President of the Arkansas Senate
Arkansas head of senate
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The president pro tempore of the Arkansas Senate is the state senator in the Arkansas Senate elected by their fellow senators as the body's leader. They preside over the senate and lead negotiations with the Arkansas House of Representatives. Presidents of the Arkansas Senate typically serve for one term.[1]
Republicans went more than a century without a president pro tempore in the Arkansas Senate.[2]
List
| Senator | Term | Notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | |||
| Sam C. Roane | 1837 | 1838 | [a] | [3][4] |
| Mark W. Izard | 1838 | 1838 | ||
| Mark W. Izard | 1840 | 1840 | ||
| Samuel Adams | 1842 | 1843 | ||
| John Williamson | 1844 | 1845 | ||
| William K. Sebastian | 1846 | 1846 | ||
| R. C. Byrd | 1848 | 1849 | ||
| John R. Hampton | 1850 | 1851 | ||
| Thomas B. Hanly | November 1, 1852 | January 12, 1853 | ||
| B. C. Hanley | November 6, 1854 | January 22, 1855 | ||
| J. R. Hampton | November 3, 1856 | January 15, 1857 | ||
| Thomas Fletcher | November 1, 1858 | February 21, 1859 | ||
| Thomas Fletcher | November 5, 1860 | January 21, 1861 | ||
| Thomas Fletcher; J. R. Hampton | November 5, 1862 | December 1, 1862 | [b] | |
| Thomas Fletcher | September 22, 1864 | October 2, 1864 | [c] | |
| C. C. Bliss | April 11, 1864 | June 2, 1864 | [d] | |
| Andrew Hunter | November 5, 1866 | March 23, 1867 | ||
| J. M. Johnson | April 2, 1868 | July 23, 1868 | [e] | |
| J. M. Johnson | January 2, 1871 | March 25, 1871 | ||
| V. V. Smith | January 6, 1873 | April 25, 1873 | [f] | |
| Bradley Bunch | November 10, 1874 | December 10, 1875 | [g] | |
| James K. Jones | January 8, 1877 | March 8, 1877 | ||
| Matthew McClintock Duffie | January 13, 1879 | March 13, 1879 | ||
| H. C. Tipton | January 8, 1881 | March 19, 1881 | ||
| J. B. Judkins | January 8, 1883 | March 28, 1883 | ||
| R. B. Weaver | January 12, 1885 | March 18, 1885 | ||
| D. E. Barker | January 10, 1887 | March 31, 1887 | ||
| W. S. Hanna | January 10, 1889 | March 31, 1889 | ||
| James P. Clarke | January 12, 1891 | April 3, 1891 | ||
| E. B. Kinsworthy | January 9, 1893 | April 8, 1893 | ||
| Gibson Witt | January 14, 1895 | April 10, 1895 | ||
| William L. Moose | January 11, 1897 | June 16, 1897 | [h] | |
| M. J. Manning | January 9, 1899 | April 19, 1899 | [5] | |
| Robert J. Wilson | January 14, 1901 | May 4, 1901 | ||
| Joseph L. Short | January 12, 1903 | April 30, 1903 | ||
| Alonzo W. Covington | January 9, 1905 | May 4, 1905 | ||
| John I Moore | January 14, 1907 | May 14, 1907 | ||
| Jesse M. Martin | January 11, 1909 | May 12, 1909 | ||
| Kemp Toney | 1911 | 1911 | [i] | [6] |
| J. M. Futrell | 1913 | 1913 | ||
| L. B. Kendall | 1915 | 1915 | ||
| John Moncrief | 1917 | 1917 | ||
| Ben E. McFarrin | 1919 | 1919 | ||
| G. Otis Bogle | 1921 | 1921 | ||
| R. K. Mason | 1923 | 1923 | ||
| S. B. McCall | 1925 | 1925 | ||
| Freed Hutto | 1927 | 1927 | ||
| Claude A. Rankin | 1929 | 1929 | ||
| Ned A. Stewart | 1931 | 1931 | ||
| William F. Norrell | 1933 | 1935 | ||
| F. S. Armstrong | 1937 | 1937 | ||
| Roy Milum | 1939 | 1939 | ||
| W. B. Smith | 1941 | 1941 | ||
| General Washington Lookadoo | 1943 | 1943 | [7] | |
| L. T. Barnett | 1945 | 1945 | ||
| Clyde E. Byrd | 1947 | 1947 | ||
| James Orville Cheney | 1949 | 1949 | ||
| Ellis M. Fagan | 1951 | 1951 | ||
| Russell Elrod | 1953 | 1953 | ||
| Lawrence Blackwell | 1955 | 1955 | ||
| J. Lee Bearden | 1957 | 1957 | ||
| Roy L. Riales Sr. | 1959 | 1959 | ||
| George Clifton Wade | 1961 | 1961 | ||
| Max Howell | 1963 | 1963 | ||
| Fred H. Stafford | 1965 | 1965 | ||
| Q. Byrum Hurst Sr. | 1967 | 1967 | ||
| Morrell Gathright | 1969 | 1970 | ||
| Olen Hendrix | 1971 | 1971 | ||
| Clarence E. Bell | 1973 | 1973 | ||
| Robert Harvey | 1975 | 1975 | ||
| W. K. Ingram | 1977 | 1977 | ||
| Knox Nelson | 1979 | 1979 | ||
| Ben Allen | 1981 | 1981 | ||
| W. D. Moore | 1983 | 1983 | ||
| John Bearden | 1985 | 1985 | ||
| Paul Benham Jr. | 1986 | 1986 | ||
| Nick Wilson | 1987 | 1987 | ||
| Bud Canada | 1989 | 1989 | ||
| Jerry Bookout | 1991 | 1991 | ||
| Jerry D. Jewell | 1993 | 1993 | ||
| Stanley Russ | 1995 | 1995 | ||
| Wayne Dowd | 1997 | 1997 | ||
| Jay Bradford | 1999 | 2000 | ||
| Mike Beebe | 2001 | 2001 | ||
| Jim Hill | 2003 | 2003 | ||
| Jim Argue | 2005 | 2005 | ||
| Jack Critcher | 2007 | 2007 | ||
| Bob Johnson | 2009 | 2009 | ||
| Paul Bookout | 2011 | 2011 | ||
| Michael Lamoureux | 2013 | 2014 | ||
| Jonathan Dismang | 2015 | 2018 | ||
| Jim Hendren | 2019 | 2020 | [8] | |
| Jimmy Hickey Jr. | 2021 | 2021 | ||
| Bart Hester | 2023 | 2023 | [9] | |
| Bart Hester | 2025 | 2025 | ||
| Source: Arkansas Senate[1] | ||||
See also
Notes
- Served as president of the Second Territorial Legislature's Council, October 1–24, 1821, in Little Rock. He also served as a judge in Jefferson County.
- Hampton took over when Fletcher became governor after H. M. Rector resigned.
- Confederate General Assembly in Washington, D.C.
- Also served during special sessions November 7, 1864 – January 2, 1865 and April 3, 1865 – April 22, 1865.
- Also served during special session November 17, 1868 – April 10, 1869.
- Also served during extraordinary session May 11, 1874 – May 28, 1874.
- Served November 10, 1874 – March 5, 1875 and November 1, 1875 – December 10, 1875.
- Served January 11 – March 11, 1897 and during special session April 26 – June 16, 1897.
- Also served as a Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives.