1.  James S. Conway, 1836-1840

Planter, surveyor, Democrat.  Born in Tennessee, 1798.  Came to Arkansas from Missouri, 1820.  Married Mary Jane Bradley, 1826; six children.

First surveyor-general of Arkansas Territory.  Inaugurated as first governor of the State of Arkansas, September 13, 1836.  In 1840 retired to “Walnut Hill,” his plantation in Lafayette County.  Died 1855.

2.  Archibald Yell, 1840-1844

Lawyer, Democrat.  Born in Tennessee, 1797 or 1799.  Served in War of 1812, and in Seminole War of 1818.  Married Mary Scott, 1821; two children.  Married Ann Jordan Moore, 1827; four children.  Married Maria Ficklin, 1836.

Member, Tennessee House of Representatives, 1827.  Came to Arkansas 1831.  Receiver at federal land office in Little Rock, 1831-1832.  Moved to Fayetteville, 1834.  Territorial judge, 1835-1836.  Congressman, 1836-1839, 1845-1847.  Governor, 1840-1844.

Left Congress in 1846 to become colonel of First Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry, Mexican War.  Killed at Battle of Buena Vista, Mexico, 1847.

3.  Thomas S. Drew, 1844-1849

Planter, peddler, lawyer, Democrat.  Born in Tennessee, 1802.  Came to Arkansas 1818.  Clerk of Clark County, 1823-1825.  Moved to what is now Randolph County, 1826.  Married Cinderella Bettis, 1826, five children.

Judge of Lawrence County, 1832-1833.  Delegate to Arkansas constitutional convention, 1836.  Governor, 1844-1849.  Resigned as governor, 1849, and returned to Pocahontas.  Moved to Hood County, Texas, after death of his wife in 1872.  Died in Texas, 1879.

4.  John S. Roane, 1849-1852

Planter, lawyer, Democrat.  Born in Tennessee, 1817.  Attended Cumberland
College, Princeton, Kentucky.  Came to Arkansas 1837, settled at Pine
Bluff.  Moved to Van Buren 1842.  Speaker, Arkansas House of
Representatives, 1844-1845.

Served in Mexican War.  Returned to Pine Bluff, 1848.  Governor, 1849-1852.  Married Mary K. Smith, 1855; five children.  Brigadier general, Confederate Army.  Died 1867.

5.  Elias N. Conway, 1852-1860

Surveyor, public official, Democrat.  Born in Tennessee, 1812; younger brother of Governor James S. Conway.  Came to Arkansas from Missouri 1833.  Territorial auditor, 1835-1836.  State auditor, 1836-1849.  Governor, 1852-1860.  Never married.  Died 1892.

6.  Henry M. Rector, 1860-1862

Planter, lawyer, Independent Democrat.  Born in Kentucky, 1816.  Came to Arkansas from Missouri, 1835; settled in Hot Springs.  Married Ernestine Flora Linde, 1860; one child.

Appointed federal marshal, 1842.  State senator, 1848-1852.  Moved to Little Rock, 1854.  Member, House of Representatives, 1854-1855.  Associate justice, Supreme Court, 1859-1860.  Governor, 1860-1862.  Delegate, constitutional convention of 1874.  Died 1899.

7.  Harris Flanagin, 1862-1865

Lawyer, Confederate.  Born in New Jersey, 1817.  Moved to Clark County, Arkansas, from Illinois, 1837.  Married Martha E. Nash, 1851; five children.