C. W. Tankersley Explained

Charles W. Tankersley was a state legislator in Arkansas. He served as Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives.^[1] He was re-elected to the position in the 19th Legislature.^{[2] [3]}

While speaker he was put in charge of the state penitentiary until a leader was elected.^[4]

In closing a session of the assembly he expressed regret over "political vicissitudes" and hoped that "much that has been done will sleep among the things of the past, to be resurrected nevermore."^[5]

An 1872 land record exists in his name.^[6]

James H. Berry replaced him as Speaker Pro Tempore during a special session called by governor Elisha Baxter during the Brooks Baxter War in 1874 and the following session when Tankersley refused to attend.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Speaker Archive - Arkansas House of Representatives. www.arkansashouse.org.
2. Web site: Centennial History of Arkansas. Dallas Tabor. Herndon. December 8, 1922. S. J. Clarke publishing Company. Google Books.
3. Book: Daniels, Charlie. The Historical Report of the Arkansas Secretary of State 2008. July 1, 2009. University of Arkansas Press. 978-0-615-23214-0 . Google Books.
4. Book: Mancini, Matthew J.. One Dies, Get Another: Convict Leasing in the American South, 1866-1928. October 19, 2022. Univ of South Carolina Press. 978-1-64336-410-0 . Google Books.
5. Book: Harrison, Victoria L.. Fight Like a Tiger: Conway Barbour and the Challenges of the Black Middle Class in Nineteenth-Century America. October 22, 2018. SIU Press. 978-0-8093-3677-7 . Google Books.
6. Tankersley, Charles W.. September 9, 1872. Arkansas State Land Records S-T.
7. Web site: Centennial History of Arkansas. Dallas Tabor. Herndon. December 8, 1922. S. J. Clarke publishing Company. Google Books.