Political party strength in Arkansas

The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Arkansas:

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

For years in which a United States presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

The parties are as follows:   American Independent (AI),   Democratic (D),   Green (G),   Independent (I),   no party (N),   Republican (R),   Whig (W), and   a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.

Table
YearExecutive officesGeneral AssemblyUnited States CongressElectoral College votes
GovernorLieutenant GovernorSec. of StateAttorney GeneralAuditorTreasurerLand Comm.State SenateState HouseU.S. Senator (Class II)U.S. Senator (Class III)U.S. House
1819 Robert Crittenden (N)[1] no such office Robert Crittenden[2] no such office James Scull not an elected office no such offices pre-statehood
James Miller (N)[3]
1820
1821
1822
1823
1824
Robert Crittenden (N)[4]
1825
George Izard (N)[5][6]
1826
1827
1828
vacant[7]
1829
John Pope (N)[8]
1830
1831
1832
1833 S. M. Rutherford
1834
1835
William S. Fulton (N)[9]
1836
James Sevier Conway (D) Robert A. Watkins Elias N. Conway W. E. Woodruff 12D, 5W 35D, 18W, 1? William S. Fulton (D) Ambrose H. Sevier (D) 1D[10] Martin Van Buren and Richard M. Johnson (D) Y
1837
1838 John Hutt
1839 D Majority D Majority
1840 Martin Van Buren (D) N
1841 Archibald Yell (D)[11] D.B. Greer A. Boileau 16D, 5W 42D, 22W  
Elias N. Conway
1842 John Winfrey
1843 D.B. Greer Robert Ward Johnson (D) J. C. Martin 15D, 6W 45D, 20W, 1?  
1844
Samuel Adams (D)[12] Chester Ashley (D) James K. Polk and George M. Dallas (D) Y
1845 Thomas Stevenson Drew (D)[13] Samuel Adams (D) 21D, 4W 62D, 13W
1846
1847 22D, 3W 52D, 23W   1W
1D
1848 George C. Watkins     Lewis Cass and William O. Butler (D) N
1849 20D, 5W 56D, 19W Solon Borland (D)
Richard C. Byrd (D)[14] C.C. Danley William Adams[15]
John Selden Roane (D)[16] John H. Crease
1850
1851 John J. Clendenin 21D, 4W 50D, 25W
1852 Franklin Pierce and William R. King (D) Y
1853 Elias Nelson Conway (D) 19D, 6W 48D, 27W William K. Sebastian (D) vacant 2D[17]
 
1854
1855 A.S. Huey A.H. Rutherford 17D, 8W 57D, 15W, 3I Robert Ward Johnson (D)
1856 Thomas Johnson James Buchanon and John C. Breckinridge (D) Y
1857 William Read Miller John H. Crease 21D, 2A, 1AW, 1 Old Line W 65D, 9A, 1W
1858 J.L. Hollowell
1859 Alexander Boileau John Quindley 20D, 2A, 1 Old School D, 1 States Rights D, 1 Old Line W D Majority  
1860 S.W. Weaver H.C. Lowe Jared C. Martin John C. Breckinridge and Joseph Lane (D) N
John I. Stirman
1861 Henry Massey Rector (D)[18] P. Jordan Oliver Basham D Majority Charles B. Mitchel (D)
William Read Miller Civil War and Reconstruction
1862 O.H. Oates Sam W. Williams
1863 Harris Flanagin (D)[19][20] American Civil War
1864 Robert J. T. White C.T. Jordan
Isaac Murphy (R) Calvin C. Bliss (R)[21] J.R. Berry (R) E. D. Ayers no electoral votes
1865 R.S. Gantt
1866 R.H. Deadman William Read Miller (R) L. B. Cunningham 25NP 75NP
1867 Henry Page 25D 56D, 19R
1868 James M. Johnson (R)[22] J.R. Montgomery J.R. Berry (R)
Powell Clayton (R)[23] Alexander McDonald (R) Benjamin F. Rice (R) 3R[24] Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax (R) Y
1869 21R, 1D, 4? 79R, 1D, 2? 2R, 1D
1870
1871 18R, 8D 44R, 29D, 9 Lib. R
Ozra Amander Hadley (R)[25] vacant James M. Johnson (R) Powell Clayton (R)
1872 Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson (R) Y
1873 Elisha Baxter (R)[26][27] Volney V. Smith (R) T.D.W. Yonley Stephen Wheeler (R) 20R, 5D 52R, 27D, 3? Stephen Wallace Dorsey (R) 3R
1874 J.L. Witherspoon William Read Miller (D) R. E. Newton D D Majority[28] D Majority[28]
Augustus Hill Garland (D) no such office[29] Benton B. Beavers (D) Simon Pollard Hughes, Jr. (D) Thomas James Churchill (D) 2R, 1D
1875 29D, 2R 82D, 11R 4D[30]
1876 Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks (D) N
1877 William Read Miller (D) W.F. Henderson John Crawford (D) 75D, 17R, 1OLW Augustus Hill Garland (D)
1878
1879 Jacob Frolich (D) 29D, 1R, 1G 83D, 6G, 3R, 1? James D. Walker (D)
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock and William Hayden English (D) N
1881 Thomas James Churchill (D) Charles B. Moore W. E. Woodruff, Jr. 30D, 1GL 80D, 10R, 1G
1882
1883 James Henderson Berry (D) A.W. Files (D) 28D, 2GL, 1R 87D, 2GL, 2IR, 1R, 1ID  
1884 Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks (D) Y
1885 Simon Pollard Hughes, Jr. (D) Elias B. Moore (D) D.W. Jones 31D, 1R 80D, 15R     5D[31]
1886
1887 William Read Miller (D) 30D, 2R 73D, 14R, 4I, 3 Ag. Wheel, 1G
W.S. Dunlop (D)
1888 Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman (D) N
1889 James Philip Eagle (D) B.B. Chism (D) W.E. Atkinson 69D, 15 Union Lab., 11R James Henderson Berry (D)
1890 4D, 1Lbr
1891 R. B. Morrow 29D, 2 Union Lab., 1R 81D, 10R, 4 Union Lab. James Kimbrough Jones (D) 5D
1892 Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson (D) Y
1893 William Meade Fishback (D) H.B. Armistead (D) James Paul Clarke (D) C.B. Mills (D) 29D, 2P, 1R 85D, 9P, 6R 6D[32]
1894
1895 James Paul Clarke (D) E.B. Kinsworthy Ransom Gulley 31D, 1R 88D, 9P, 3R  
1896 William Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sewall (D) N
1897 Daniel Webster Jones (D) Alexander C. Hull (D) Clay Sloan (D) 30D, 1R, 1P 85D, 13P, 2R  
1898
1899 Jeff Davis (D) T. E. Little 32D 98D, 2R
1900 Williams Jennings Bryan and Adlei E. Stevenson (D) N
1901 Jeff Davis (D) J.W. Crockett (D) George W. Murphy T.C. Monroe (D) H. C. Tipton 97D, 2R, 1P  
1902
1903 35D 100D   7D[33]
1904 Alton B. Parker and Henry G. Davis (D) N
1905 O.C. Ludwig (D) Robert L. Rogers Avery E. Moore (D) 34D, 1R 95D, 5R
1906
1907 John Sebastian Little (D)[34] William F. Kirby (D) James L. Yates 96D, 4R Jeff Davis (D)
John Isaac Moore (D)[35]
Xenophon Overton Pindall (D)[36]
1908 William Jennings Bryan and John W. Kern (D) N
1909 Jesse M. Martin (D)[37] Hal L. Norwood John R. Jobe (D) 35D 97D, 3R James Paul Clarke (D)
George Washington Donaghey (D)
1910
1911 Earle W. Hodges (D) John Crockett 34D, 1R 95D, 5R
1912 John M. Oathout (D) Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall (D) Y
1913 Joseph Taylor Robinson (D)[23] vacant William L. Moose L.L. Coffman 33D, 1R, 1 Prog. 96D, 4R John N. Heiskell (D)
William Marmaduke Kavanaugh (D)
William Kavanaugh Oldham (D)[38]  
Junius Marion Futrell (D)[39]
George Washington Hays (D)[40]
1914
1915 Wallace Davis M.F. Dickinson R.G. McDaniel 35D 97D, 3R  
1916
1917 Charles Hillman Brough (D) Tom J. Terral (D) John D. Arbuckle Hogan Oliver (D) 34D, 1I William F. Kirby (D)
1918
1919 Joe Ferguson 35D 95D, 5R Joseph Taylor Robinson (D)
1920 James M. Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) N
1921 Thomas Chipman McRae (D) Ira C. Hopper (D) J.S. Utley James Guy Tucker (D) 96D, 4R Thaddeus H. Caraway (D)
1922
1923
1924 John W. Davis and Charles W. Bryan (D) N
1925 Tom Jefferson Terral (D) Jim B. Higgins (D) W.H. Applegate J. Carrol Cone (D) Sam Sloan 97D, 3R  
1926 Dwight Blackwood
1927 John Ellis Martineau (D)[41] Harvey Parnell (D) Ralph Koonce 96D, 4R  
1928 Al Smith and Joseph Taylor Robinson (D) N
Harvey Parnell (D)[42] William Lee Cazort (D)
1929 Hal L. Norwood J. Oscar Humphrey (D) 98D, 2R
1930
1931 Lawrence Elery Wilson (D) Ed F. McDonald (D) Roy V. Leonard 99D, 1R  
1932   Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner (D) Y
1933 Junius Marion Futrell (D) William Lee Cazort (D) 100D Hattie Caraway (D)
1934 Walter L. Pope
1935 Carl Edward Bailey (D) Charles E. Parker (D) Earl Page (D)
1936
1937 Carl Edward Bailey (D) Robert L. Bailey (D) C. G. "Crip" Hall (D) Jack Holt (D) J. Oscar Humphrey (D) Otis Page (D) 98D, 2R
vacant
1938 John E. Miller
1939  
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace (D) Y
1941 Homer Martin Adkins (D) George L. Spencer (D)
1942
1943 James L. Shaver (D) Guy E. Williams (D) Bish Bentley (D)  
1944 Claude Rankin (D) Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (D) Y
1945 Benjamin Travis Laney (D) Vance Clayton (D)  
1946
1947 Nathan Green Gordon (D) 96D, 3R, 1I
1948 Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley (D) Y
1949 Sid McMath (D) Ike Murray (D) 98D, 2R  
1950
1951  
1952 Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman (D) N
1953 Francis Cherry (D) Tom Gentry (D) 97D, 3R 6D[43]
1954
1955 Orval Faubus (D) James Herbert Jones (D) John L. McClellan (D)[6]
1956 F. Nolan Humphrey (D) Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver (D) N
1957 Bruce Bennett (D) James Herbert Jones (D)[44] Sam Jones (D) 98D, 2R J. William Fulbright (D)
1958
1959 100D
1960 John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (D) Y
1961 Nancy J. Hall (D) J. Frank Holt (D) Lee Clayton (D) 99D, 1R  
1962 Jack Holt, Jr. (D)
1963 Kelly Bryant (D)[6] Bruce Bennett (D) Nancy J. Hall (D) 99D, 1I   4D[45]
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D) Y
1965 99D, 1R
1966
1967 Winthrop Rockefeller (R) Maurice Britt (R) Joe Purcell (D) 97D, 3R   3D, 1R
1968 George Wallace and Curtis LeMay (AI) N
1969 34D, 1R 96D, 4R  
1970
1971 Dale Bumpers (D)[23] Bob C. Riley (D) Ray Thornton (D) 98D, 2R
1972 Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) Y
1973 Jim Guy Tucker (D) 99D, 1R  
1974
1975 Bob C. Riley (D)[46] vacant 97D, 3R  
David Pryor (D)[23] Joe Purcell (D) George Jernigan (D)
1976 Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (D) Y
1977 Winston Bryant (D) Bill Clinton (D)[47] 96D, 4R
1978 Kaneaster Hodges, Jr. (D)
1979 Joe Purcell (D)[46] vacant Paul Riviere (D) Steve Clark (D) 35D 94D, 6R   2D, 2R
Bill Clinton (D) Joe Purcell (D) Jimmie Lou Fisher (D)[44]
1980 Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush (R) Y
1981 Frank D. White (R) Winston Bryant (D) Julia Hughes Jones (D) Jimmie Lou Fisher (D) Bill McCuen (D) 34D, 1R 93D, 7R Dale Bumpers (D)
1982
1983 Bill Clinton (D)[48][49] 32D, 3R
1984
1985 Bill McCuen (D) Charlie Daniels (D) 91D, 9R David Pryor (D) 3D, 1R
1986
1987 31D, 4R  
1988 George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) Y
1989 88D, 12R
2D, 2R
1990
Ron Fields (D)
1991 Jim Guy Tucker (D) Mary Stallcup (D) 91D, 9R   3D, 1R
Winston Bryant (D)
1992 Jim Guy Tucker (D)[42][50] Mike Huckabee (R) Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) Y
1993 Gus Wingfield (D) 89D, 11R   2D, 2R
1994
1995 Sharon Priest (D) 30D, 5R 88D, 12R
1996
Mike Huckabee (R)[42] Winthrop Paul Rockefeller (R)[51]
1997 87D, 13R Tim Hutchinson (R)
1998
1999 Mark Pryor (D) 76D, 24R Blanche Lincoln (D)
2000 George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R) Y
2001 27D, 8R 72D, 28R 3D, 1R
2002
2003 Charlie Daniels (D) Mike Beebe (D) Jim Wood (D) Gus Wingfield (D) Mark Wilcox (D) 70D, 30R Mark Pryor (D)
2004
2005 72D, 28R  
2006
2007 Mike Beebe (D) Bill Halter (D) Dustin McDaniel (D) Martha Shoffner (D)
2008 John McCain and Sarah Palin (R) N
2009 71D, 28R, 1G  
2010 72D, 28R[52]
2011 Mark Darr (R)[53] Mark Martin (R) Charlie Daniels (D) John Thurston (R) 20D, 15R 54D, 46R John Boozman (R) 3R, 1D
2012 Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan N
2013 21R, 14D 51R, 48D, 1G 4R
Charles Robinson (D)[54]
2014 vacant 22R, 13D
2015 Asa Hutchinson (R) Tim Griffin (R) Leslie Rutledge (R) Andrea Lea (R) Dennis Milligan (R) 24R, 11D 64R, 36D Tom Cotton (R)
2016 64R, 35D, 1I[55] Donald Trump and Mike Pence (R) Y
2017 26R, 9D 76R, 24D[56]
2018
2019 John Thurston (R) Tommy Land (R)
2020
YearGovernorLieutenant GovernorSec. of StateAttorney GeneralAuditorTreasurerLand Comm.State SenateState HouseU.S. Senator (Class II)U.S. Senator (Class III)U.S. HouseElectoral College votes
Executive officesGeneral AssemblyUnited States Congress
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See also

Notes
  1. Acting territorial governor. As secretary of Arkansas Territory from 1819 to 1829, Crittenden served as acting governor whenever the appointed governor was not in the state. This meant he was in fact the first person to be governor of the territory, since James Miller did not arrive in the territory until nine months after his appointment.
  2. Secretary of Arkansas Territory.
  3. President James Monroe appointed Miller territorial governor on March 3, 1819, the same date the bill organizing Arkansaw Territory was signed. However, to avoid the hot southern summer, he delayed his departure from New Hampshire until September and took a non-direct route, finally arriving in the territory on December 26, 1819. Resigned citing poor health. At the time of his resignation, he had been absent from the territory for 18 months.
  4. Territorial Governor George Izard did not arrive in Arkansas Territory until May 31, 1825; Crittenden, Secretary of the territory, acted as governor in his stead, though Crittenden himself was out of the territory when Izard arrived.
  5. Territorial governor appointed by Presidents James Monroe and John Quincy Adams.
  6. Died in office.
  7. The office was vacant from November 22, 1828, until March 9, 1829. By the time notice of Izard's death reached Washington, D.C., Andrew Jackson had been elected president, and the U.S. Senate refused to approve Adams' choice for governor, preferring to wait until Jackson took office.
  8. Territorial governor appointed by Jackson.
  9. Territorial governor appointed by Jackson. Served as governor until statehood, when he was elected to the United States Senate.
  10. At-large seat.
  11. Resigned to run for the United States House of Representatives, winning the election.
  12. As president of the Senate, acted as governor for unexpired term.
  13. Resigned due to the low salary he received as governor.
  14. As president of the state Senate, acted as governor until special election.
  15. Rolfe, Maro O. (1904). "Chapter 3: Arkansas in Ante-Bellum Days". In Jones, Daniel Webster (ed.). The Province and the States. III. Madison, Wisconsin: Western Historical Association. p. 317. William Adams was state treasurer January 2, 1849, to January 10, 1849
  16. Elected in a special election to fill unexpired term.
  17. Two districts created in 1853.
  18. The 1861 constitution was enacted during Rector's term; while term lengths remained at four years, a new election schedule was created, calling for elections in 1862, two years into his term.
  19. Flanagin fled Little Rock as it fell to Union forces on September 10, 1863, leading a largely inept government in exile in Washington, Arkansas, until 1865. Isaac Murphy was elected provisional governor by a loyalist government set up after Union control of the state was established, taking office on April 18, 1864, causing a slight overlap in terms, though due to the collapse of the Confederate effort in Arkansas, Flanagin had no authority over the state.
  20. The 1864 constitution was enacted during Flanagin's term; however, it was drafted by the Union occupation and had no effect on his government. While term lengths remained at four years, a new election schedule was created, calling for elections in 1864.
  21. The office of lieutenant governor was created in 1864
  22. Resigned to take office as state secretary of state.
  23. Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
  24. 3rd District created in 1868 after Reconstruction.
  25. As president pro tempore of the state Senate, acted as governor for unexpired term; the office of lieutenant governor at the time was vacant.
  26. Removed from office for a short time due to the Brooks–Baxter War.
  27. The 1874 state constitution, enacted during Baxter's term, shortened his tenure to two years as new elections were scheduled.
  28. More than a dozen Republicans resigned to take jobs in the Baxter administration. Democrats won a majority in the special elections that followed.
  29. The office of lieutenant governor was abolished in 1874. It was recreated in 1914 but was not filled until 1926. The amendment to the state constitution creating the office was narrowly voted into effect by the electorate in 1914. The Speaker of the House declared that the measure had lost because it did not receive a majority of the highest vote total from that election. In 1925, it was discovered that a 1910 law amended this requirement such that only a majority of the votes on the specific question was required. Therefore, the 1914 initiative was declared to be valid.
  30. 4th District created in 1875.
  31. 5th District created in 1885.
  32. 6th District created in 1893.
  33. 7th District created in 1903.
  34. Resigned after suffering a nervous breakdown soon after taking office.
  35. As president of the state Senate, acted as governor until the legislature adjourned.
  36. As the new president pro tempore of the state Senate, became acting governor until his senate term expired.
  37. As the new president pro tempore of the state Senate, became acting governor for three days until the next elected governor took office.
  38. As president of the state Senate, acted as governor for six days before a new president of the Senate was elected.
  39. As the new president of the state Senate, acted as governor until special election.
  40. Elected in special election to fill unexpired term.
  41. Resigned to become a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
  42. As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term and was subsequently elected in his own right.
  43. 7th District abolished in 1953.
  44. Appointed by Governor to fill vacancy.
  45. 5th and 6th Districts abolished in 1963.
  46. As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term.
  47. Resigned after election as governor in 1978.
  48. Gubernatorial terms changed from two years to four years during Clinton's term; he was elected for two-year terms in 1982 and 1984, and for four-year terms in 1986 and 1990.
  49. Resigned to become president of the United States.
  50. Resigned after being convicted of mail fraud in the Whitewater scandal.
  51. First elected in special election following Huckabee's elevation to governorship.
  52. Green Richard Carroll switched parties to Democratic.
  53. Resigned February 1, 2014 after being fined for ethics violations
  54. Waldon, George (May 29, 2013). "Mike Beebe Names Charles Robinson State Treasurer". Arkansas Business. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
  55. Rep. Nate Bell left the Republican Party to sit as an Independent in June 2015. Mike Holcomb (District 10) changed parties from Democratic to Republican in August 2015.
  56. Reps. Joe Jett, Jeff Wardlaw, and David Hillman all switched parties from Democrat to Republican before the 2017 legislative session.
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