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Congressman, 1885-1903. Delegate, constitutional convention of
1917-1918. Governor, 1921-1925. Died 1929.
27. Tom J. Terral, 1925-1927
Lawyer, Democrat. Born in Louisiana, 1882. Attended University of
Kentucky; LL.B., University of Arkansas, 1910. Married Eula Terrell,
1914.
Secretary, Arkansas Senate, 1913, 1915. Secretary of State, 1917-1921.
Governor, 1925-1927. Died 1946.

28. John E. Martineau, 1927-1928
Lawyer, Democrat. Born in Missouri, 1873. A.B., Arkansas Industrial
University, 1896; graduated, University law school, 1899. Married Mrs.
Anne Holcomb Mitchell, 1909. Married Mrs. Mabel Erwin Thomas,
1919.
Member, House of Representatives, Pulaski County, 1903, 1905.
Chancellor, 1907-1927. Governor, 1927-1928; resigned to become
United States district judge, 1928-1937. Died 1937.
29. Harvey Parnell, 1928-1933
Planter, businessman, Democrat. Born in Dorsey (now Cleveland)
County, Arkansas, 1880. Married Mabel Winston, 1902; two children.
Member, House of Representatives, Chicot County, 1919, 1921. State
senator, 1923, 1925. Lieutenant governor, 1927-1928. Succeeded to
governorship when John E. Martineau resigned, 1928; elected to full
terms 1928, 1930. Died 1936.
30. J.M. Futrell, 1933-1937
Lawyer, Democrat. Born in Greene County, Arkansas, 1870. Attended
Arkansas Industrial University. Married Tera A. Smith, 1893; six
children.
Member, House of Representatives, Greene County, 1897, 1901, 1903.
Circuit clerk, Greene County, 1907-1911. State senator, 1913, 1915.
Acting governor, March-July 1913. Circuit judge, 1921. Chancellor,
1923-1932. Governor, 1933-1937. Died 1955.
31. Carl E. Bailey, 1937-1941
Lawyer, Democrat. Born in Missouri, 1894. Attended business college
in Chillicothe, Missouri. Married Margaret Bristol, 1915; six children.
Married Marjorie Compton, 1943.
Prosecuting attorney, 1931-1935. Attorney general, 1935-1937.

Governor, 1937-1941. Died 1948.
32. Homer M. Adkins, 1941-1945
Pharmacist, businessman, Democrat. Born near Jacksonville, Arkansas,
1890. Attended Draughon's Business College of Pharmacy. Captain,
United States Army, First World War. Married Estelle Smith, 1921.
Sheriff, Pulaski County, 1923-1927. United States collector of internal
revenue for Arkansas, 1933-1940. Governor, 1941-1945. Administrator,
Employment Security Division, 1949-1952. Died 1964.
33. Ben T. Laney, 1945-1949
Businessman, Democrat. Born in Ouachita County, near Smackover,
Arkansas, 1896. Served in United States Navy, First World War. A.B.,
State Normal School (now State College), Conway, 1924. Graduate
study, University of Utah.
Married Lucille Kirtley, 1926; three children. Mayor of Camden,
1935-1939. Governor, 1945-1949.
34. Sid McMath, 1949-1953
Lawyer, Democrat. Born near Magnolia, Arkansas, 1912. LL.B.,
University of Arkansas, 1936. Married Elaine Braughton, 1937; one
child. Married Anne Phillips, 1945; two children.
Lieutenant Colonel, United States Marine Corps, Second World War.
Prosecuting attorney, 1947-1949. Governor, 1949-1953.
35. Francis Cherry, 1953-1955
Lawyer, Democrat. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, 1908. Graduated
Oklahoma A.& M. College, 1930. LL.B., University of Arkansas, 1936.
Married Margaret Frierson; three children.
Lieutenant (j.g.), United States Navy, Second World War. Chancellor,
1943-1944, 1949-1952. Governor, 1953-1955. Member, United States

Subversive Activities Control Board, 1955-1963; chairman, 1963-1965.
Died 1965.
36. Orval E. Faubus, 1955-1967
Newspaperman, Democrat. Born near Combs, Arkansas, 1910.
Attended Madison County schools. Married Alta Haskins, 1931; one
son. Major, United States Army, Second World War.
Circuit Clerk, Madison County, 1939-1942. Administrative assistant to
Governor Sid McMath, highway commissioner, highway director,
1949-1953. Postmaster, Huntsville, 1953-1954. Governor, 1955-1967.
37. Winthrop Rockefeller, 1967-
Financier, farmer, Republican. Born in New York, 1912. Attended Yale
University. Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army, Second World
War. Married Barbara Sears, 1948; one son. Married Jeannette Edris,
1956.
Moved to Arkansas, 1953. Chairman, Arkansas Industrial Development
Commission, 1955-1964. First Republican elected governor since 1872.

UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM ARKANSAS
Each state is entitled to two United States senators. Until 1913, senators
were elected by state legislatures; since that time, by popular vote. Our
first senators, chosen in 1836, were Ambrose H. Sevier and William S.
Fulton. In the following pages, biographies of Sevier and his successors
are given first.
1. Ambrose H. Sevier 1836-1848
Lawyer, Democrat. Born in Tennessee, 1801. Came to Arkansas from
Missouri, 1821. Clerk, Territorial House of Representatives, 1821.
Member, Territorial House of Representatives, Pulaski County, 1823,
1825; speaker, 1827.

Territorial delegate to Congress, 1828-1836. United States senator,
1836-1848. United States Minister to Mexico, March-June 1848. Died
1848.
2. Solon Borland, 1848-1853
Physician, Democrat. Born in Virginia, 1808. Attended schools in
North Carolina; studied medicine; located in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Major, First Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry, Mexican War.
United States senator, 1848-1853. United States Minister to Central
American Republics, 1853-1854. Brigadier general, Confederate Army.
Died 1864.
3. Robert W. Johnson, 1853-1861
Lawyer, Democrat. Born in Kentucky, 1814. Moved with his father to
Arkansas, 1821. Graduated from St. Joseph's College, Bardstown,
Kentucky, 1833, and from Yale Law School, 1835. Practiced law in
Little Rock, Arkansas, 1835-1847.
Prosecuting attorney, 1840-1845. Congressman, 1847-1853. United
States senator, 1853-1861. Delegate to provisional Confederate
Congress, 1861-1862. Confederate States senator, 1862-1865. Practiced
law in Washington, D.C. after the war. Died 1879.
4. Charles B. Mitchel, 1861
Physician, Democrat. Born in Tennessee, 1815. Graduated from
University of Nashville, Tennessee, 1833, and from Jefferson Medical
College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1836. Moved to Washington,
Arkansas, where he practiced medicine for twenty-five years.
Member, House