Richard C. Byrd

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Richard C. Byrd
Acting Governor of Arkansas
In office 1849–1849
Preceded by	Thomas S.Drew as Governor of Arkansas
Succeeded by	John S. Roane as Governor of Arkansas
Personal details
Born	1805 Hawkins County, Tennessee
Died	June 1, 1854(1854-06-01) Jefferson County, Arkansas
Political party	Democratic

Richard C. Byrd (January 1, 1805 – June 1, 1854) was an American politician and Acting Governor of the State of Arkansas in 1849.

Biography

Byrd was born in 1805 in Hawkins County, Tennessee. Byrd was a merchant and farmer, and moved to Arkansas in 1826.

Political career

Byrd became auditor for the Arkansas Territory and served in that position from 1829 to 1831. He served in the Territorial Legislature in 1833. He served as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1836, and in the Arkansas Senate in 1840, 1842, 1846, and 1848. Byrd had an unsuccessful gubernatorial run in 1844.^[1]

When Governor Thomas Stevenson Drew resigned from office on January 10, 1849, Byrd was president of the Senate and became acting governor. Byrd left the office on 19 April 1849, and returned to his mercantile store in Jefferson County, Arkansas.

Death

Byrd died at his home in Jefferson County following a lengthy illness.

References

↑ "Arkansas Governor Richard C. Byrd". National Governors Association. Retrieved August 10, 2012.

External links

National Governors Association

Political offices
Preceded by Thomas Stevenson Drew Governor	Acting Governor of Arkansas 1849	Succeeded by John Selden Roane Governor

v t e Governors of Arkansas

Territorial (1819–1836)	J. Miller Izard Crittenden Pope Fulton

State (since 1836)	J. Conway Yell Adams Drew Byrd Roane E. Conway Rector Flanagin Murphy Clayton Hadley Baxter Brooks* Baxter Garland W. Miller Churchill Berry Hughes Eagle Fishback Clarke Jones Davis Little Moore Pindall Martin Donaghey Robinson Oldham Futrell Hays Brough McRae Terral Martineau Parnell Futrell Bailey Adkins Laney McMath Cherry Faubus Rockefeller Bumpers Riley Pryor Purcell Clinton White Clinton Tucker Huckabee Beebe

Italics indicates acting governor * Disputed; see Brooks-Baxter War

Persondata
Name	Byrd, Richard C.
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	1805
Place of birth	Hawkins County, Tennessee
Date of death	1 June 1854
Place of death	Jefferson County, Arkansas

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