Appointed United States senator to succeed her husband 1931; elected 1932 and 1938; served 1931-1945.  Member, United States Employees’ Compensation Commission, 1945-1946.  Member, United States Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board, 1946-1950.  Died 1950.

13.  James William Fulbright, 1945-

Lawyer, Democrat.  Born in Missouri, 1905.  Moved with his parents to Fayetteville, Arkansas 1906.  Was graduated from University of Arkansas, 1925; as a Rhodes scholar from Oxford University, England, 1928; and from law department of George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1934.  Admitted to District of Columbia bar, 1934.

Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, 1934-1935.  Instructor in law, George Washington University, 1935; lecturer in law, University of Arkansas, 1936-1939.  President of the University of Arkansas, 1939-1941.  Congressman, 1943-1945.  United States senator since 1945.

1.  William S. Fulton, 1836-1844

(See “Governors of the Territory of Arkansas,” number 4).

2.  Chester Ashley, 1844-1848

Lawyer, Democrat.  Born in Massachusetts, 1790.  Moved with his parents to Hudson, New York, during infancy.  Was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, and the Litchfield (Connecticut) Law School.

Admitted to bar 1817 and commenced practice of law in Hudson, New York.  Moved to Edwardsville, Illinois, 1818; to St. Louis, Missouri, 1819; and to Little Rock, Arkansas, 1820.  United States senator 1844-1848.  Died 1848.

3.  William K. Sebastian, 1848-1861

Lawyer, planter, Democrat.  Born in Tennessee, 1812.  Was graduated from Columbia College, Tennessee, about 1834.  Commenced practice of law in Helena, Arkansas, 1835.

Prosecuting attorney, 1835-1837.  Circuit judge, 1840-1842.  Associate justice, Supreme Court, 1843-1845.  Member and president of State Senate, 1846-1847.  United States senator, 1848-1861.  Expelled from Senate, 1861; returned to Helena and practiced law; took no part in Confederate war effort.  Moved to Memphis, 1864.  Died 1865.

In 1877, the United States Senate revoked his expulsion and paid the full amount of his compensation to his children.

Note:  Arkansas was not represented in the United States Senate from
      its secession in 1861 until the state was readmitted to the
      Union in 1868.

4.  Alexander McDonald, 1868-1871

Businessman, banker, Republican.  Born in Pennsylvania, 1832.  Attended
Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Pennsylvania; and Lewisburg
University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.  Moved to Kansas, 1857.  Served in
Union Army.  Came to Arkansas 1863, settled in Little Rock.

United States senator, 1868-1871.  Engaged in development of railroads. 
Moved to New York City, 1900.  Died 1903.

5.  Powell Clayton, 1871-1877

(See “Governors of the State of Arkansas,” number 9)