Historical Record
Previous Governors of Arkansas
Governors who previously held office in Arkansas, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesSarah Huckabee SandersRepublican2023–2027
Asa HutchinsonRepublican2015–2023
Mike BeebeDemocrat2007–2015
Mike HuckabeeRepublican1996–2007
Jim Guy TuckerDemocrat1992–1996
Bill ClintonDemocrat1983–1992
Frank D. WhiteDemocrat1981–1983
Bill ClintonDemocrat1979–1981
David PryorDemocrat1975–1979
Joe PurcellDemocrat1979–1979
Bob C. RileyDemocrat1975–1975
Dale BumpersDemocrat1971–1975
Winthrop RockefellerRepublican1967–1971
Orval FaubusDemocrat1955–1967
Francis CherryDemocrat1953–1955
Sid McMathDemocrat1949–1953
Benjamin T. LaneyDemocrat1945–1949
Homer Martin AdkinsDemocrat1941–1945
Carl E. BaileyDemocrat1937–1941
Junius Marion FutrellDemocrat1933–1937
Harvey ParnellDemocrat1928–1933
John Ellis MartineauDemocrat1927–1928
Tom TerralDemocrat1925–1927
Thomas Chipman McRaeDemocrat1921–1925
Charles Hillman BroughDemocrat1917–1921
George Washington HaysDemocrat1913–1917
George Washington DonagheyDemocrat1909–1913
Junius Marion FutrellDemocrat1913–1913
William Kavanaugh OldhamDemocrat1913–1913
Joseph Taylor RobinsonDemocrat1913–1913
Jesse M. MartinDemocrat1909–1909
Xenophon Overton PindallDemocrat1907–1909
John Isaac MooreDemocrat1907–1908
Jeff DavisDemocrat1901–1907
John Sebastian LittleDemocrat1907–1907
Daniel Webster JonesDemocrat1897–1901
James Paul ClarkeDemocrat1895–1897
William Meade FishbackDemocrat1893–1895
James Philip EagleDemocrat1889–1893
Simon Pollard Hughes Jr.Democrat1885–1889
James Henderson BerryDemocrat1883–1885
Thomas James ChurchillDemocrat1881–1883
William Read MillerDemocrat1877–1881
Augustus Hill GarlandDemocrat1874–1877
Elisha BaxterDemocrat1873–1874
Ozra Amander HadleyRepublican1871–1873
Powell ClaytonRepublican1868–1871
Isaac MurphyDemocrat1864–1868
William S. FultonDemocrat1835–1868
Harris FlanaginIndependent1862–1865
Henry Massey RectorDemocrat1860–1862
Thomas FletcherDemocrat1862–1862
Elias Nelson ConwayDemocrat1852–1860
John Selden RoaneDemocrat1849–1852
Richard C. ByrdDemocrat1849–1849
Thomas Stevenson DrewDemocrat1844–1849
Archibald YellDemocrat1840–1844
Samuel AdamsDemocrat1844–1844
James Sevier ConwayDemocrat1836–1840
John PopeIndependent1829–1835
George IzardIndependent1825–1828
James MillerIndependent1819–1824