Legislative Branch -- Representatives

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Thomas Dale Alford (1916–2000)
Thomas Dale Alford was a prominent Arkansas ophthalmologist, Episcopalian, radio announcer, civic leader, and ...
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Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. (1938–2025)
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. was a long-time Arkansas public servant and an alumnus of the University of Arkansa...
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James Woodson Bates (1788–1846)
James Woodson Bates was an early Arkansas settler who was elected as the first Arkansas territorial representa...
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Marion Berry (1942–2023)
Marion Berry represented Arkansas’s First Congressional District as a Democrat for seven terms. First electe...
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Edwin Ruthvin (Ed) Bethune Jr. (1935–)
Edwin Ruthvin (Ed) Bethune Jr., a lawyer and lobbyist in Washington DC, served as a Republican member of the U...
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Thomas Boles (1837–1905)
Thomas Boles was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented the Third District o...
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John Boozman (1950–)
Businessman and rancher John Boozman became a leading Republican officeholder in the early part of the twenty-...
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Stephen Brundidge Jr. (1857–1938)
Stephen Brundidge Jr. was a prosecuting attorney, a member of the Democratic State Central Committee, and a si...
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David Williamson Carroll (1816–1905)
David Williamson Carroll, who was one of the eleven men who represented the state in the Confederate Congress,...
William Henderson Cate (1839–1899)
William Henderson (W. H.) Cate was a lawyer, a judge, and a Democratic politician who served in the state le...
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Thomas Bryant (Tom) Cotton (1977–)
Tom Cotton became the junior senator from Arkansas in 2015. A Republican elected with only Libertarian Party o...
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Angie Craig (1972–)
Angie Craig is a Minnesota congresswoman. In April 2025, in her fourth term representing Minnesota’s Second ...
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Jordan Edgar Cravens (1830–1914)
Jordan Edgar Cravens was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented the Third Di...
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William Ben Cravens (1872–1939)
William Ben Cravens was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He had two separate and dist...
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William Fadjo Cravens (1899–1974)
William Fadjo Cravens was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented the Fourth ...
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Eric Alan "Rick" Crawford (1966–)
Rick Crawford is a Republican U.S. congressman from Arkansas who was first elected to the U.S. House of Repres...
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Danny K. Davis (1941–)
Danny K. Davis is an Arkansas-born politician who has represented the Seventh District of Illinois in the U.S....
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Jay Woodson Dickey Jr. (1939–2017)
Jay Woodson Dickey Jr. was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented the Fourt...
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William "Judge" Driver (1873–1948)
William Joshua “Judge” Driver of Mississippi County served as a member of the Arkansas legislature (1897...
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Poindexter Dunn (1834–1914)
Poindexter Dunn was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented the First Distric...
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John Edwards (1815–1894)
John Edwards was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Initially declared the victor in th...
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James Thomas Elliott (1823–1875)
James Thomas Elliott was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented the Second D...
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Clyde Taylor Ellis (1908–1980)
Clyde Taylor Ellis was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a pioneer in the nation’s rural ele...
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Lewis Porter Featherstone (1851–1922)
Lewis Porter (L. P.) Featherstone was an Agricultural Wheel leader and a politician who served in the state le...
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John Charles Floyd (1858–1930)
John Charles Floyd was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented the Third Dist...
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Claude Albert Fuller (1876–1968)
Claude Albert Fuller was a noteworthy lawyer, city clerk, state legislator, prosecuting attorney, mayor, and c...
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Rufus King Garland (1830–1886)
Rufus King Garland was a prominent Arkansas politician who voted for secession and briefly held the rank of ca...
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Ezekiel Candler "Took" Gathings (1903–1979)
Ezekiel Candler “Took” Gathings represented Arkansas’s First Congressional District for thirty years (19...
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Lucien Coatsworth Gause (1836–1880)
Lucien Coatsworth Gause was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented the First...
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D. D. Glover (1868–1952)
aka: David Delano Glover
David Delano “D. D.” Glover served in the Arkansas legislature ...
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William Shields Goodwin (1866–1937)
William Shields Goodwin was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented the Seven...
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Alfred Burton Greenwood (1811–1889)
Alfred Burton Greenwood was an early settler in Benton County who served in local, state, and national public ...