United States Representatives from Arkansas 3

Image currently unavailable	RAGON, Heartsill (1885-1940)
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born in Dublin, Logan County, Ark., March 20, 1885; attended the common schools, the Clarksville High School, the College of the Ozarks, Clarksville, Ark., and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville; was graduated from the law department of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.; was admitted to the bar in 1908 and commenced practice in Clarksville, Ark.; member of the State house of representatives 1911-1913; district attorney 1916-1920; secretary of the Democratic State convention in 1918; chairman of the Democratic State convention in 1920; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1920; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1923, until his resignation effective June 16, 1933, having been appointed judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas on May 12, 1933, in which capacity he served until his death in Fort Smith, Ark., September 15, 1940; interment in Forest Park Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 73 1933-1934 Representative Democrat 72 1931-1932 Representative Democrat 71 1929-1930 Representative Democrat 70 1927-1928 Representative Democrat 69 1925-1926 Representative Democrat 68 1923-1924

Image currently unavailable	REED, James Byron (1881-1935)
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born near Lonoke, Lonoke County, Ark., January 2, 1881; attended the rural schools of his county and Hendrix College; graduated from the law department of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark., 1906; admitted to the bar in 1906; lawyer, private practice; member of the Arkansas state house of representatives, 1907; prosecuting attorney of the seventeenth judicial district of Arkansas, 1912-1916; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Lewis E. Sawyer; reelected to the Sixty-ninth and Seventieth Congresses (October 6, 1923- March 3, 1929); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1928; died on April 27, 1935, in Little Rock, Ark.; interment in Lonoke Cemetery, Lonoke, Ark.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 70 1927-1928 Representative Democrat 69 1925-1926 Representative Democrat 68 1923-1924

	REID, Charles Chester (1868-1922)
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born in Clarksville, Johnson County, Ark., June 15, 1868; attended the public schools and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1883-1885; was graduated from the law department of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., in 1887; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Morrillton, Ark.; prosecuting attorney of Conway County 1894-1898; voluntarily retired from office in 1898 and resumed the practice of law; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1901-March 3, 1911); was not a candidate for renomination in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress; again engaged in the practice of his profession in Little Rock, Ark., where he died on May 20, 1922; interment in Oakland Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 61 1909-1910 Representative Democrat 60 1907-1908 Representative Democrat 59 1905-1906 Representative Democrat 58 1903-1904 Representative Democrat 57 1901-1902

	ROBINSON, Joseph Taylor (1872-1937)
	Bio: a Representative and a Senator from Arkansas; born on a farm near Lonoke, Lonoke County, Ark., August 26, 1872; attended the common schools, the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, and the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; admitted to the bar in 1895 and commenced practice in Lonoke, Ark.; member, State general assembly 1895; presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1900; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1903, to January 14, 1913, when he resigned, having been elected Governor; chairman, Committee on Public Lands (Sixty-second Congress); Governor of Arkansas from January 16 to March 8, 1913, when he resigned, having been elected Senator; elected to the United States Senate in 1913 to fill the seat vacated by the death of Senator Jeff Davis; reelected in 1918, 1924, 1930 and 1936 and served from March 10, 1913, until his death; minority leader 1923-1933; majority leader 1933-1937; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses), Committee on Claims (Sixty-fifth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket in 1928; died in Washington, D.C., July 14, 1937; funeral services were held in the Chamber of the United States Senate; interment in Roselawn Memorial Park in Little Rock, Ark.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 75 1937-1938 Senator Democrat 74 1935-1936 Senator Democrat 73 1933-1934 Senator Democrat 72 1931-1932 Senator Democrat 71 1929-1930 Senator Democrat 70 1927-1928 Senator Democrat 69 1925-1926 Senator Democrat 68 1923-1924 Senator Democrat 67 1921-1922 Senator Democrat 66 1919-1920 Senator Democrat 65 1917-1918 Senator Democrat 64 1915-1916 Senator Democrat 63 1913-1914 Representative Democrat 62 1911-1912 Representative Democrat 61 1909-1910 Representative Democrat 60 1907-1908 Representative Democrat 59 1905-1906 Representative Democrat 58 1903-1904

Image currently unavailable	ROBINSON, Tommy Franklin (1942- )
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born in Little Rock, Ark., March 7, 1942; graduated from Little Rock High School, Little Rock, Ark., 1959; B.A., University of Little Rock, Little Rock, Ark.; United States Navy, 1959-1963; North Little Rock Police Department and Arkansas State Police, 1963-1971; United States Marshal Service, 1971-1974; director of public safety, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, 1974-1975; police chief, city of Jacksonville, Ark., 1975-1979; director of public safety, State of Arkansas, 1979-1980; sheriff of Pulaski County, Ark., 1980-1984; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-ninth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1985-January 3, 1991); changed party affiliation from Democrat to Republican, July 28, 1989; was not a candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Second Congress in 1990, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for Governor of Arkansas; unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat/Republican 101 1989-1990 Representative Democrat 100 1987-1988 Representative Democrat 99 1985-1986

	ROBINSON, Joseph Taylor (1872-1937)
	Bio: a Representative and a Senator from Arkansas; born on a farm near Lonoke, Lonoke County, Ark., August 26, 1872; attended the common schools, the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, and the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; admitted to the bar in 1895 and commenced practice in Lonoke, Ark.; member, State general assembly 1895; presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1900; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1903, to January 14, 1913, when he resigned, having been elected Governor; chairman, Committee on Public Lands (Sixty-second Congress); Governor of Arkansas from January 16 to March 8, 1913, when he resigned, having been elected Senator; elected to the United States Senate in 1913 to fill the seat vacated by the death of Senator Jeff Davis; reelected in 1918, 1924, 1930 and 1936 and served from March 10, 1913, until his death; minority leader 1923-1933; majority leader 1933-1937; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses), Committee on Claims (Sixty-fifth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket in 1928; died in Washington, D.C., July 14, 1937; funeral services were held in the Chamber of the United States Senate; interment in Roselawn Memorial Park in Little Rock, Ark.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 75 1937-1938 Senator Democrat 74 1935-1936 Senator Democrat 73 1933-1934 Senator Democrat 72 1931-1932 Senator Democrat 71 1929-1930 Senator Democrat 70 1927-1928 Senator Democrat 69 1925-1926 Senator Democrat 68 1923-1924 Senator Democrat 67 1921-1922 Senator Democrat 66 1919-1920 Senator Democrat 65 1917-1918 Senator Democrat 64 1915-1916 Senator Democrat 63 1913-1914 Representative Democrat 62 1911-1912 Representative Democrat 61 1909-1910 Representative Democrat 60 1907-1908 Representative Democrat 59 1905-1906 Representative Democrat 58 1903-1904

Image currently unavailable	ROBINSON, Tommy Franklin (1942- )
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born in Little Rock, Ark., March 7, 1942; graduated from Little Rock High School, Little Rock, Ark., 1959; B.A., University of Little Rock, Little Rock, Ark.; United States Navy, 1959-1963; North Little Rock Police Department and Arkansas State Police, 1963-1971; United States Marshal Service, 1971-1974; director of public safety, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, 1974-1975; police chief, city of Jacksonville, Ark., 1975-1979; director of public safety, State of Arkansas, 1979-1980; sheriff of Pulaski County, Ark., 1980-1984; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-ninth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1985-January 3, 1991); changed party affiliation from Democrat to Republican, July 28, 1989; was not a candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Second Congress in 1990, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for Governor of Arkansas; unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat/Republican 101 1989-1990 Representative Democrat 100 1987-1988 Representative Democrat 99 1985-1986

	ROGERS, John Henry (1845-1911)
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born near Roxobel, Bertie County, N.C., October 9, 1845; moved to Mississippi in 1852 with his parents, who settled near Madison Station; attended the common schools; joined the Ninth Mississippi Volunteer Regiment, Confederate service, as a private in March 1862; promoted to first lieutenant in the same regiment and served throughout the war; attended Centre College, Danville, Ky., and was graduated from the law department of the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1868; was admitted to the bar in 1868 and commenced practice in Canton, Miss.; moved to Fort Smith, Ark., in 1869 and practiced law; elected circuit judge in 1877; reelected in 1878 and resigned in May 1882; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1891); chairman, Committee on Mileage (Fiftieth Congress); declined to be a candidate for renomination; resumed the practice of law in Fort Smith, Ark.; member of the Democratic State convention in 1892; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1892; appointed United States district judge for the western district of Arkansas by President Cleveland on November 27, 1896, and served until his death in Little Rock, Ark., on April 16, 1911; interment in Oak Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Ark.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 51 1889-1890 Representative Democrat 50 1887-1888 Representative Democrat 49 1885-1886 Representative Democrat 48 1883-1884

Image currently unavailable	ROGERS, Anthony Astley Cooper (1821-1899)
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born in Clarksville, Sumner County, Tenn., February 14, 1821; received a limited schooling; engaged in mercantile pursuits; moved to Arkansas in 1854; candidate of the Union supporters for delegate to the State convention in 1861; opposed secession; arrested for his loyalty, was imprisoned, and forced to give bond to answer the charge of “treason against the Confederate Government”; elected to the Thirty-eighth Congress but was not allowed to take his seat, his State not having been readmitted; moved to Chicago, Ill., in 1864 and engaged in the real estate business; returned to Arkansas in 1868; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1870 to the Forty-second Congress; postmaster at Pine Bluff, Ark., from January 7, 1881, to July 24, 1885; again engaged in mercantile pursuits; moved to Los Angeles, Calif., in 1888 and died there July 27, 1899; interment in Rosedale Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 41 1869-1870

	ROGERS, John Henry (1845-1911)
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born near Roxobel, Bertie County, N.C., October 9, 1845; moved to Mississippi in 1852 with his parents, who settled near Madison Station; attended the common schools; joined the Ninth Mississippi Volunteer Regiment, Confederate service, as a private in March 1862; promoted to first lieutenant in the same regiment and served throughout the war; attended Centre College, Danville, Ky., and was graduated from the law department of the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1868; was admitted to the bar in 1868 and commenced practice in Canton, Miss.; moved to Fort Smith, Ark., in 1869 and practiced law; elected circuit judge in 1877; reelected in 1878 and resigned in May 1882; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1891); chairman, Committee on Mileage (Fiftieth Congress); declined to be a candidate for renomination; resumed the practice of law in Fort Smith, Ark.; member of the Democratic State convention in 1892; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1892; appointed United States district judge for the western district of Arkansas by President Cleveland on November 27, 1896, and served until his death in Little Rock, Ark., on April 16, 1911; interment in Oak Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Ark.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 51 1889-1890 Representative Democrat 50 1887-1888 Representative Democrat 49 1885-1886 Representative Democrat 48 1883-1884

Image currently unavailable	ROOTS, Logan Holt (1841-1893)
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born near Tamaroa, Perry County, Ill., March 26, 1841; completed preparatory studies and was graduated from the Illinois State Normal University in 1862; assisted in recruiting the Eighty-first Illinois Volunteers and served in the Army until the close of the Civil War; settled in Arkansas and engaged in planting and trading; upon the readmission of Arkansas to representation was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress; reelected to the Forty-first Congress and served from June 22, 1868, to March 3, 1871; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1870 to the Forty-second Congress; served as president of the First National Bank of Little Rock, Ark., until his death in that city May 30, 1893; interment in Oakland Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 41 1869-1870 Representative Republican 40 1867-1868

	ROSS, Michael Avery (1961- )
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born in Texarkana, Miller County, Ark., on August 2, 1961; graduated from Hope High School, Hope, Ark.; B.A., University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark., 1987; businessman; staff, office of Lt. Governor of Arkansas, 1985-1989; member of the Arkansas state senate, 1991-2000; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Seventh and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2001-January 3, 2013); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress in 2012.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 112 2011-2012 Representative Democrat 111 2009-2010 Representative Democrat 110 2007-2008 Representative Democrat 109 2005-2006 Representative Democrat 108 2003-2004 Representative Democrat 107 2001-2002

Image currently unavailable	RUST, Albert ( -1870)
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; was born in Virginia, birth date unknown; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in El Dorado, Union County, Ark.; member of the State house of representatives 1842-1848 and 1852-1854; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress; elected to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1861); brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; resumed the practice of his profession; died in El Dorado, Ark., April 3, 1870; interment in the Old Methodist Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 36 1859-1860 Representative Democrat 34 1855-1856

Image currently unavailable	SAWYER, Lewis Ernest (1867-1923)
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born in Shelby County, Ala., June 24, 1867; moved with his parents to Lee County, Miss.; attended the public schools and was graduated from the University of Mississippi at Oxford; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice at Friars Point, Miss., in 1895; mayor of Friars Point from 1896 until he enlisted in the Spanish-American War in June 1898; served in the Philippine Islands during the war; resumed the practice of law in Iuka, Miss., in 1900; moved to Hot Springs, Ark., in 1908 and continued the practice of his profession; member of the State house of representatives in 1913 and 1915 and was its speaker in the latter year; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1923, until his death at Hot Springs, Ark., May 5, 1923; interment in Hollywood Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 68 1923-1924

Image currently unavailable	SLEMONS, William Ferguson (1830-1918)
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born near Dresden, Weakley County, Tenn., March 15, 1830; attended Bethel College; moved to Arkansas in 1852; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1855 and practiced in Monticello, Drew County; member of the Arkansas State convention in 1861; entered the Confederate Army in July 1861 and served as colonel in Price’s Cavalry throughout the Civil War; resumed the practice of law; district attorney 1866-1868; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth, and Forty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1881); was not a candidate for renomination in 1880; resumed the practice of his profession in Monticello, Ark.; county and probate judge of Drew County 1903-1907; justice of the peace 1908-1918; died in Monticello, Ark., December 10, 1918; interment in Union Ridge Cemetery, near Monticello, Ark.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 46 1879-1880 Representative Democrat 45 1877-1878 Representative Democrat 44 1875-1876

	SNYDER, Victor F. (1947- )
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born in Medford, Jackson County, Oreg., September 27, 1947; B.A., Willamette University, Salem, Oreg., 1975; M.D., University of Oregon, Portland, Oreg., 1979; J.D., University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark., 1988; United States Marine Corps, 1967-1969; physician; member of the Arkansas state senate, 1991-1996; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1997-January 3, 2011); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 111 2009-2010 Representative Democrat 110 2007-2008 Representative Democrat 109 2005-2006 Representative Democrat 108 2003-2004 Representative Democrat 107 2001-2002 Representative Democrat 106 1999-2000 Representative Democrat 105 1997-1998

Image currently unavailable	SNYDER, Oliver P. (1833-1882)
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born in Missouri November 13, 1833; completed preparatory studies; moved to Arkansas in 1853; engaged in scientific and literary pursuits and at the same time studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Pine Bluff; member of the State house of representatives in 1864 and 1865; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1867; served in the State senate 1868-1871; member of the committee to revise and rearrange the statutes of Arkansas in 1868; elected as a Republican to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1874; resumed the practice of his profession; elected treasurer of Jefferson County in 1882 and served until his death in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Ark., November 22, 1882; interment in Bellewood Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 43 1873-1874 Representative Republican 42 1871-1872

	SNYDER, Victor F. (1947- )
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born in Medford, Jackson County, Oreg., September 27, 1947; B.A., Willamette University, Salem, Oreg., 1975; M.D., University of Oregon, Portland, Oreg., 1979; J.D., University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark., 1988; United States Marine Corps, 1967-1969; physician; member of the Arkansas state senate, 1991-1996; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1997-January 3, 2011); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 111 2009-2010 Representative Democrat 110 2007-2008 Representative Democrat 109 2005-2006 Representative Democrat 108 2003-2004 Representative Democrat 107 2001-2002 Representative Democrat 106 1999-2000 Representative Democrat 105 1997-1998

Image currently unavailable	SNYDER, Oliver P. (1833-1882)
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born in Missouri November 13, 1833; completed preparatory studies; moved to Arkansas in 1853; engaged in scientific and literary pursuits and at the same time studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Pine Bluff; member of the State house of representatives in 1864 and 1865; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1867; served in the State senate 1868-1871; member of the committee to revise and rearrange the statutes of Arkansas in 1868; elected as a Republican to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1874; resumed the practice of his profession; elected treasurer of Jefferson County in 1882 and served until his death in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Ark., November 22, 1882; interment in Bellewood Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 43 1873-1874 Representative Republican 42 1871-1872

	SNYDER, Victor F. (1947- )
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born in Medford, Jackson County, Oreg., September 27, 1947; B.A., Willamette University, Salem, Oreg., 1975; M.D., University of Oregon, Portland, Oreg., 1979; J.D., University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark., 1988; United States Marine Corps, 1967-1969; physician; member of the Arkansas state senate, 1991-1996; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1997-January 3, 2011); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 111 2009-2010 Representative Democrat 110 2007-2008 Representative Democrat 109 2005-2006 Representative Democrat 108 2003-2004 Representative Democrat 107 2001-2002 Representative Democrat 106 1999-2000 Representative Democrat 105 1997-1998

Image currently unavailable	TACKETT, Boyd Anderson (1911-1985)
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born near Black Springs, Montgomery County, Ark., May 9, 1911; moved with his parents to Glenwood, Pike County, Ark., and attended the public schools; student at Arkansas Polytechnic College at Russellville 1930-1932, Ouachita College, Arkandelphia, Ark., in 1932 and 1933, and graduated from the University of Arkansas Law School at Fayetteville in 1935; was admitted to the bar in 1935 and practiced law in Glenwood, Murfreesboro, and Nashville, Ark.; member of the State legislature 1937-1941; elected prosecuting attorney of the ninth judicial circuit of Arkansas and served from January 1, 1941, until enlistment in the Armed Services; served as a corporal in the United States Army Signal Corps from October 4, 1943, until discharged on November 5, 1944; resumed law practice in Nashville, Ark.; State police commissioner, Little Rock, Ark., 1945-1948; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1953); was not a candidate for renomination in 1952 but was unsuccessful for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination; resumed the practice of law in Texarkana, Ark., until his retirement in 1980; was a resident of Nashville, Ark., from 1983 until his death there on February 23, 1985; interment in Restland Memorial Park.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 82 1951-1952 Representative Democrat 81 1949-1950

Image currently unavailable	TAYLOR, Samuel Mitchell (1852-1921)
	Bio: (father of Chester William Taylor), a Representative from Arkansas; born near Fulton, Itawamba County, Miss., May 25, 1852; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in Tupelo, Miss., and commenced practice in 1876; member of the State house of representatives in 1879 and 1880; moved to Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Ark., in 1887, where he continued the practice of law; prosecuting attorney of the eleventh judicial district of Arkansas 1888-1892; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1896; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress; subsequently elected to the Sixty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph T. Robinson; reelected to the Sixty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from January 15, 1913, until his death in Washington, D.C., September 13, 1921; interment in Bellewood Cemetery, Pine Bluff, Ark.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 67 1921-1922 Representative Democrat 66 1919-1920 Representative Democrat 65 1917-1918 Representative Democrat 64 1915-1916 Representative Democrat 63 1913-1914 Representative Democrat 62 1911-1912

Image currently unavailable	TAYLOR, Chester William (1883-1931)
	Bio: (son of Samuel Mitchell Taylor), a Representative from Arkansas; born in Verona, Lee County, Miss., July 16, 1883; moved to Pine Bluff, Ark., with his parents; attended the public schools in Pine Bluff, Ark.; studied law at Georgetown University Law School, Washington, D.C.; deputy State auditor 1908-1910; deputy secretary of state, 1911; deputy State treasurer, 1911-1912; secretary to his father, 1913-1921; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, United States Representative Samuel M. Taylor, (October 25, 1921-March 3, 1923); was not a candidate for renomination to the Sixty-eighth Congress in 1922; engaged in the general insurance business at Pine Bluff, Ark., and later as an official in the State department of conservation at Little Rock, Ark.; died on July 17, 1931, in Pine Bluff, Ark.; interment in Bellewood Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 67 1921-1922

Image currently unavailable	TAYLOR, Samuel Mitchell (1852-1921)
	Bio: (father of Chester William Taylor), a Representative from Arkansas; born near Fulton, Itawamba County, Miss., May 25, 1852; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in Tupelo, Miss., and commenced practice in 1876; member of the State house of representatives in 1879 and 1880; moved to Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Ark., in 1887, where he continued the practice of law; prosecuting attorney of the eleventh judicial district of Arkansas 1888-1892; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1896; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress; subsequently elected to the Sixty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph T. Robinson; reelected to the Sixty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from January 15, 1913, until his death in Washington, D.C., September 13, 1921; interment in Bellewood Cemetery, Pine Bluff, Ark.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 67 1921-1922 Representative Democrat 66 1919-1920 Representative Democrat 65 1917-1918 Representative Democrat 64 1915-1916 Representative Democrat 63 1913-1914 Representative Democrat 62 1911-1912

Image currently unavailable	TERRY, David Dickson (1881-1963)
	Bio: (son of William Leake Terry), a Representative from Arkansas; born in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark., January 31, 1881; attended the public schools, the Bethel Military Academy in Fauquier County, Va., and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; was graduated from the law department of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1903; later attended the University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.; was admitted to the bar in 1903 and commenced practice in Little Rock, Ark.; during the First World War enlisted on June 5, 1918, later commissioned a second lieutenant of Infantry, and was discharged on December 20, 1918; member of the Little Rock School Board 1929-1933; member of the State house of representatives in 1933; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Heartsill Ragon; reelected to the Seventy-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from December 19, 1933, to January 3, 1943; was not a candidate for renomination in 1942, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for United States Senator; engaged in the practice of law; director of the Division of Flood Control Water and Soil Conservation of the Arkansas Resources and Development Commission 1945-1953; died in Little Rock, Ark., October 6, 1963; interment in Mount Holly Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 77 1941-1942 Representative Democrat 76 1939-1940 Representative Democrat 75 1937-1938 Representative Democrat 74 1935-1936 Representative Democrat 73 1933-1934

	TERRY, William Leake (1850-1917)
	Bio: (father of David Dickson Terry), a Representative from Arkansas; born near Wadesboro, Anson County, N.C., September 27, 1850; moved with his parents to Tippah County, Miss., in 1857 and to Pulaski County, Ark., in 1861; attended Bingham’s Military Academy, North Carolina, and was graduated from Trinity College, North Carolina, in June 1872; studied law; was admitted to the bar in November 1873 and practiced; member of the city council 1877-1879; member of the State senate in 1878 and 1879, serving as president of the senate in the session of 1879; city attorney of Little Rock, Ark., 1879-1885; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1901); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1900; resumed the practice of law in Little Rock, Ark., and died there November 4, 1917; interment in Calvary Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 56 1899-1900 Representative Democrat 55 1897-1898 Representative Democrat 54 1895-1896 Representative Democrat 53 1893-1894 Representative Democrat 52 1891-1892

Image currently unavailable	TERRY, David Dickson (1881-1963)
	Bio: (son of William Leake Terry), a Representative from Arkansas; born in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark., January 31, 1881; attended the public schools, the Bethel Military Academy in Fauquier County, Va., and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; was graduated from the law department of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1903; later attended the University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.; was admitted to the bar in 1903 and commenced practice in Little Rock, Ark.; during the First World War enlisted on June 5, 1918, later commissioned a second lieutenant of Infantry, and was discharged on December 20, 1918; member of the Little Rock School Board 1929-1933; member of the State house of representatives in 1933; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Heartsill Ragon; reelected to the Seventy-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from December 19, 1933, to January 3, 1943; was not a candidate for renomination in 1942, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for United States Senator; engaged in the practice of law; director of the Division of Flood Control Water and Soil Conservation of the Arkansas Resources and Development Commission 1945-1953; died in Little Rock, Ark., October 6, 1963; interment in Mount Holly Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 77 1941-1942 Representative Democrat 76 1939-1940 Representative Democrat 75 1937-1938 Representative Democrat 74 1935-1936 Representative Democrat 73 1933-1934

	TERRY, William Leake (1850-1917)
	Bio: (father of David Dickson Terry), a Representative from Arkansas; born near Wadesboro, Anson County, N.C., September 27, 1850; moved with his parents to Tippah County, Miss., in 1857 and to Pulaski County, Ark., in 1861; attended Bingham’s Military Academy, North Carolina, and was graduated from Trinity College, North Carolina, in June 1872; studied law; was admitted to the bar in November 1873 and practiced; member of the city council 1877-1879; member of the State senate in 1878 and 1879, serving as president of the senate in the session of 1879; city attorney of Little Rock, Ark., 1879-1885; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1901); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1900; resumed the practice of law in Little Rock, Ark., and died there November 4, 1917; interment in Calvary Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 56 1899-1900 Representative Democrat 55 1897-1898 Representative Democrat 54 1895-1896 Representative Democrat 53 1893-1894 Representative Democrat 52 1891-1892

	THORNTON, Raymond Hoyt (Ray) (1928- )
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born in Conway, Faulkner County, Ark., July 16, 1928; attended public schools at Leola and Sheridan, Grant County, Ark.; attended the University of Arkansas, 1945-1947; B.A., Yale University, 1950; attended law school at the University of Texas, 1950-1951; J.D., University of Arkansas, 1956; United States Navy, Korean conflict, 1951-1954, attained the rank of lieutenant; admitted to the Arkansas bar in 1956 and commenced practice in Sheridan and Little Rock; served as deputy prosecuting attorney, Pulaski and Perry Counties, 1956-1957; delegate from Grant and Jefferson Counties to the Seventh Constitutional Convention of Arkansas, 1969-1970; attorney general of Arkansas, 1971-1973; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-third and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1979); was not a candidate for reelection to the United States House of Representatives in 1978, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate; director, Ouachita Baptist University-Henderson State University Joint Educational Consortium, 1979-1980; president, Arkansas State University, 1980-1984; president, University of Arkansas, 1984-1990; elected to the One Hundred Second and to the two succeeding Congresses; served until his resignation on January 1, 1997 (January 3, 1991-January 1, 1997); was not a candidate for reelection to the United States House of Representatives, but was a successful candidate for election to the Arkansas state supreme court; justice, Arkansas state supreme court, 1997-2005.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 104 1995-1996 Representative Democrat 103 1993-1994 Representative Democrat 102 1991-1992 Representative Democrat 95 1977-1978 Representative Democrat 94 1975-1976 Representative Democrat 93 1973-1974

Image currently unavailable	TILLMAN, John Newton (1859-1929)
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born near Springfield, Greene County, Mo., December 13, 1859; attended the common schools; was graduated from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1880; taught school; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1883 and commenced practice in Fayetteville, Washington County, Ark.; clerk of the circuit court of Washington County 1884-1889; served in the State senate 1888-1892; prosecuting attorney of the fourth judicial circuit 1892-1898; judge of the same circuit court 1900-1905; president of the University of Arkansas 1905-1912; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1929); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1926 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against George W. English, judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois; did not seek renomination in 1928; died in Fayetteville, Ark., March 9, 1929; interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 70 1927-1928 Representative Democrat 69 1925-1926 Representative Democrat 68 1923-1924 Representative Democrat 67 1921-1922 Representative Democrat 66 1919-1920 Representative Democrat 65 1917-1918 Representative Democrat 64 1915-1916

Image currently unavailable	TRIMBLE, James William (1894-1972)
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born in Osage, Carroll County, Ark., February 3, 1894; attended the public schools; was graduated from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1917; was admitted to the bar in 1925 and commenced practice in Berryville, Carroll County, Ark.; during the First World War served in the United States Army as a private and was assigned to the Adjutant General’s Office, Little Rock, Ark.; county official of Carroll County, Ark., 1920-1928; prosecuting attorney of the fourth judicial circuit of Arkansas 1930-1938; judge of the fourth judicial circuit of Arkansas 1938-1944; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1967); chairman, Special Committee on Chamber Improvements (Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1966 to the Ninetieth Congress; resided in Berryville, Ark.; died in Eureka Springs, Ark., March 10, 1972; interment in Berryville Memorial Park, Berryville, Ark.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 89 1965-1966 Representative Democrat 88 1963-1964 Representative Democrat 87 1961-1962 Representative Democrat 86 1959-1960 Representative Democrat 85 1957-1958 Representative Democrat 84 1955-1956 Representative Democrat 83 1953-1954 Representative Democrat 82 1951-1952 Representative Democrat 81 1949-1950 Representative Democrat 80 1947-1948 Representative Democrat 79 1945-1946

Image currently unavailable	TUCKER, James (Jim) Guy (1943- )
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Okla., June 13, 1943; educated in the public schools of Little Rock, Ark.; B.A., Harvard University, 1964; J.D., University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1968; admitted to the Arkansas bar in 1968 and commenced practice in Little Rock; served in United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1964; served as free lance reporter in Vietnam, 1965, 1967; engaged in private practice in Little Rock, 1968-1970; prosecuting attorney, Sixth Judicial District of Arkansas, 1971-1972; member, Arkansas Criminal Code Revision Commission, 1973-1975; served as Arkansas attorney general, 1973-1977; delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1972; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fifth Congress (January 3, 1977-January 3, 1979); was not a candidate in 1978 for reelection but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate; resumed the practice of law; elected lieutenant governor of Arkansas in 1990 and upon the resignation of Governor Bill Clinton became governor on December 12, 1992, for the term ending in January 1995; is a resident of Little Rock, Ark.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 95 1977-1978

Image currently unavailable	WALLACE, Robert Minor (1856-1942)
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born in New London, Union County, Ark., August 6, 1856; attended the common schools, and was graduated from Arizona Seminary, Arizona, La., in 1876; studied law; was admitted to the bar at Little Rock, Ark., in 1879 and commenced the practice of law in El Dorado, Ark.; member of the State house of representatives in 1881 and 1882; United States post office inspector 1887-1891; prosecuting attorney for the thirteenth judicial circuit of Arkansas in 1891 and 1892; assistant United States attorney in 1894; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1911); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress; resumed the practice of his profession at Hot Springs and Little Rock and also engaged in lecturing for the Chautauqua and for the Anti-Saloon League; moved to Magnolia, Ark., where he died on November 9, 1942; interment in Magnolia Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 61 1909-1910 Representative Democrat 60 1907-1908 Representative Democrat 59 1905-1906 Representative Democrat 58 1903-1904

Image currently unavailable	WARREN, Edward Allen (1818-1875)
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born near Eutaw, Green County, Ala., May 2, 1818; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced the practice of law in Clinton, Miss.; member of the State house of representatives in 1845 and 1846; moved to Arkansas in 1847 and settled in Camden, where he continued the practice of his profession; member of the State house of representatives in 1848 and 1849, serving as speaker in 1849; judge of the circuit court of the sixth district of Arkansas; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855); elected to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1859); resumed the practice of law; died in Prescott, Nevada County, Ark., July 2, 1875; interment in Moscow Cemetery, near Prescott, Ark.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 35 1857-1858 Representative Democrat 33 1853-1854

Image currently unavailable	WILSHIRE, William Wallace (1830-1888)
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born in Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Ill., on September 8, 1830; educated in the country schools; spent three years in California in gold mining, from 1852 to 1855, when he returned to his home in Port Byron and engaged in the coal mining and mercantile business; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1859; entered the Union Army as major in the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served from July 16, 1862, to July 16, 1864, when he resigned his commission on account of ill health; after the war located in Little Rock, Ark., and commenced the practice of law; appointed solicitor general of the State in 1867; chief justice of the State supreme court from 1868 to 1871, when he resigned and resumed the practice of law; presented credentials as a Republican Member-elect to the Forty-third Congress and served from March 4, 1873, to June 16, 1874, when he was succeeded by Thomas M. Gunter, who contested his election; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877); was not a candidate for renomination in 1876; engaged in the practice of law in Washington, D.C., where he died August 19, 1888; interment in Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 44 1875-1876 Representative Republican 43 1873-1874

Image currently unavailable	WINGO, Otis Theodore (1877-1930)
	Bio: (husband of Effiegene Wingo), a Representative from Arkansas; born in Weakley County, Tenn., June 18, 1877; attended the public schools, Bethel College at McKenzie, Tenn., McFerrin College at Martin, Tenn., and Valparaiso (Ind.) University; taught school; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1900 and commenced practice in De Queen, Sevier County, Ark.; member of the State senate 1907-1909; resumed the practice of his profession in De Queen, Ark.; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1913, until his death in Baltimore, Md., October 21, 1930; interment in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 71 1929-1930 Representative Democrat 70 1927-1928 Representative Democrat 69 1925-1926 Representative Democrat 68 1923-1924 Representative Democrat 67 1921-1922 Representative Democrat 66 1919-1920 Representative Democrat 65 1917-1918 Representative Democrat 64 1915-1916 Representative Democrat 63 1913-1914

	WINGO, Effiegene Locke (1883-1962)
	Bio: (wife of Otis Theodore Wingo and great-great-great-grandaughter of Matthew Locke), a Representative from Arkansas; born in Lockesburg, Sevier County, Ark., April 13, 1883; attended public and private schools and Union Female College, Oxford, Miss.; was graduated from Maddox Seminary, Little Rock, Ark., in 1901; moved to Texarkana, Ark., in 1895 and to De Queen, Ark., in 1897; elected as a Democrat on November 4, 1930, to the Seventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Otis Theodore Wingo, and on the same day was elected to the Seventy-second Congress and served from November 4, 1930, to March 3, 1933; was not a candidate for renomination in 1932; co-founder in 1934 of National Institute of Public Affairs, Washington, D.C.; engaged in educational and research work; was a resident of De Queen, Sevier County, Ark.; died September 19, 1962, in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, while visiting her son; interment in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 72 1931-1932 Representative Democrat 71 1929-1930

Image currently unavailable	WINGO, Otis Theodore (1877-1930)
	Bio: (husband of Effiegene Wingo), a Representative from Arkansas; born in Weakley County, Tenn., June 18, 1877; attended the public schools, Bethel College at McKenzie, Tenn., McFerrin College at Martin, Tenn., and Valparaiso (Ind.) University; taught school; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1900 and commenced practice in De Queen, Sevier County, Ark.; member of the State senate 1907-1909; resumed the practice of his profession in De Queen, Ark.; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1913, until his death in Baltimore, Md., October 21, 1930; interment in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 71 1929-1930 Representative Democrat 70 1927-1928 Representative Democrat 69 1925-1926 Representative Democrat 68 1923-1924 Representative Democrat 67 1921-1922 Representative Democrat 66 1919-1920 Representative Democrat 65 1917-1918 Representative Democrat 64 1915-1916 Representative Democrat 63 1913-1914

	WINGO, Effiegene Locke (1883-1962)
	Bio: (wife of Otis Theodore Wingo and great-great-great-grandaughter of Matthew Locke), a Representative from Arkansas; born in Lockesburg, Sevier County, Ark., April 13, 1883; attended public and private schools and Union Female College, Oxford, Miss.; was graduated from Maddox Seminary, Little Rock, Ark., in 1901; moved to Texarkana, Ark., in 1895 and to De Queen, Ark., in 1897; elected as a Democrat on November 4, 1930, to the Seventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Otis Theodore Wingo, and on the same day was elected to the Seventy-second Congress and served from November 4, 1930, to March 3, 1933; was not a candidate for renomination in 1932; co-founder in 1934 of National Institute of Public Affairs, Washington, D.C.; engaged in educational and research work; was a resident of De Queen, Sevier County, Ark.; died September 19, 1962, in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, while visiting her son; interment in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 72 1931-1932 Representative Democrat 71 1929-1930

Image currently unavailable	WINGO, Otis Theodore (1877-1930)
	Bio: (husband of Effiegene Wingo), a Representative from Arkansas; born in Weakley County, Tenn., June 18, 1877; attended the public schools, Bethel College at McKenzie, Tenn., McFerrin College at Martin, Tenn., and Valparaiso (Ind.) University; taught school; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1900 and commenced practice in De Queen, Sevier County, Ark.; member of the State senate 1907-1909; resumed the practice of his profession in De Queen, Ark.; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1913, until his death in Baltimore, Md., October 21, 1930; interment in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 71 1929-1930 Representative Democrat 70 1927-1928 Representative Democrat 69 1925-1926 Representative Democrat 68 1923-1924 Representative Democrat 67 1921-1922 Representative Democrat 66 1919-1920 Representative Democrat 65 1917-1918 Representative Democrat 64 1915-1916 Representative Democrat 63 1913-1914

Image currently unavailable	WOMACK, Steve (1957- )
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born in Russellville, Pope County, Ark., on February 18, 1957; B.A., Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, Ark., 1979; Arkansas Army National Guard, 1979-2009; radio station manager; consultant; member of Rogers, Ark., city council, 1983-1984, and 1997-1998; mayor of Rogers, Ark., 1999-2010; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Twelfth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2011-present).
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 113 2013-2014 Representative Republican 112 2011-2012

Image currently unavailable	YELL, Archibald (1797-1847)
	Bio: a Representative from Arkansas; born in North Carolina in 1797; moved to Tennessee in his youth and settled in Bedford County; took part in the Creek campaign; participated in the War of 1812 and served under General Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans; studied law; was admitted to the bar of Tennessee and commenced practice in Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tenn., and continued until 1832; declined the governorship of the Territory of Florida; appointed judge of the Territory of Arkansas by President Jackson in 1832, with residence at Fayetteville, Ark., and served until 1835; upon the admission of Arkansas as a State into the Union was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress; reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress and served from August 1, 1836, to March 3, 1839; Governor of Arkansas 1840-1844; resigned in 1844; elected to the Twenty-ninth Congress and served from March 4, 1845, to July 1, 1846, when he resigned to take part in the Mexican War; served as colonel of the First Regiment, Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry, and was killed in the Battle of Buena Vista February 22, 1847; interment in Fayetteville Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ark.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 29 1845-1846 Representative Democrat 25 1837-1838 Representative Jacksonian 24 1835-1836