Executive Branch

Clifton Rodes Breckinridge (1846–1932)
Clifton Rodes Breckinridge was a late-nineteenth-century Arkansas politician who attained national prominence....
Arthur Brann Caldwell (1906–1987)
Arthur Brann Caldwell served in several capacities with the federal government over nearly four decades, inclu...
Wesley Kanne Clark (1944–)
Wesley Kanne Clark is an Arkansas resident whose distinguished military career propelled him into the internat...
Bill Clinton (1946–)
aka: William Jefferson Clinton
  William Jefferson Clinton, a native of Hope (Hempstead Count...
Hillary Clinton (1947–)
Hillary Clinton was the first lady of Arkansas, first lady of the United States, United States senator from Ne...
Joycelyn Elders (1933–)
aka: Minnie Lee Jones
Joycelyn Elders was director of the Arkansas Department of Health a...
Vincent Walker (Vince) Foster Jr. (1945–1993)
Vincent Walker Foster Jr. was a prominent Little Rock (Pulaski County) lawyer and close friend and associate o...
Augustus Hill Garland (1832–1899)
Augustus Hill Garland was the eleventh governor of Arkansas, a member of the Confederate Congress, a U.S. sena...
Hershel Wayne Gober (1936–2024)
Hershel Wayne Gober was an Arkansas native who followed a career in the military with business and government ...
Mary Cal Hollis (1952–)
Mary Cal Hollis is a liberal political activist. A native of Arkansas who now lives in Colorado, she has run f...
Mack McLarty (1946–)
aka: Thomas Franklin McLarty III
Thomas Franklin “Mack” McLarty III was the first Arkansan to se...
Frank Pace (1912–1988)
Frank Pace Jr. was an Arkansas native who served as Secretary of the Army under President Harry S. Truman from...
Presidential Candidates
Fourteen Arkansans or people closely associated with Arkansas have been candidates for president of the United...
Presidential Visits
Until the second half of the twentieth century, the visit of a president of the United States (or even of a fo...
Pearlie Sylvester Reed (1948–2016)
Pearlie Sylvester Reed spent more than a quarter century of his career working in agriculture, serving four ma...
Sarah Huckabee Sanders (1982–)
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a political operative and commentator, is the daughter of former Arkansas governor Mik...
Jack Hearn Watson Jr. (1938–)
Jack Hearn Watson Jr. is an attorney and former government official who served in a number of positions, inclu...