The Democratic Party of Arkansas is the affiliate of the
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in the state of
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
. The current party chair is
Grant Tennille.
History
Early statehood
Arkansas began its statehood with a strong Democratic dominance in politics. Before Arkansas became a state on June 15, 1836, its politics was dominated by a small group commonly called "
The Family" or "The Dynasty" until the
American Civil War
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.
The founder of this party was
James Conway, who was inspired by the death of his older brother, Henry Conway.
On October 27, 1827, Henry Conway was killed in a duel by
Robert Crittenden
Robert Crittenden (January 1, 1797 – December 18, 1834) was an American lawyer who served as the first secretary of the Arkansas Territory from 1819 to 1829. He also served as the acting governor of Arkansas Territory from July to December 18 ...
, a former friend that soon became his political opposition.
In an act to avenge his brother's death, he formed the first political party of Arkansas, "The Dynasty".
Many of the members in this group were related by either blood or marriage, and thus it received the name "The Family".
This group was closely allied with former President
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, he gained fame as ...
.
One of the former major factions of the party is known as the Swamp Democrats, around during the
New South
New South, New South Democracy or New South Creed is a slogan in the history of the American South first used after the American Civil War. Reformers used it to call for a modernization of society and attitudes, to integrate more fully with the ...
period of Democratic dominance in the state, along with their rivals, the
Hill Democrats. The area of strength for the Swamp Democrats was the flooded timber and marshy areas of eastern Arkansas and the
Grand Prairie
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section of the state. This was the region of the slaveholding plantations, and swamp Democrats generally voted in the interests of Arkansas planters and merchants.
Reconstruction through the Gilded Age
Following the
Civil War
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The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...
, Arkansas was under Republican governance for the first time during the
Reconstruction era
The Reconstruction era was a period in American history following the American Civil War (1861–1865) and lasting until approximately the Compromise of 1877. During Reconstruction, attempts were made to rebuild the country after the bloo ...
.
[.] Republicans such as Governor
Powell Clayton
Powell Foulk Clayton (August 7, 1833August 25, 1914) was an American politician, diplomat, and businessman who served as the 9th governor of Arkansas from 1868 to 1871, as a Republican member of the U.S. Senate for Arkansas from 1871 to 1877 ...
were appointed to state office, to the chagrin of Confederate veterans and sympathizers. The economic hardships of Reconstruction, and the political vengeance of Republicans during
Radical Reconstruction
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, engendered strong support for the Democratic Party in Arkansas and across the South, known as the
Solid South
The Solid South or Southern bloc was the electoral voting bloc of the states of the Southern United States for issues that were regarded as particularly important to the interests of Democrats in those states. The Southern bloc existed especial ...
.
Following the removal of the
Radical Republican
The Radical Republicans (later also known as " Stalwarts") were a faction within the Republican Party, originating from the party's founding in 1854, some 6 years before the Civil War, until the Compromise of 1877, which effectively ended Reco ...
s in Arkansas in the late 1870s, the state entered an "unbroken tenure"
of Democratic hegemony until 1966, when Republican
Winthrop Rockefeller
Winthrop Rockefeller (May 1, 1912 – February 22, 1973) was an American politician and philanthropist. Rockefeller was the fourth son and fifth child of American financer John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. He is one of the g ...
won the Governorship.
After Reconstruction, Democrats in Arkansas were known as
Redeemers
The Redeemers were a political coalition in the Southern United States during the Reconstruction era of the United States, Reconstruction Era that followed the American Civil War, Civil War. Redeemers were the Southern wing of the Democratic Par ...
. This coalition was the Southern version of the
Bourbon Democrat
Bourbon Democrat was a term used in the United States in the later 19th century (1872–1904) to refer to members of the Democratic Party who were ideologically aligned with fiscal conservatism or classical liberalism, especially those who suppo ...
, and both factions were comparatively
conservative
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and
classically liberal
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. Redeemer politicians in Arkansas were typically prominent, landowning, white men of the former
planter class
The planter class, known alternatively in the United States as the Southern aristocracy, was a racial and socioeconomic caste of pan-American society that dominated 17th and 18th century agricultural markets. The Atlantic slave trade permitted p ...
, who retained control of soft and hard power through
Jim Crow laws
The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States. Other areas of the United States were affected by formal and informal policies of segregation as well, but many states outside the Sout ...
,
disenfranchisement
Disfranchisement, also called disenfranchisement, or voter disqualification is the restriction of suffrage (the right to vote) of a person or group of people, or a practice that has the effect of preventing a person exercising the right to vote. D ...
, and racial violence. Examples of Redeemers in Arkansas include Governor
Jeff Davis.
Progressive Era
The start of the 20th century marked a change in Arkansans and the nation at large. Though more restrained in Arkansas, social activism and political reform grew throughout the
Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties, sometimes stylized as Roaring '20s, refers to the 1920s decade in music and fashion, as it happened in Western society and Western culture. It was a period of economic prosperity with a distinctive cultural edge in the U ...
. Generally, the period was marked by more individual candidates than the "factions" that defined politics in other Southern states, or a "ruling class" like The Family of early Arkansas. Arkansas Democrats reformed the state's highway system, public schools, and prisons. However, the simultaneous
good government
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Thomas Jefferson and good government
Thomas Jefferson often r ...
movement, calling for more open and honest politicians, caught many of Arkansas's early Progressive politicians before major reform could be enacted. Governor
Tom Terral
Thomas Jefferson Terral (December 21, 1882 – March 9, 1946) was an American attorney and the 27th governor of Arkansas.
Early life
Terral was born in Union Parish in northern Louisiana. He attended the University of Kentucky at Lexington, ...
succeeded in constructing a new
Arkansas State Hospital
Arkansas State Hospital, originally known as Arkansas Lunatic Asylum, is the sole public psychiatric hospital in the state of Arkansas, and is located in the city of Little Rock
( The "Little Rock")
, government_type = Council-mana ...
, but was
primaried by
John Ellis Martineau
John Ellis Martineau (December 2, 1873 – March 6, 1937) was the 28th governor of Arkansas and was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. His term as Governor was marked by the G ...
, who accused Terral of receiving
kickbacks, after his first term. Governor
Harvey Parnell
Harvey Parnell (February 28, 1880 – January 16, 1936) was an American farmer and politician from Southeast Arkansas. Parnell served in the Arkansas General Assembly for eight years, first in the Arkansas House of Representatives, and later ser ...
managed to pass reform measures, but was blamed for the
Great Depression
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, and left office extremely unpopular.
The Progressive Era in Arkansas was shorter-lived than across the United States. Though Arkansas and the nation voted for
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...
in great numbers in the
1932 presidential election,
Junius Futrell won the
gubernatorial election
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on a platform of
retrenchment
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Political usage
The word is familiar in its most general ...
the same year. Within the state, the election represented a
realignment in favor of the conservative wing of the party. Futrell was the most conservative governor elected in decades, with 1932 marking the end of the
reform era in Arkansas.
Democratic control weakens
Over the years, the Republican Party spread from its geographic base in the
Ozarks
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, largely through individual conversion. Presidential elections became more competitive, though Arkansas was last to deny electoral votes to a Democrat by supporting
George Wallace
George Corley Wallace Jr. (August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998) was an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Alabama for four terms. A member of the Democratic Party, he is best remembered for his staunch segregationist and ...
in the
1968 presidential election. Following that election, Arkansas only voted Democrat to support fellow Southerner
Jimmy Carter
James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he previously served as th ...
and former Arkansas Governor
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton ( né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and agai ...
.
During the 1970s and 1980s, Arkansans were very likely to split their ballots among parties, indicating a tradition of independence.
[.] The most notable example was the northwest part of the state's support of George Wallace for President, Republican
Winthrop Rockefeller
Winthrop Rockefeller (May 1, 1912 – February 22, 1973) was an American politician and philanthropist. Rockefeller was the fourth son and fifth child of American financer John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. He is one of the g ...
for governor, and Democrat
J. William Fulbright
James William Fulbright (April 9, 1905 – February 9, 1995) was an American politician, academic, and statesman who represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1945 until his resignation in 1974. , Fulbright is the longest serving chair ...
for Senate in
1968.
The independence likely came from decades of identification as a Democrat meaning little, as elections were truly decided in Democratic primaries among the conservative and liberal factions. This era was marked by Arkansas Democrats willing to vote for Republicans when the Democratic candidate was unpalatable, when an attractive Republican was running, such as Rockefeller or
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...
, or to "punish" Democratic incumbents. For example,
Frank White unseated Bill Clinton in the
1980 gubernatorial election, but Clinton was returned to office handily in
1982
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. Democrats continued to dominate the state legislature with more than 3 to 1 majorities until 2010, despite a 1992 constitutional amendment that limited incumbents to a maximum of 2 terms in the State Senate and 3 terms in the State House.
Republican strength
With the election of
Barack Obama
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as president in 2009, Arkansas Democrats have seen their influence gradually decline. In 2014, Republicans captured all the statewide offices, both chambers of the state legislature, all four U.S. House seats, and both U.S Senate seats. Though the Democratic Party of Arkansas does not currently hold any statewide office in Arkansas, the work of the party is pursued through the Democratic Party of Arkansas' county committees and the party's auxiliary, the Young Democrats of Arkansas.
Current elected officials
Members of Congress
U.S. Senate
* None
Both of Arkansas's
U.S. Senate
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The composition and powe ...
seats have been held by
Republicans since
2014
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.
Mark Pryor
Mark Lunsford Pryor (born January 10, 1963) is an American attorney, politician and lobbyist who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 2003 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to becoming senator, he was Attorne ...
was the last Democrat to represent Arkansas in the U.S. Senate. First elected in
2002
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, Pryor lost his bid for a third term in
2014
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to
Tom Cotton
Thomas Bryant Cotton (born May 13, 1977) is an American politician, attorney, and former military officer serving as the junior United States senator for Arkansas since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the U.S. House of R ...
who has held the seat since.
U.S. House of Representatives
* None
All four of Arkansas's congressional districts have been held by Republicans since
2012
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. The last Democrat to represent Arkansas in the House of Representatives was
Mike Ross. First elected in
2000
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, Ross opted not to run for re-election in 2012, instead unsuccessfully running for governor in
2014
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. State senator
Gene Jeffress ran as the Democratic nominee and was subsequently defeated by Republican challenger
Tom Cotton
Thomas Bryant Cotton (born May 13, 1977) is an American politician, attorney, and former military officer serving as the junior United States senator for Arkansas since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the U.S. House of R ...
.
Statewide offices
* None
Arkansas has not elected any Democratic candidates to statewide office since
2010
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, when
Mike Beebe
Mickey Dale Beebe ( ; born December 28, 1946) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 45th governor of Arkansas from 2007 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Born in Amagon, Arkansas, Beebe is a graduate of Arkansa ...
,
Dustin McDaniel
Dustin Blake McDaniel (born April 29, 1972) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 55th Attorney General of Arkansas from 2007 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he a founding partner of the Little Rock, Arkansas law firm ...
, and
Martha Shoffner
Martha Shoffner is the former state treasurer of Arkansas. A Democrat, she was first elected in 2006, taking office in January 2007. She was re-elected in 2010.
History
Shoffner was born and raised in Jackson County. Born to a farmer and a sc ...
were re-elected as governor, attorney general, and treasurer and
Charlie Daniels
Charles Edward Daniels (October 28, 1936 – July 6, 2020) was an American singer, musician, and songwriter. His music fused rock, country, blues and jazz, pioneering Southern rock. He was best known for his number-one country hit "The Dev ...
was elected as state auditor. In 2014, term limits prevented Beebe, and McDaniel from seeking third terms while Shoffner resigned during her second term and her replacement
Charles Robinson was not eligible to run for a full term and Daniels opted not to seek re-election to a second term.
Mike Ross,
Nate Steel
Nate Steel is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015. During the 89th General Assembly session from 2013 to 2015, Steel served on the Judiciary committee.
Education ...
, Karen Sealy Garcia, and Regina Stewart Hampton ran as the Democratic nominees in the
2014 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2014.
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and were all subsequently defeated by Republican challengers
Asa Hutchinson
William Asa Hutchinson II (, '' AY-sə''; born December 3, 1950) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician who is the 46th and current governor of Arkansas. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U.S. attorney for the Fort Smit ...
,
Leslie Rutledge
Leslie Carol Rutledge (born June 9, 1976) is an American attorney and politician from the state of Arkansas, served as the 56th attorney general of Arkansas from 2015 to 2023. She is the 21st lieutenant governor of Arkansas, since 2023. Rutledge ...
,
Dennis Milligan
Dennis Lee Milligan (born October 24, 1957) is the current Arkansas State Auditor following the 2022 election. He previously served as Treasurer of Arkansas. For that position he won the Republican Party nomination in the primary election on Ma ...
, and
Andrea Lea
Andrea Christine Lea (born 1957) is an American politician who served as the Arkansas State Auditor and is a Republican former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Russellville, Arkansas. She was elected state auditor on Novembe ...
.
State Legislature
*
Senate
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**
Current senators
**Senate Minority Leader:
Keith Ingram
Keith M. Ingram (born April 12, 1955) is an American politician from the state of Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, Ingram represents the 24th district in the Arkansas Senate, of which he is the Minority Leader. Ingram's district inclu ...
(SD24)
**Senate Minority Whip:
Larry Teague (SD10)
*
House
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**
Current representatives
**House Minority Leader:
Tippi McCullough
Tippi Lynn McCullough (born October 1963) is an American politician who is a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 33rd district in Pulaski County.
Background
McCullough was raised by her mother in Hot Springs, Arkansas, where ...
(HD33)
**House Minority Whip:
Denise Garner (HD84)
Municipal
The following Democrats hold prominent mayoralties in Arkansas:
*
Little Rock
( The "Little Rock")
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, leader_title = Mayor
, leader_name = Frank Scott Jr.
, leader_party = D
, leader_title2 = Council
, leader_name2 ...
:
Frank Scott Jr.
*
Fort Smith:
George McGill
*
Jobesboro:
Harold Copenhaver
Harold 'Cope' Copenhaver (born July 17, 1961) is an American politician and a Democratic former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives representing District 58 from 2013 to 2015, and the current mayor of Jonesboro, Arkansas. After bein ...
*
Pine Bluff: Shirley Washington
Past governors
![Bill Clinton](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Bill_Clinton.jpg)
Democratic governors that have won gubernatorial elections in Arkansas since 1941:
*
Homer Martin Adkins
Homer Martin Adkins (October 15, 1890 – February 26, 1964) was an American businessman and Democratic politician who served as the 32nd governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas. Adkins is remembered as a skilled retail politician and a strong st ...
(1941−1945)
*
Benjamin Travis Laney
Benjamin Travis Laney, Jr. (November 25, 1896January 21, 1977), was an American businessman who served as the List of governors of Arkansas, 33rd governor of Arkansas from 1945 to 1949.
Life and career
Laney was born in Camden, Arkansas, Camden, ...
(1945−1949)
*
Sidney Sanders McMath (1949−1953)
*
Francis Cherry Francis Cherry may refer to:
* Francis Cherry (governor) (1908–1965), governor of Arkansas, USA
* Francis Cherry (diplomat) (1552–1605), English ambassador to the Court of Russia, 1598–1599
* Francis Cherry (non-juror) (1665–1713), English l ...
(1953−1955)
*
Orval Eugene Faubus
Orval Eugene Faubus ( ; January 7, 1910 – December 14, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 36th Governor of Arkansas from 1955 to 1967, as a member of the Democratic Party.
In 1957, he refused to comply with a unanimous ...
(1955−1967)
*
Dale Bumpers
Dale Leon Bumpers (August 12, 1925 – January 1, 2016) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas (1971–1975) and in the United States Senate (1975–1999). He was a member of the Democratic Party. Prio ...
(1971−1975)
*
David Pryor
David Hampton Pryor (born August 29, 1934) is an American politician and former Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Pryor also served as the 39th Governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1979 a ...
(1975−1979)
*
Joe Purcell
Joe Edward Purcell (July 29, 1923 – March 5, 1987) was an American politician and attorney who served as Acting Governor of Arkansas for six days in 1979. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 45th Attorney General of Arkansas from ...
(1979)
*
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton ( né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and agai ...
(1979−1981, 1983−1992)
*
Jim Guy Tucker
James Guy Tucker Jr. (born June 13, 1943) is an American politician and attorney from Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 43rd governor of Arkansas, the 15th lieutenant governor, state attorney general, and U.S. repres ...
(1992−1996)
*
Mike Beebe
Mickey Dale Beebe ( ; born December 28, 1946) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 45th governor of Arkansas from 2007 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Born in Amagon, Arkansas, Beebe is a graduate of Arkansa ...
(2007−2015)
List of governors of Arkansas
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See also
*
Political party strength in Arkansas
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Arkansas:
*Governor
*Lieutenant Governor
* Secretary of State
*Attorney General
*State Auditor
*State Treasurer
* State Land Commissioner
The table also indicates th ...
*
Republican Party of Arkansas
The Republican Party of Arkansas (RPA), headquartered at 1201 West 6th Street in downtown Little Rock, is the affiliate of the Republican Party in Arkansas. It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling all four of Arkansas' U.S ...
Notes
References
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External links
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Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
Political parties in Arkansas