List of United States Representatives from Arkansas

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Arkansas. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States Congressional Delegations from Arkansas. The list of names should be complete, but other data may be incomplete.

Current members

Alphabetical Rick Crawford (R) 1st District Website French Hill (R) 2nd District Website Bruce Westerman (R) 4th District Website Steve Womack (R) 3rd District Website

By District 1st District – Rick Crawford (R) (2011-present) 2nd District – French Hill (R) (2015-present) 3rd District – Steve Womack (R) (2011-present) 4th District – Bruce Westerman (R) (2015-present)

List of representatives

A

Representative	Years	Party	District	Notes
Bill Alexander, Jr.	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1993	Democratic	1st
Dale Alford	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963	Democratic	5th
Beryl Anthony, Jr.	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993	Democratic	4th

B

Representative	Years	Party	District	Notes
James Woodson Bates	December 21, 1819 – March 4, 1823		Territory	1st Territorial Delegate
Marion Berry	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2011	Democratic	1st
Ed Bethune	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1985	Republican	2nd
Thomas Boles	June 22, 1868 – March 4, 1871	Republican	3rd
	February 9, 1872 – March 4, 1873	Won contested electon
John Boozman	November 20, 2001 – January 3, 2011	Republican	3rd	Elected to the US Senate
Clifton R. Breckinridge	March 4, 1883 – September 5, 1890	Democratic	At-large 2nd	Lost contested election
	November 4, 1890 – August 14, 1894	Elected after John M. Clayton was assassinated while contest was pending. Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Russia
Stephen Brundidge, Jr.	March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1909	Democratic	2nd 6th

C

Representative	Years	Party	District	Notes
Thaddeus H. Caraway	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921	Democratic	1st
William H. Cate	March 4, 1889 – March 5, 1890	Democratic	1st	Lost contested election
	January 3, 1891 – January 3, 1893
Henry Wharton Conway	March 4, 1823 – November 9, 1827		Territory	Died
Tom Cotton	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015	Republican	4th
Jordan E. Cravens	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1883	Democratic	3rd
William B. Cravens	March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1913	Democratic	4th
	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	Died
William Fadjo Cravens	September 12, 1939 – January 3, 1949	Democratic	4th
Rick Crawford	January 3, 2011 – present	Republican	1st	Incumbent
Edward Cross	March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1845	Democratic	At-large

D

Representative	Years	Party	District	Notes
Jay Dickey	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001	Republican	4th
Hugh A. Dinsmore	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1905	Democratic	5th 3rd
William J. Driver	March 4, 1921 – January 3, 1939	Democratic	1st
Poindexter Dunn	March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1889	Democratic	1st

E

Representative	Years	Party	District	Notes
John Edwards	March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1872	Liberal Republican	3rd
James T. Elliott	January 13, 1869 - March 4, 1869	Republican	2nd
Clyde T. Ellis	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943	Democratic	3rd

F

Representative	Years	Party	District	Notes
Lewis P. Featherstone	March 5, 1890 – March 4, 1891	Labor	1st	Won contested election
John C. Floyd	March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1915	Democratic	3rd
J. William Fulbright	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	Democratic	3rd
Claude A. Fuller	March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1939	Democratic	3rd

G

Representative	Years	Party	District	Notes
Ezekiel C. Gathings	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1969	Democratic	1st
Lucien C. Gause	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1879	Democratic	1st
David Delano Glover	March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1935	Democratic	6th
William S. Goodwin	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1921	Democratic	7th
Alfred B. Greenwood	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1859	Democratic	1st
Timothy Griffin	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015	Republican	2nd
Thomas M. Gunter	June 16, 1874 – March 4, 1875	Democratic	3rd	Won election contest
	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1883	4th

H

Representative	Years	Party	District	Notes
John Paul Hammerschmidt	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1993	Republican	3rd
James M. Hanks	March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873	Democratic	1st
Oren Harris	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1953	Democratic	7th
	January 3, 1953 – February 2, 1966	4th	Resigned to become the US District judge for the Eastern and Western District of Arkansas
Brooks Hays	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1959	Democratic	5th
French Hill	January 3, 2015 – present	Republican	2nd	Incumbent
Thomas C. Hindman	March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861	Democratic	1st
James M. Hinds	July 22, 1868 - October 22, 1868	Republican	2nd	Died
Asa Hodges	March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875	Republican	1st
Asa Hutchinson	January 3, 1997 – August 6, 2001	Republican	3rd	Resigned after being appointed Director of the Drug Enforcement Administration
Tim Hutchinson	January 3, 1993 – January 2, 1997	Republican	3rd	Resigned after being elected to the US Senate
William Joseph Hynes	March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875	Liberal Republican	At-large

J

Representative	Years	Party	District	Notes
Henderson M. Jacoway	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1923	Democratic	5th
Robert Ward Johnson	March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1853	Democratic	At-large
James Kimbrough Jones	March 4, 1881 – February 19, 1885	Democratic	2nd	Resigned after being elected to the US Senate

K

Representative	Years	Party	District	Notes
Wade H. Kitchens	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1941	Democratic	7th

L

Representative	Years	Party	District	Notes
Blanche Lincoln	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997	Democratic	1st
John Sebastian Little	December 3, 1894 – March 4, 1907	Democratic	2nd 4th

M

Representative	Years	Party	District	Notes
Robert B. Macon	March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1913	Democratic	1st
John Little McClellan	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939	Democratic	6th
Philip D. McCulloch, Jr.	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1903	Democratic	1st
Thomas Chipman McRae	December 7, 1885 – March 4, 1903	Democratic	3rd	Elected after James K. Jones resigned after being elected to the US Senate
John E. Miller	March 4, 1931 – November 14, 1937	Democratic	2nd	Resigned after being elected to the US Senate
Wilbur Mills	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1977	Democratic	2nd

N

Representative	Years	Party	District	Notes
Robert Neill	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897	Democratic	6th
Thomas Willoughby Newton	February 6, 1847 - March 4, 1847	Whig	At-large
Catherine Dorris Norrell	April 18, 1961 – January 3, 1963	Democratic	6th
William F. Norrell	January 3, 1939 – February 15, 1961	Democratic	6th	Died

O

Representative	Years	Party	District	Notes
Pearl Peden Oldfield	January 9, 1929 – March 4, 1931	Democratic	2nd
William Allan Oldfield	March 4, 1909 – November 19, 1928	Democratic	2nd	Died

P

Representative	Years	Party	District	Notes
Tilman Bacon Parks	March 4, 1921 – January 3, 1937	Democratic	7th
Samuel W. Peel	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1893	Democratic	4th 5th
David Pryor	March 9, 1966 – January 3, 1973	Democratic	4th

R

Representative	Years	Party	District	Notes
Heartsill Ragon	March 4, 1923 – June 16, 1933	Democratic	5th	Resigned after being appointed judge for the US District Court for the Western district of Arkansas
James B. Reed	October 6, 1923 – March 4, 1929	Democratic	6th
Charles C. Reid	March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1911	Democratic	4th 5th
Joseph Taylor Robinson	March 4, 1903 – January 14, 1913	Democratic	6th	Resigned after being elected Governor
Tommy F. Robinson	January 3, 1985 – July 28, 1989	Democratic	2nd	Changed parties
	July 28, 1989 – Janary 3, 1991	Republican
Anthony A.C. Rogers	March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871	Democratic	2nd
John H. Rogers	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1891	Democratic	3rd 4th
Logan Holt Roots	June 22, 1868 – March 4, 1871	Republican	1st
Mike Ross	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2013	Democratic	4th
Albert Rust	March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857	Democratic	2nd
	March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861

S

Representative	Years	Party	District	Notes
Lewis E. Sawyer	March 4, 1923 - May 5, 1923	Democratic	6th	Died
Ambrose Hundley Sevier	February 13, 1828 – June 15, 1836		Territory	Seat eliminated after Arkansas achieved statehood
William Ferguson Slemons	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1881	Democratic	2nd
Oliver P. Snyder	March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1875	Republican	2nd
Vic Snyder	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2011	Democratic	2nd

T

Representative	Years	Party	District	Notes
Boyd Anderson Tackett	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	Democratic	4th
Chester W. Taylor	October 25, 1921 – March 4, 1923	Democratic	6th
Samuel M. Taylor	January 15, 1913 – September 13, 1921	Democratic	6th	Died
David D. Terry	December 19, 1933 – January 3, 1943	Democratic	5th
William L. Terry	March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1901	Democratic	4th
Ray Thornton	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979	Democratic	4th
	January 3, 1991 – January 1, 1997	2nd	Resigned
John N. Tillman	March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1929	Democratic	3rd
James William Trimble	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1967	Democratic	3rd
Jim Guy Tucker	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979	Democratic	2nd

W

Representative	Years	Party	District	Notes
Robert M. Wallace	March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1911	Democratic	7th
Edward A. Warren	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855	Democratic	2nd
	March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859
Bruce Westerman	January 3, 2015 – present	Republican	4th	Incumbent
William W. Wilshire	March 4, 1873 – June 16, 1874	Republican	3rd	Lost election contest
	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877	Democratic
Effiegene Locke Wingo	November 4, 1930 – March 4, 1933	Democratic	4th
Otis Wingo	March 4, 1913 – October 21, 1930	Democratic	4th	Died
Steve Womack	January 3, 2011 – present	Republican	3rd	Incumbent

Y

Representative	Years	Party	District	Notes
Archibald Yell	December 14, 1836 – March 4, 1839	Democratic	At-large
	March 4, 1845 – July 1, 1846	Resigned to serve in the Mexican–American War

Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas

As of April 2015, there are seventeen former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from the U.S. State of Arkansas that are currently living.

Representative	Term of office (Congressional years as congressmen/women/representatives while in office)	District	Date of birth (and age)
David Pryor	1966 - 1973	4th	(1934-08-29) August 29, 1934
Bill Alexander	1969 - 1993	1st	(1934-01-16) January 16, 1934
Jim Guy Tucker	1977 - 1979	2nd	(1943-06-13) June 13, 1943
Ed Bethune	1979 - 1985	2nd	(1935-12-19) December 19, 1935
Beryl Anthony, Jr.	1979 - 1985	4th	(1938-02-21) February 21, 1938
Tommy F. Robinson	1985 - 1991	2nd	(1942-03-07) March 7, 1942
Ray Thornton	1991 - 1997	2nd	(1928-07-16) July 16, 1928
Tim Hutchinson	1993 - 1997	3rd	(1949-08-11) August 11, 1949
Blanche Lincoln	1993 - 1997	1st	(1960-09-30) September 30, 1960
Jay Dickey	1993 - 2001	4th	(1939-12-14) December 14, 1939
Asa Hutchinson	1997 - 2001	3rd	(1950-12-03) December 3, 1950
Robert M. Berry	1997 - 2011	1st	(1942-08-27) August 27, 1942
Vic Snyder	1997 - 2011	2nd	(1947-09-27) September 27, 1947
Mike Ross	2011 - 2013	4th	(1961-08-02) August 2, 1961
John Boozman	2001 - 2011	3rd	(1950-12-10) December 10, 1950
Tim Griffin	2011 - 2015	2nd	(1968-08-21) August 21, 1968
Tom Cotton	2011 - 2015	4th	(1977-05-13) May 13, 1977

References

See also

• Arkansas's congressional districts

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