Executive Branch

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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...
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Wesley Kanne Clark (1944–)
Wesley Kanne Clark is an Arkansas resident whose distinguished military career propelled him into the internat...
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Bill Clinton (1946–)
aka: William Jefferson Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton, a native of Hope (Hempstead County), was...
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Hillary Clinton (1947–)
Hillary Clinton was the first lady of Arkansas, first lady of the United States, United States senator from Ne...
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Joycelyn Elders (1933–)
aka: Minnie Lee Jones
Joycelyn Elders was director of the Arkansas Department of Health a...
"Vincent Walker Foster Junior" gravestone with dates January fifteenth Nineteen forty-five and July twentieth Nineteen ninety-three
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...
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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...
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Mack McLarty (1946–)
aka: Thomas Franklin McLarty III
Thomas Franklin “Mack” McLarty III was the first Arkansan to se...
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Frank Pace (1912–1988)
Frank Pace Jr. was an Arkansas native who served as Secretary of the Army under President Harry S. Truman from...
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Presidential Candidates
Fourteen Arkansans or people closely associated with Arkansas have been candidates for president of the United...
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Presidential Visits
Until the second half of the twentieth century, the visit of a president of the United States (or even of a fo...
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Pearlie Sylvester Reed (1948–2016)
Pearlie Sylvester Reed spent more than a quarter century of his career working in agriculture, serving four ma...
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders (1982–)
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a political operative and commentator, is the daughter of former Arkansas governor Mik...
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Jack Hearn Watson Jr. (1938–)
Jack Hearn Watson Jr. is an attorney and former government official who served in a number of positions, inclu...