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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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