Settled in Little Rock, Arkansas, 1864.  Active in organizing Republican party in Arkansas.  United States senator, 1868-1873.  Moved to Colorado 1875, and to Washington, D.C. 1882.  Died 1905.

6.  Stephen W. Dorsey, 1873-1879

Businessman, Republican.  Born in Vermont, 1842.  Moved to Ohio and settled in Oberlin.  Served in Union Army.  After Civil War, returned to Ohio; became president of Sandusky Tool Company.  Elected president, Arkansas Railway Company.  Moved to Arkansas, settled in Helena.

United States senator, 1873-1879.  After his service in Senate, devoted himself to cattle raising and mining in New Mexico and Colorado.  Resided in Colfax County, New Mexico; Denver, Colorado; and Los Angeles, California.  Died 1916.

7.  James D. Walker, 1879-1885

Lawyer, Democrat.  Born in Kentucky, 1830.  Attended private schools in Kentucky, and Ozark Institute and Arkansas College, Fayetteville, Arkansas.  Moved to Arkansas 1847.  Admitted to bar 1850; practiced law in Fayetteville.  Colonel, Confederate Army; captured at Oak Hills, Missouri in 1861 and spent two years in military prison.

Resumed practice of law in Fayetteville, 1865.  United States senator, 1879-1885.  Died 1906.

8.  James K. Jones, 1885-1903

Lawyer, Democrat.  Born in Mississippi, 1839.  Moved with his parents to Dallas County, Arkansas, 1848.  Served in Confederate Army.  Admitted to bar 1874 and commenced practice in Washington, Arkansas.

State senator, 1873-1877; president of Senate, 1877.  Congressman, 1881-1885.  United States senator, 1885-1903.  Chairman, Democratic National Committee, 1896, 1900.  Died 1908.

9.  James P. Clarke, 1903-1916

(See “Governors of the State of Arkansas,” number 18).

10.  William F. Kirby, 1916-1921

Lawyer, Democrat.  Born in what is now Miller County, Arkansas, 1867.  Studied law at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee; graduated 1885.  Admitted to bar 1885, commenced practice in Texarkana, Arkansas.

Member, House of Representatives, Miller County, 1893, 1897.  State senator 1899, 1901.  Author of “Kirby’s Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas,” 1904.  Moved to Little Rock, 1907.  Attorney General, 1907-1909.  Associate justice, Supreme Court, 1910-1916, 1927-1934.  United States senator, 1916-1921.  Died 1934.

11.  Thaddeus H. Caraway, 1921-1931

Lawyer, Democrat.  Born in Missouri, 1871.  Moved with his parents to
Clay County, Arkansas, 1883.  Graduated in 1896 from Dickson (Tennessee)
College.  Admitted to bar 1900, commenced practice in Osceola, Arkansas. 
Moved to Lake City, Craighead County, 1900, and to Jonesboro, 1901.

Prosecuting attorney, 1908-1912.  Congressman, 1913-1921.  United States senator, 1921-1931.  Died 1931.

12.  Hattie W. Caraway, 1931-1945

Democrat, wife of Senator Thaddeus H. Caraway.  Born in Tennessee, 1878.  Graduated from Dickson (Tennessee) Normal College, 1896.  Married and thereafter located in Jonesboro, Arkansas.