Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas
second-highest constitutional office in the U.S. state of Arkansas
The Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas presides over the Arkansas Senate with a tie-breaking vote, serves as Governor of Arkansas when the governor resigns, is impeached or dies in office.
| Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas | |
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| Seat | State Capitol, Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Term length | Four years, renewable once (Seventy-third Amendment to the Arkansas Constitution of 1874) |
| Constituting instrument | Arkansas Constitution of 1864 |
| Inaugural holder | Calvin C. Bliss |
| Formation | April 18, 1864 |
| Website | ltgovernor |
List
change| No. | Lieutenant Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Governor[a] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calvin C. Bliss | April 18, 1864 – July 2, 1868 |
Republican | 1864 | Isaac Murphy | |||
| 2 | James M. Johnson | July 2, 1868 – March 14, 1871 |
Republican | 1868 [b] |
Powell Clayton (resigned March 17, 1871) | |||
| — | Vacant | March 14, 1871 – January 6, 1873 |
— | |||||
| Ozra Amander Hadley | ||||||||
| 3 | Volney V. Smith | January 6, 1873 – November 12, 1874 |
Republican | 1872 [c] |
Elisha Baxter | |||
| Office did not exist from November 12, 1874, to January 11, 1927 | ||||||||
| 4 | Harvey Parnell | January 11, 1927 – March 4, 1928 |
Democratic | 1926 [d] |
John Ellis Martineau | |||
| — | Vacant | March 4, 1928 – January 14, 1929 |
— | Harvey Parnell | ||||
| 5 | Lee Cazort | January 14, 1929 – January 12, 1931 |
Democratic | 1928 | ||||
| 6 | Lawrence Elery Wilson | January 12, 1931 – January 10, 1933 |
Democratic | 1930 | ||||
| 7 | Lee Cazort | January 10, 1933 – January 12, 1937 |
Democratic | 1932 | Junius Marion Futrell | |||
| 1934 | ||||||||
| 8 | Robert L. Bailey | January 12, 1937 – January 12, 1943 |
Democratic | 1936 | Carl Edward Bailey | |||
| 1938 | ||||||||
| 1940 | Homer Martin Adkins | |||||||
| 9 | James L. Shaver | January 12, 1943 – January 14, 1947 |
Democratic | 1942 | ||||
| 1944 | Benjamin Travis Laney | |||||||
| 10 | 
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Nathan Green Gordon | January 14, 1947 – January 10, 1967 |
Democratic | 1946 | |||
| 1948 | Sid McMath | |||||||
| 1950 | ||||||||
| 1952 | Francis Cherry | |||||||
| 1954 | Orval Faubus | |||||||
| 1956 | ||||||||
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| 11 | Maurice Britt | January 10, 1967 – January 12, 1971 |
Republican | 1966 | Winthrop Rockefeller | |||
| 1968 | ||||||||
| 12 | Bob C. Riley | January 12, 1971 – January 3, 1975 |
Democratic | 1970 | Dale Bumpers | |||
| 1972 [e] | ||||||||
| — | Acting as governor | January 3, 1975 – January 14, 1975 |
— | Bob C. Riley | ||||
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Joe Purcell | January 14, 1975 – January 3, 1979 |
Democratic | 1974 | David Pryor | ||
| 1976 [f] | ||||||||
| — | Acting as governor | January 3, 1979 – January 9, 1979 |
— | Joe Purcell | ||||
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Joe Purcell | January 9, 1979 – January 19, 1981 |
Democratic | 1978 | Bill Clinton | ||
| 14 | 
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Winston Bryant | January 19, 1981 – January 15, 1991 |
Democratic | 1980 | Frank D. White[g] | ||
| 1982 | Bill Clinton | |||||||
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| 1986 [h] | ||||||||
| 15 | 
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Jim Guy Tucker | January 15, 1991 – December 12, 1992 |
Democratic | 1990 [i] | |||
| — | Vacant | December 12, 1992 – November 20, 1993 |
— | Jim Guy Tucker[j] | ||||
| 16 | 
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Mike Huckabee | November 20, 1993 – July 15, 1996 |
Republican | 1993 (special) | |||
| 1994 [k] | ||||||||
| — | Vacant | July 15, 1996 – November 19, 1996 |
— | Mike Huckabee | ||||
| 17 | 
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Winthrop Paul Rockefeller | November 19, 1996 – July 16, 2006 |
Republican | 1996 (special) | |||
| 1998 | ||||||||
| 2002 [l] | ||||||||
| — | Vacant | July 16, 2006 – January 9, 2007 |
— | |||||
| 18 | 
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Bill Halter | January 9, 2007 – January 11, 2011 |
Democratic | 2006 | Mike Beebe[j] | ||
| 19 | Mark Darr | January 11, 2011 – February 1, 2014 |
Republican | 2010 [m] | ||||
| — | Vacant | February 1, 2014 – January 13, 2015 |
— | |||||
| 20 | 
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Tim Griffin | January 13, 2015 – January 10, 2023 |
Republican | 2014 2018 |
Asa Hutchinson | ||
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Leslie Rutledge | January 10, 2023 – present |
Republican | 2022 | Sarah Huckabee Sanders | ||
Notes
change- ↑ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
- ↑ Johnson resigned as part of party machinations to allow Clayton to resign without Johnson succeeding him; the office remained vacant for the remainder of the term.[1][2]
- ↑ First term under the 1871 constitution, which shortened terms to two years.
- ↑ Martineau resigned[3] and Parnell served as governor for the remainder of the term.
- ↑ Bumpers resigned and Riley acted as governor for the remainder of the term.
- ↑ Pryor resigned and Purcell acted as governor for the remainder of the term.
- ↑ Represented the Republican Party.
- ↑ First term under a 1984 constitutional amendment, which lengthened terms to four years.
- ↑ Clinton resigned and Tucker served as governor for the remainder of the term.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Represented the Democratic Party.
- ↑ Tucker resigned and Huckabee served as governor for the remainder of the term.
- ↑ Rockefeller died in office; the office remained vacant for the remainder of the term.
- ↑ Darr resigned; he was under sanction for ethics violations involving illegal use of campaign funds.[4] The office remained vacant for the remainder of the term.
References
change- ↑ Hempstead, Fay (1911). Historical Review of Arkansas: Its Commerce, Industry, and Modern Affairs. p. 269. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
- ↑ "Ozro Amander Hadley (1826–1915)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
- ↑ "John Ellis Martineau". National Governors Association. Archived from the original on October 7, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Mark Darr, Arkansas lt. gov., says he'll resign over ethics case". Politico. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
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