State: | Arkansas |
District Number: | AL |
Obsolete: | yes |
Created: | 1836 1873 1883 |
Eliminated: | 1853 1875 1885 |
Years: | 1836-1853 1873-1875 1883-1885 |
Population Year: | 1840 1870 1880 |
Arkansas's at-large congressional district was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in Arkansas from 1836 to 1885.
Upon achieving statehood, Arkansas elected its sole representative statewide at-large. For two Congresses in the mid- to late-19th century, Arkansas elected one of its representatives statewide on a general ticket, with the remaining elected from districts
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | |||
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District created August 1, 1836, after achieving statehood. | |||||||
Archibald Yell | Jacksonian | December 14, 1836 – March 3, 1839 | Elected in 1836 to finish the short term. Re-elected in 1837. Retired.[1] | ||||
Democratic | |||||||
align=left | Edward Cross | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1845 | Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. Re-elected in 1842. Retired.[2] | ||
align=left | Archibald Yell | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1845 – July 1, 1846 | Elected in 1844. Resigned to serve in the United States Volunteers. | ||
Vacant | nowrap | July 1, 1846 – February 6, 1847 | |||||
align=left | Thomas W. Newton | Whig | nowrap | February 6, 1847 – March 3, 1847 | Elected to finish Yell's term. Retired. | ||
align=left | Robert W. Johnson | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853 | Elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. Re-elected in 1851. Retired. | ||
Vacant | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1873 | Civil War and Reconstruction | |||||
align=left | William J. Hynes | Liberal Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | Elected in 1872. Lost re-election. | ||
Vacant | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883 | Seat inactive. | |||||
align=left | Clifton R. Breckinridge | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | Elected in 1882. Redistricted to the . | ||
District eliminated March 4, 1885 |