a Saunders, 1853; eight children. Moved to Little Rock, 1856.

Delegate, secession convention, 1861. Delegate to Provisional Congress
of Confederate States, 1861; Confederate congressman, 1861-1864;
Confederate States senator, 1864-1865. Governor, 1874-1877. United
States senator, 1877-1885. Attorney General of the United States under
President Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889; first Arkansan to hold a cabinet
post. Died 1899.

12. William R. Miller, 1877-1881

Lawyer, Democrat. Born at Batesville, Arkansas, 1823. Clerk of
Independence County, 1848-1854. Married Susan Elizabeth Bevens, 1849;
seven children.

State auditor, 1854-1855, 1857-1860, 1861-1864, 1866-1868, 1874-1877,
1887. Accountant of Real Estate Bank of Arkansas, 1855-1856. Governor,
1877-1881; first native Arkansan to hold office. Died 1887.

13. Thomas J. Churchill, 1881-1883

Planter, soldier, lawyer, Democrat. Born in Kentucky, 1824. Educated at
St. Mary's College and Transylvania University. Served in Mexican War.
Moved to Arkansas 1848, acquired a plantation near Little Rock. Married
Anne Maria Sevier, 1849; six children.

Postmaster at Little Rock, 1857-1861. Major general, Confederate Army;
commanded at the Battle of Arkansas Post, 1863. State treasurer,
1874-1881. Governor, 1881-1883. Died 1905.

14. James H. Berry, 1883-1885

Lawyer, Democrat. Born in Alabama, 1841. When he was seven, his father
moved to Carrollton, Carroll County, Arkansas. Attended Berryville
Academy. Served in Confederate Army; lost a leg at Battle of Corinth.
Married Elizabeth Quaile, 1865; six children. Moved to Bentonville,
1869.

Served in House of Representatives from Carroll County, 1866-1867; from
Washington and Benton Counties, 1873-1874. Speaker of the House, 1874.
Circuit judge, 1878-1882. Governor, 1883-1885. United States senator,
1885-1907. Died 1913.

15. Simon P. Hughes, 1885-1889

Lawyer, Democrat. Born in Tennessee, 1830. Moved to Pulaski County,
Arkansas, with his parents, 1844. Educated in Tennessee, 1846-1849.
Returned to Arkansas 1849 and became a farmer. Sheriff, Monroe County,
1854-1856. Began practice of law at Clarendon, 1857. Married Ann E.
Blakemore, 1857; nine children.

Lieutenant Colonel, Confederate Army. Member, House of Representatives
from Monroe County, 1866-1867. Delegate, constitutional convention of
1874. Attorney general, 1874-1877. Governor, 1885-1889. Associate
justice, Supreme Court, 1889-1904. Died 1906.

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