07 Sep 2018 Isaac Murphy ISAAC MURPHY, Arkansas's eighth governor, was born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 16, 1799. He attended Washington College, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1825. Murphy taught… National Governors Association
07 Sep 2018 Powell Clayton POWELL CLAYTON, Arkansas's ninth governor, was born in Bethel County, Pennsylvania, on August 7, 1833. He attended Partridge Military Academy in Bristol, Pennsylvania, and studied civil engineering at Wilmington, Delaware.… National Governors Association
07 Sep 2018 Ozra A. Hadley OZRA A. HADLEY was born in Cherry Creek, New York, on June 30, 1826. He was educated in the public schools of his native state and at Fredonia Academy. Moving… National Governors Association
07 Sep 2018 Elisha Baxter ELISHA BAXTER was born in Rutherford County, North Carolina on September 1, 1827. He received a limited education, and procured an appointment to West Point, but declined, upon his father's… National Governors Association
07 Sep 2018 Augustus Hill Garland AUGUSTUS HILL GARLAND Arkansas's 11th governor was born in Tipton County, Tennessee, on June 11, 1832. He attended St. Mary's College, Lebanon, Kentucky, and graduated from St. Joseph's College, Bardstown… National Governors Association
07 Sep 2018 William Read Miller WILLIAM READ MILLER, the first native Arkansan elected governor, was born on November 23, 1823, in Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas. He studied law and was admitted to the Arkansas bar… National Governors Association
07 Sep 2018 Thomas James Churchill THOMAS JAMES CHURCHILL, Arkansas's 13th governor, was born near Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, on March 10, 1824. He graduated from St. Mary's College in Bardstown in 1844 and studied law… National Governors Association
07 Sep 2018 James Henderson Berry JAMES HENDERSON BERRY, Arkansas's 14th governor, was born in Jackson County, Alabama, on May 15, 1841. He moved with his family to Arkansas in 1848, where he was educated in… National Governors Association
07 Sep 2018 Simon P. Hughes SIMON P. HUGHES, Arkansas's 15th governor, was born in Smith County, Tennessee, on April 14, 1830. He was educated in Tennessee, where he attended the Sylvan Academy and Clinton College.… National Governors Association
07 Sep 2018 James Philip Eagle JAMES PHILIP EAGLE, Arkansas's 16th governor, was born in Maury County, Tennessee, on August 10, 1837. His family moved to Arkansas where James was educated in the county schools. In… National Governors Association
07 Sep 2018 William Meade Fishback WILLIAM MEADE FISHBACK was born in the Jeffersonton community of Culpeper County, Virginia, on November 5, 1831. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1855, studied law, and then… National Governors Association
07 Sep 2018 James Paul Clarke JAMES PAUL CLARKE, Arkansas' 18th governor, was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi, on August 18, 1854. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1878, with a degree in law.… National Governors Association
