | |
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| rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)|right}} | Alexander McDonald (R) | rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | Benjamin F. Rice (R) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|41}} (1869–1871) | |
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| rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)|right}} | Powell Clayton (R) | rowspan="3" style="background: #D3D3D3"| ! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|42}} (1871–1873) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|43}} (1873–1875) | rowspan="3" style="background: #D3D3D3"| | rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | Stephen W. Dorsey (R) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|44}} (1875–1877) | |
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| rowspan=5 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)|right}} | Augustus H. Garland (D){{efn|Senator Garland served in the Senate until 1885, when president Grover Cleveland appointed him to serve as Attorney General.}} | rowspan="3" | ! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|45}} (1877–1879) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|46}} (1879–1881) | rowspan="3" | | rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | James D. Walker (D) | |
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| rowspan="4" style="background: #D3D3D3"| ! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|48}} (1883–1885) | |
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! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|49}} (1885–1887) | rowspan="4" style="background: #D3D3D3"| | rowspan=10 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | James K. Jones (D) | |
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| rowspan=11 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)|right}} | James H. Berry (D) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|50}} (1887–1889) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|53}} (1893–1895) | |
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| rowspan="3" style="background: #D3D3D3"| ! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|54}} (1895–1897) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|56}} (1899–1901) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|58}} (1903–1905) | rowspan="3" | | rowspan="9" {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | James P. Clarke (D){{efn|Senator Clarke died on October 1, 1916, while serving in office and as the president pro tempore of the Senate.{{cite news |title=U.S. Senator of Arkansas is Dead |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-oct-02-1916-4880802/ |access-date=22 January 2025 |work=Biloxi Daily Herald |via=NewspaperArchive.com |date=2 October 1916 |language=en}}}} | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|59}} (1905–1907) | |
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| rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)|right}} | Jeff Davis (D){{efn|Senator Davis died in on January 2, 1913, while in office.{{cite book |last1=Jacobson |first1=Charles |title=The Life Story of Jeff Davis: The Stormy Petrel of Arkansas Politics |date=1925 |publisher=Parke-Harper Publishing Company |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PGwfAQAAMAAJ |via=Google Books |access-date=22 January 2025 |language=en}}}} | rowspan="5" style="background: #D3D3D3"| ! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|60}} (1907–1909) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|61}} (1909–1911) | rowspan="5" style="background: #D3D3D3"| | |
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! scope="row" rowspan=3 | {{USCongressOrdinal|62}} (1911–1913) | |
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|{{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)|right}} | John N. Heiskell (D){{efn|Heiskell was appointed by Arkansas governor George Washington Donaghey to the seat vacated by Davis, and served until Senator Kavanaugh was elected to the seat by the Arkansas General Assembly.}} | |
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|{{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)|right}} | William M. Kavanaugh (D) | |
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| rowspan=15 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)|right}} | Joseph T. Robinson (D){{efn|Senator Robinson died on July 14, 1937, while serving as Senate Majority Leader.{{cite news |title=Senator Robinson Dies Suddenly; Court Fight Thrown Into Confusion |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chattanooga-daily-times-senator-robinson/163637247/ |access-date=22 January 2025 |work=Chattanooga Daily Times |agency=The Associated Press |date=15 July 1937 |location=Chattanooga, Tennessee |pages=1}}}} | rowspan="4" | ! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|63}} (1913–1915) | |
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! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|64}} (1915–1917) | rowspan="4" | | |
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| rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | William F. Kirby (D) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|65}} (1917–1919) | |
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| rowspan="3" style="background: #D3D3D3"| ! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|66}} (1919–1921) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|67}} (1921–1923) | rowspan="3" style="background: #D3D3D3"| | rowspan="6" {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Thaddeus H. Caraway (D){{efn|Senator Caraway died on November 6, 1931, while in office.{{cite journal |last1=Ledbetter |first1=Calvin R. |title=The Other Caraway: Senator Thaddeus H. Caraway |journal=The Arkansas Historical Quarterly |date=2005 |volume=64 |issue=2 |pages=123–145 |doi=10.2307/40031056 |jstor=40031056 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40031056 |access-date=22 January 2025 |issn=0004-1823}}}} | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|68}} (1923–1925) | |
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| rowspan="3" | ! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|69}} (1925–1927) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|71}} (1929–1931) | |
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| rowspan="4" style="background: #D3D3D3"| ! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|72}} (1931–1933) | |
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| rowspan=9 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Hattie Caraway (D) | |
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| rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)|right}} | John E. Miller (D){{efn|Senator Miller resigned on March 31, 1941, to serve as a judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.{{cite web |title=Miller, John Elvis |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000738 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |publisher=United States Senate |access-date=22 January 2025}}}} | |
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|{{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)|right}} | Lloyd Spencer (D) | |
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| rowspan=18 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)|right}} | John L. McClellan (D){{efn|Senator McClellan died on November 28, 1977, while in office.{{cite news |last1=Douthit |first1=George |title=State Capitol News Report |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-dec-01-1977-4880961/ |access-date=22 January 2025 |work=Benton Courier |agency=State News Bureau |page=2}}}} | rowspan="3" style="background: #D3D3D3"| ! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|78}} (1943–1945) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|79}} (1945–1947) | rowspan="3" style="background: #D3D3D3"| | rowspan="15" {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | J. William Fulbright (D){{efn|Senator Fulbright resigned from the Senate on December 31, 1974.{{cite news |title=Fulbright Resigns Senate Seat Early; Pension Will Rise |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/12/27/archives/fulbright-resigns-senate-seat-early-pension-will-rise.html |access-date=22 January 2025 |work=The New York Times |agency=The Associated Press |date=27 December 1974}}}} | |
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| rowspan="4" | ! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|93}} (1973–1975) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|94}} (1975–1977) | rowspan="4" | | rowspan=13 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Dale Bumpers (D) | |
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|{{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)|right}} | Kaneaster Hodges Jr. (D) | |
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| rowspan=9 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)|right}} | David Pryor (D) | rowspan="3" style="background: #D3D3D3"| ! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|96}} (1979–1981) | |
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| rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)|right}} | Tim Hutchinson (R) | rowspan="3" | ! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|105}} (1997–1999) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|106}} (1999–2001) | rowspan="3" | | rowspan=6 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Blanche Lincoln (D) | |
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| rowspan=6 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)|right}} | Mark Pryor (D) | rowspan="3" style="background: #D3D3D3"| ! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|108}} (2003–2005) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|112}} (2011–2013) | rowspan="3" | | rowspan=8 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | John Boozman (R) | |
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| rowspan=6 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)|right}} | Tom Cotton (R) | rowspan="3" style="background: #D3D3D3"| ! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|114}} (2015–2017) | |
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United States House of Representatives
{{Main|List of United States representatives from Arkansas}}
= 1819–1836: 1 non-voting delegate =
The Arkansas Territory was created on July 4, 1819, and it sent a non-voting delegate to the House.
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|+ Delegates to the House of Representatives from Arkansas Territory from 1819 to 1837 ! scope="col" | Congress ! scope="col" | Delegate from |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|16}} (1819–1821) | rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Independent (US)}}|James Woodson Bates (I) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|17}} (1821–1823) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|18}} (1823–1825) | rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Democratic-Republican Party}}| Henry W. Conway (DR){{efn|Representative Conway died on November 9, 1827, while in office.{{cite news |title=Death of the Hon. Henry W. Conway |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-nov-30-1827-4882797/ |access-date=23 January 2025 |work=Missouri Intelligencer And Boons Lick Advertiser |date=30 November 1827 |location=Fayette, Missouri |page=2}}}} |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|19}} (1825–1827) |
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! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|20}} (1827–1829) |
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| rowspan=5 {{Party cell|Jacksonian Party}} | Ambrose H. Sevier (J) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|21}} (1829–1831) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|22}} (1831–1833) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|23}} (1833–1835) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|24}} (1835–1837) |
= 1836–1853: 1 seat =
Following statehood on June 15, 1836, Arkansas had one seat in the House.
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|+ Members of the House of Representatives from Arkansas from 1835 to 1853 ! scope="col" | Congress ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|AL|At-large district}} | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|24}} (1835–1837) | {{Party cell|Jacksonian Party | top}} | Archibald Yell (J) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|25}} (1837–1839) | {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US) | bottom}} | Archibald Yell (D) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|26}} (1839–1841) | rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Edward Cross (D) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|27}} (1841–1843) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|28}} (1843–1845) | |
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! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|29}} (1845–1847) | {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Archibald Yell (D){{efn|Representative Yell left fought in the Mexican-American War without resigning, and was killed in the Battle of Buena Vista on February 22, 1847, while in office.{{cite web |title=Archibald Yell |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/archibald-yell/ |website=National Governors Association |access-date=23 January 2025 |date=15 January 2019}}}} | |
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| {{Party cell|Whig Party (US)}} | Thomas Willoughby Newton (W) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|30}} (1847–1849) | rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Robert Ward Johnson (D) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|31}} (1849–1851) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|32}} (1851–1853) |
= 1853–1863: 2 seats =
Following the 1850 census, Arkansas was apportioned two seats in the House.
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|+ Members of the House of Representatives from Arkansas from 1853 to 1863 |
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! scope="col" | Congress ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|1|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|2|c}} |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|33}} {{nowrap|(1853–1855)}} | rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Alfred B. | {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Edward A. Warren (D) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|34}} {{nowrap|(1855–1857)}} | {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Albert Rust (D) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|35}} {{nowrap|(1857–1859)}} | {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Edward A. Warren (D) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|36}} {{nowrap|(1859–1861)}} | {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Thomas C. Hindman (D){{Efn|Representative Hindman was re-elected to the 37th Congress, but chose not to take his seat. He resigned from Congress upon Arkansas' secession from the Union.{{cite book |title=Dictionary of American Biography |date=1943 |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |location=New York City |pages=61–62 |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofamer09ilamer/page/60/mode/2up |access-date=23 January 2025 |language=en |volume=9}}}} | {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Albert Rust (D) |
| scope="row" |{{USCongressOrdinal|37}} {{nowrap|(1861–1863)}}
| colspan=2 |vacant during the Civil War{{Efn|name="secession"|Arkansas' House seats were vacant during the 37th, 38th, and 39th Congresses. Congressional representation was instead sent to the Confederate States Congress.}} |
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= 1863–1873: 3 seats =
Following the 1860 census, Arkansas was apportioned three seats.
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|+ Members of the House of Representatives from Arkansas from 1863 to 1873 |
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! scope="col" | Congress ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|1|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|2|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|3|c}} |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrd|38}}–{{USCongressOrdinal|39}} {{nowrap|(1863–1865)}} | colspan=3 rowspan=2 |vacant during the Civil War |
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! scope="row" rowspan=3 | {{USCongressOrdinal|40}} {{nowrap|(1867–1869)}} |
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| rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | Logan H. Roots (R) | {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | James M. Hinds (R){{efn|Representative Hinds was assassinated on October 22, 1868, while in office.{{cite journal |last1=Darrow |first1=William B. |title=The Killing of Congressman James Hinds |journal=The Arkansas Historical Quarterly |date=2015 |volume=74 |issue=1 |pages=18–55 |jstor=24477498 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24477498 |access-date=24 January 2025 |issn=0004-1823}}}} | rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | Thomas Boles (R) |
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| {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | James T. Elliott (R) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|41}} {{nowrap|(1869–1871)}} | {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Anthony A. C. Rogers (D) |
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! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|42}} {{nowrap|(1871–1873)}} | rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | James M. Hanks (D) | rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | Oliver P. Snyder (R) | {{Party cell|Liberal Republican Party (US)}} | John Edwards (LR){{Efn|Representative Edwards served in Congress until February 9, 1872, when his opponent, Thomas Boles, successfully challenged the election.{{cite web |title=Edwards, John |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/E000072 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=24 January 2025}}}} |
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| {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | Thomas Boles (R) |
= 1873–1883: 4 seats =
Following the 1870 census, Arkansas was apportioned four seats.
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|+ Members of the House of Representatives from Arkansas from 1873 to 1883 |
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! scope="col" | Congress ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|1|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|2|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|3|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|AL|At-large}} |
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! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|43}} {{nowrap|(1873–1875)}} | rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | Asa Hodges (R) | rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | Oliver P. Snyder (R) | {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | William W. Wilshire (R){{efn|Representative Wilshire served until Representative Thomas M. Gunter successfully challenged the election on June 17, 1874.{{cite news |title=The Arkansas Congressmen |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jul-30-1874-4917162/ |access-date=10 February 2025 |work=The Chicago Tribune |date=30 July 1874 |language=en |via=NewspaperArchive.com}}}} | rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Liberal Republican Party (US)}} | William J. Hynes (LR) |
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| {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Thomas M. Gunter (D) |
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! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|44}} {{nowrap|(1875–1877)}} | rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Lucien C. Gause (D) | rowspan=4 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | William F. Slemons (D) | rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | William W. Wilshire (D) ! {{Ushr|AR|4|c}} |
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| rowspan=4 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Thomas M. Gunter (D) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|45}} {{nowrap|(1877–1879)}} | rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Jordan E. Cravens (D) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|46}} {{nowrap|(1879–1881)}} | rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Poindexter Dunn (D) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|47}} {{nowrap|(1881–1883)}} | {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | James K. Jones (D) |
= 1883–1893: 5 seats =
Following the 1880 census, Arkansas was apportioned five seats.
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! scope="col" | Congress ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|1|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|2|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|3|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|4|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|AL|At-large}} |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|48}} {{nowrap|(1883–1885)}} | rowspan=4 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Poindexter Dunn (D) | {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | James K. Jones (D) | {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | John Henry Rogers (D) | {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Samuel W. Peel (D) | {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Clifton R. Breckinridge (D) |
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! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|49}} {{nowrap|(1885–1887)}} | rowspan=4 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Clifton R. | {{Party cell|Vacant}} | vacant{{Efn|McRae was elected to fill the vacancy caused by James K. Jones, who had been elected to the next term, but resigned before this Congress.}} | rowspan=6 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | John Henry Rogers (D) ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|5|c}} |
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| rowspan=6 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Thomas C. | rowspan=6 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Samuel W. Peel (D) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|50}} {{nowrap|(1887–1889)}} |
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! scope="row" rowspan=3 | {{USCongressOrdinal|51}} {{nowrap|(1889–1891)}} | {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | William H. Cate (D) |
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| rowspan=2 {{Party cell|American Labor Party}} | Lewis Featherstone (SL) | {{Party cell|Vacant}}|vacant{{Efn|Breckinridge was initially declared elected to the 51st United States Congress and took his seat. John M. Clayton eventually won a contest before the U.S. House, but died before the contest was complete, so the House declared the seat vacant. Breckinridge was then re-elected to finish the term.}} |
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| rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Clifton R. |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|52}} {{nowrap|(1891–1893)}} | {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | William H. Cate (D) | {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | William L. Terry (D) |
= 1893–1903: 6 seats =
Following the 1890 census, Arkansas was apportioned six seats.
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|+ Members of the House of Representatives from Arkansas from 1893 to 1903 ! scope="col" | Congress ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|1|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|2|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|3|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|4|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|5|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|6|c}} |
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! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|53}} {{nowrap|(1893–1895)}} | rowspan=6 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Philip D. | {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Clifton R. | rowspan=6 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Thomas C. | rowspan=5 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | William L. Terry (D) | rowspan=6 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Hugh A. Dinsmore (D) | rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Robert Neill (D) |
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| rowspan=5 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | John S. Little (D) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|54}} {{nowrap|(1895–1897)}} |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|55}} {{nowrap|(1897–1899)}} | rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Stephen |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|56}} {{nowrap|(1899–1901)}} |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|57}} {{nowrap|(1901–1903)}} | {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Charles C. Reid (D) |
= 1903–1953: 7 seats =
Following the 1900 census, Arkansas was apportioned seven seats.
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|+ Members of the House of Representatives from Arkansas from 1903 to 1953 ! scope="col" | Congress ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|1|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|2|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|3|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|4|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|5|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|6|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|7|c}} |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|58}} {{nowrap|(1903–1905)}} | rowspan=6 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Robert B. Macon (D) | rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Stephen | {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Hugh A. Dinsmore (D) | rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | John S. Little (D) | rowspan=4 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Charles C. Reid (D) | rowspan=5 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Joseph T. | rowspan=4 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Robert M. |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|59}} {{nowrap|(1905–1907)}} | rowspan=6 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | John C. Floyd (D) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|60}} {{nowrap|(1907–1909)}} | rowspan=4 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | William B. |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|61}} {{nowrap|(1909–1911)}} | rowspan=13 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | William A. |
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! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|62}} {{nowrap|(1911–1913)}} | rowspan=8 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Henderson M. | rowspan=6 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | William S. |
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| rowspan=6 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Samuel M. Taylor (D){{efn|Representative Taylor died on September 13, 1921, while in office.{{cite news |title=Samuel M. Taylor is Dead at Washington |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/obituary-clipping-sep-15-1921-4901683/ |access-date=2 February 2025 |via=Newspapers.com |work=Mena Weekly Star |date=15 September 1921 |location=Mena, Arkansas}}}} |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|63}} {{nowrap|(1913–1915)}} | rowspan=4 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Thaddeus H. | rowspan=12 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Otis Wingo (D){{efn|Representative Wingo died on October 21, 1930, while in office.{{cite news |title=Wingo Succumbs After Operation |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/obituary-clipping-oct-22-1930-4901660/ |access-date=2 February 2025 |work=Washington Evening Star |via=NewspaperArchive.com |date=22 October 1930}}}} |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|64}} {{nowrap|(1915–1917)}} | rowspan=10 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | John N. Tillman (D) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|65}} {{nowrap|(1917–1919)}} |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|66}} {{nowrap|(1919–1921)}} |
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! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|67}} {{nowrap|(1921–1923)}} | rowspan=14 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | William J. Driver (D) | rowspan=13 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Tilman B. Parks (D) |
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| {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Chester W. Taylor (D) |
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! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|68}} {{nowrap|(1923–1925)}} | rowspan=9 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Heartsill Ragon (D){{efn|Representative Ragon resigned from the House on June 15, 1933, having been appointed a judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.{{cite news |title=Ragon Quits House |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-star-ragon-quits-house/164509320/ |access-date=2 February 2025 |work=Evening Star |date=16 June 1933 |pages=2}}}} | {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Lewis E. Sawyer (D){{efn|Representative Sawyer died on May 5, 1923, while in office.{{cite news |title=Rep. Lewis E. Sawyer Succumbs Suddenly |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-rep-lewis-e-sawy/164508765/ |access-date=2 February 2025 |via=Newspapers.com |work=The Commercial Appeal |agency=The Associated Press |date=6 May 1923 |pages=1}}}} |
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| rowspan=4 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | James B. Reed (D) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|69}} {{nowrap|(1925–1927)}} |
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! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|70}} {{nowrap|(1927–1929)}} |
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| rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Pearl P. |
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! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|71}} {{nowrap|(1929–1931)}} | rowspan=7 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Claude A. Fuller (D) | rowspan=5 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | D. D. Glover (D) |
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| rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Effiegene Wingo (D) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|72}} {{nowrap|(1931–1933)}} | rowspan=5 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | John E. Miller (D) |
| style="height:1.5em"
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|73}} {{nowrap|(1933–1935)}} | rowspan=5 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | William B. |
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| rowspan=6 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | David D. Terry (D) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|74}} {{nowrap|(1935–1937)}} | rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | John L. McClellan (D) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|75}} {{nowrap|(1937–1939)}} | rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Wade H. |
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! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|76}} {{nowrap|(1939–1941)}} | rowspan=8 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Ezekiel C. | rowspan=8 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Wilbur Mills (D) | rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Clyde T. Ellis (D) | rowspan=8 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | William F. Norrell (D) |
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| rowspan=5 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | William Fadjo |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|77}} {{nowrap|(1941–1943)}} | rowspan=6 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Oren Harris (D) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|78}} {{nowrap|(1943–1945)}} | {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | J. William Fulbright (D) | rowspan=5 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Brooks Hays (D) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|79}} {{nowrap|(1945–1947)}} | rowspan=4 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | James William |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|80}} {{nowrap|(1947–1949)}} |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|81}} {{nowrap|(1949–1951)}} | rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Boyd Tackett (D) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|82}} {{nowrap|(1951–1953)}} |
= 1953–1963: 6 seats =
Following the 1950 census, Arkansas was apportioned six seats.
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|+ Members of the House of Representatives from Arkansas from 1953 to 1963 ! scope="col" | Congress ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|1|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|2|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|3|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|4|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|5|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|6|c}} |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|83}} {{nowrap|(1953–1955)}} | rowspan=6 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Ezekiel C. Gathings (D) | rowspan=6 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Wilbur Mills (D) | rowspan=6 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | James William | rowspan=6 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Oren Harris (D) | rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Brooks Hays (D) | rowspan=5 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | William F. Norrell (D){{efn|Representative Norrell died on February 15, 1964, while in office.{{cite news |title=William Norrell Dies; 22 Years in House |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-star-william-norrell-dies-22-ye/164273227/ |access-date=30 January 2025 |work=The Evening Star |date=16 February 1961 |pages=20}}}} |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|84}} {{nowrap|(1955–1957)}} |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|85}} {{nowrap|(1957–1959)}} |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|86}} {{nowrap|(1959–1961)}} | rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Dale Alford (D) |
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! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|87}} {{nowrap|(1961–1963)}} |
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| {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Catherine D. Norrell (D) |
= 1963–present: 4 seats =
Since the 1960 census, Arkansas has been apportioned four seats.
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|+ Members of the House of Representatives from Arkansas from 1963 to present ! scope="col" | Congress ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|1|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|2|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|3|c}} ! scope="col" | {{Ushr|AR|4|c}} | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|88}} {{nowrap|(1963–1965)}} | rowspan=4 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Ezekiel C. Gathings (D) | rowspan=8 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Wilbur Mills (D) | rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | James William | rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Oren Harris (D){{efn|Representative Harris resigned from the House to become a judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas on February 2, 1966.{{cite web |title=Harris, Oren |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000249 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=30 January 2025}}}} | |
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! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|89}} {{nowrap|(1965–1967)}} | |
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| rowspan=4 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | David Pryor (D) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|90}} {{nowrap|(1967–1969)}} | rowspan=14 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | John Paul | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|91}} {{nowrap|(1969–1971)}} | rowspan=13 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Bill Alexander (D) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|92}} {{nowrap|(1971–1973)}} | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|93}} {{nowrap|(1973–1975)}} | rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Ray Thornton (D) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|94}} {{nowrap|(1975–1977)}} | |
| style="height:2.5em"
! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|95}} {{nowrap|(1977–1979)}} | {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Jim Guy Tucker (D) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|96}} {{nowrap|(1979–1981)}} | rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | Ed Bethune (R) | rowspan=8 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Beryl Anthony Jr. (D) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|97}} {{nowrap|(1981–1983)}} | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|98}} {{nowrap|(1983–1985)}} | |
| style="height:2.5em"
! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|99}} {{nowrap|(1985–1987)}} | rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US) | top}} | Tommy F. Robinson (D) |
| style="height:2.5em"
! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|100}} {{nowrap|(1987–1989)}} | |
| style="height:1.5em"
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|101}} {{nowrap|(1989–1991)}} | |
| style="height:2em"
| {{Party cell|Republican Party (US) | bottom}} | Tommy F. Robinson (R) |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|102}} {{nowrap|(1991–1993)}} | rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Ray Thornton (D) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|103}} {{nowrap|(1993–1995)}} | rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Blanche Lincoln (D) | rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | Tim Hutchinson (R) | rowspan=4 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | Jay Dickey (R) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|104}} {{nowrap|(1995–1997)}} | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|105}} {{nowrap|(1997–1999)}} | rowspan=8 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Marion Berry (D) | rowspan=8 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Vic Snyder (D) | rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | Asa Hutchinson (R){{efn|Representative Hutchinson resigned from the House to serve as the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration on August 6, 2001.{{cite web |title=Hutchinson, Asa |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H001014 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=30 January 2025}}{{cite news |last1=Brogan |first1=Pamela |title=Hutchinson sworn in Monday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/baxter-bulletin-hutchinson-sworn-in-mond/164269983/ |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=30 January 2025 |work=Baxter Bulletin |agency=Gannett News Service |date=21 August 2001 |location=Mountain Home, Arkansas |pages=1}}}} | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|106}} {{nowrap|(1999–2001)}} | |
| style="height:1.5em"
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|107}} {{nowrap|(2001–2003)}} | rowspan=7 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | Mike Ross (D) | |
| style="height:1.5em"
| rowspan=5 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | John Boozman (R) | |
| style="height:2.5em"
! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|108}} {{nowrap|(2003–2005)}} | |
| style="height:2.5em"
! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|109}} {{nowrap|(2005–2007)}} | |
| style="height:2.5em"
! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|110}} {{nowrap|(2007–2009)}} | |
| style="height:2.5em"
! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|111}} {{nowrap|(2009–2011)}} | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|112}} {{nowrap|(2011–2013)}} | rowspan=8 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | Rick Crawford (R) | rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | Tim Griffin (R) | rowspan=8 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | Steve Womack (R) | |
| style="height:2.5em"
! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|113}} {{nowrap|(2013–2015)}} | {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | Tom Cotton (R) | |
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! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|114}} {{nowrap|(2015–2017)}} | rowspan=6 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | French Hill (R) | rowspan=6 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | Bruce Westerman (R) | |
| style="height:2.5em"
! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|115}} {{nowrap|(2017–2019)}} | |
| style="height:2.5em"
! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|116}} {{nowrap|(2019–2021)}} | |
| style="height:2.5em"
! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|117}} {{nowrap|(2021–2023)}} | |
| style="height:2.5em"
! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|118}} {{nowrap|(2023–2025)}} | |
| style="height:2.5em"
! scope="row" | {{USCongressOrdinal|119}} {{nowrap|(2025–2027)}} |
Key
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See also
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Notes
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References
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