Delegate, secession convention, 1861.  Delegate to Provisional Congress of Confederate States, 1861; Confederate congressman, 1861-1864; Confederate States senator, 1864-1865.  Governor, 1874-1877.  United States senator, 1877-1885.  Attorney General of the United States under President Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889; first Arkansan to hold a cabinet post.  Died 1899.

12.  William R. Miller, 1877-1881

Lawyer, Democrat.  Born at Batesville, Arkansas, 1823.  Clerk of Independence County, 1848-1854.  Married Susan Elizabeth Bevens, 1849; seven children.

State auditor, 1854-1855, 1857-1860, 1861-1864, 1866-1868, 1874-1877, 1887.  Accountant of Real Estate Bank of Arkansas, 1855-1856.  Governor, 1877-1881; first native Arkansan to hold office.  Died 1887.

13.  Thomas J. Churchill, 1881-1883

Planter, soldier, lawyer, Democrat.  Born in Kentucky, 1824.  Educated at
St. Mary’s College and Transylvania University.  Served in Mexican War. 
Moved to Arkansas 1848, acquired a plantation near Little Rock.  Married
Anne Maria Sevier, 1849; six children.

Postmaster at Little Rock, 1857-1861.  Major general, Confederate Army; commanded at the Battle of Arkansas Post, 1863.  State treasurer, 1874-1881.  Governor, 1881-1883.  Died 1905.

14.  James H. Berry, 1883-1885

Lawyer, Democrat.  Born in Alabama, 1841.  When he was seven, his father moved to Carrollton, Carroll County, Arkansas.  Attended Berryville Academy.  Served in Confederate Army; lost a leg at Battle of Corinth.  Married Elizabeth Quaile, 1865; six children.  Moved to Bentonville, 1869.

Served in House of Representatives from Carroll County, 1866-1867; from Washington and Benton Counties, 1873-1874.  Speaker of the House, 1874.  Circuit judge, 1878-1882.  Governor, 1883-1885.  United States senator, 1885-1907.  Died 1913.

15.  Simon P. Hughes, 1885-1889

Lawyer, Democrat.  Born in Tennessee, 1830.  Moved to Pulaski County, Arkansas, with his parents, 1844.  Educated in Tennessee, 1846-1849.  Returned to Arkansas 1849 and became a farmer.  Sheriff, Monroe County, 1854-1856.  Began practice of law at Clarendon, 1857.  Married Ann E. Blakemore, 1857; nine children.

Lieutenant Colonel, Confederate Army.  Member, House of Representatives from Monroe County, 1866-1867.  Delegate, constitutional convention of 1874.  Attorney general, 1874-1877.  Governor, 1885-1889.  Associate justice, Supreme Court, 1889-1904.  Died 1906.

16.  James P. Eagle, 1889-1893

Planter, minister, Democrat.  Born in Tennessee, 1837.  Came with parents to Pulaski County, Arkansas, 1839.  Moved to what is now Lonoke County, 1857.  Lieutenant Colonel, Confederate Army.  Ordained to Baptist ministry, 1869.

Member, House of Representatives, 1873-1874, 1877; Speaker of the House, 1885.  Delegate, constitutional convention of 1874.  Married Mary Kavanaugh Oldham, 1882.  Governor, 1889-1893.  President, Arkansas Baptist State Convention, 1880-1904.  President, Southern Baptist Convention, 1902-1904.  Died 1904.