The president pro tempore of the Arkansas Senate is the state senator in the Arkansas Senate elected by their fellow senators as the body's leader. They preside over the senate and lead negotiations with the Arkansas House of Representatives. Presidents of the Arkansas Senate typically serve for one term.
Republicans went more than a century without a president pro tempore in the Arkansas Senate.
List SenatorTermNotesStartEndSam C. Roane18371838Mark W. Izard18381838Mark W. Izard18401840Samuel Adams18421843John Williamson18441845William K. Sebastian18461846R. C. Byrd18481849John R. Hampton18501851Thomas B. HanlyNovember 1, 1852January 12, 1853B. C. HanleyNovember 6, 1854January 22, 1855J. R. HamptonNovember 3, 1856January 15, 1857Thomas FletcherNovember 1, 1858February 21, 1859Thomas FletcherNovember 5, 1860January 21, 1861Thomas Fletcher; J. R. HamptonNovember 5, 1862December 1, 1862Thomas FletcherSeptember 22, 1864October 2, 1864C. C. BlissApril 11, 1864June 2, 1864Andrew HunterNovember 5, 1866March 23, 1867J. M. JohnsonApril 2, 1868July 23, 1868J. M. JohnsonJanuary 2, 1871March 25, 1871V. V. SmithJanuary 6, 1873April 25, 1873Bradley BunchNovember 10, 1874December 10, 1875James K. JonesJanuary 8, 1877March 8, 1877Matthew McClintock DuffieJanuary 13, 1879March 13, 1879H. C. TiptonJanuary 8, 1881March 19, 1881J. B. JudkinsJanuary 8, 1883March 28, 1883R. B. WeaverJanuary 12, 1885March 18, 1885D. E. BarkerJanuary 10, 1887March 31, 1887W. S. HannaJanuary 10, 1889March 31, 1889James P. ClarkeJanuary 12, 1891April 3, 1891E. B. KinsworthyJanuary 9, 1893April 8, 1893Gibson WittJanuary 14, 1895April 10, 1895William L. MooseJanuary 11, 1897June 16, 1897M. J. ManningJanuary 9, 1899April 19, 1899Robert J. WilsonJanuary 14, 1901May 4, 1901Joseph L. ShortJanuary 12, 1903April 30, 1903Alonzo W. CovingtonJanuary 9, 1905May 4, 1905John I MooreJanuary 14, 1907May 14, 1907Jesse M. MartinJanuary 11, 1909May 12, 1909Kemp Toney19111911J. M. Futrell19131913L. B. Kendall19151915John Moncrief19171917Ben E. McFarrin19191919G. Otis Bogle19211921R. K. Mason19231923S. B. McCall19251925Freed Hutto19271927Claude A. Rankin19291929Ned A. Stewart19311931William F. Norrell19331935F. S. Armstrong19371937Roy Milum19391939W. B. Smith19411941General Washington Lookadoo19431943L. T. Barnett19451945Clyde E. Byrd19471947James Orville Cheney19491949Ellis M. Fagan19511951Russell Elrod19531953Lawrence Blackwell19551955J. Lee Bearden19571957Roy L. Riales Sr.19591959George Clifton Wade19611961Max Howell19631963Fred H. Stafford19651965Q. Byrum Hurst Sr.19671967Morrell Gathright19691970Olen Hendrix19711971Clarence E. Bell19731973Robert Harvey19751975W. K. Ingram19771977Knox Nelson19791979Ben Allen19811981W. D. Moore19831983John Bearden19851985Paul Benham Jr.19861986Nick Wilson19871987Bud Canada19891989Jerry Bookout19911991Jerry D. Jewell19931993Stanley Russ19951995Wayne Dowd19971997Jay Bradford19992000Mike Beebe20012001Jim Hill20032003Jim Argue20052005Jack Critcher20072007Bob Johnson20092009Paul Bookout20112011Michael Lamoureux20132014Jonathan Dismang20152018Jim Hendren20192020Jimmy Hickey Jr.20212021Bart Hester20232023Bart Hester20252025Source: Arkansas Senate
See also List of Arkansas General Assemblies
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