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73-1879. After his service in Senate, devoted himself to cattle raising and mining in New Mexico and Colorado. Resided in Colfax County, New Mexico; Denver, Colorado; and Los Angeles, California. Died 1916. 7. James D. Walker, 1879-1885 Lawyer, Democrat. Born in Kentucky, 1830. Attended private schools in Kentucky, and Ozark Institute and Arkansas College, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Moved to Arkansas 1847. Admitted to bar 1850; practiced law in Fayetteville. Colonel, Confederate Army; captured at Oak Hills, Missouri in 1861 and spent two years in military prison. Resumed practice of law in Fayetteville, 1865. United States senator, 1879-1885. Died 1906. 8. James K. Jones, 1885-1903 Lawyer, Democrat. Born in Mississippi, 1839. Moved with his parents to Dallas County, Arkansas, 1848. Served in Confederate Army. Admitted to bar 1874 and commenced practice in Washington, Arkansas. State senator, 1873-1877; president of Senate, 1877. Congressman, 1881-1885. United States senator, 1885-1903. Chairman, Democratic National Committee, 1896, 1900. Died 1908. 9. James P. Clarke, 1903-1916 (See "Governors of the State of Arkansas," number 18). 10. William F. Kirby, 1916-1921 Lawyer, Democrat. Born in what is now Miller County, Arkansas, 1867. Studied law at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee; graduated 1885. Admitted to bar 1885, commenced practice in Texarkana, Arkansas. Member, House of Representatives, Miller County, 1893, 1897. State senator 1899, 1901. Author of "Kirby's Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas," 1904. Moved to Little Rock, 1907. Attorney General, 1907-1909. Associate justice, Supreme Court, 1910-1916, 1927-1934. United States senator, 1916-1921. Died 1934. 11. Thaddeus H. Caraway, 1921-1931 Lawyer, Democrat. Born in Missouri, 1871. Moved with his parents to Clay County, Arkansas, 1883. Graduated in 1896 from Dickson (Tennessee) College. Admitted to bar 1900, commenced practice in Osceola, Arkansas. Moved to Lake City, Craighead County, 1900, and to Jonesboro, 1901. Prosecuting attorney, 1908-1912. Congressman, 1913-1921. United States senator, 1921-1931. Died 1931. 12. Hattie W. Caraway, 1931-1945 Democrat, wife of Senator Thaddeus H. Caraway. Born in Tennessee, 1878. Graduated from Dickson (Tennessee) Normal College, 1896. Married and thereafter located in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Appointed United States senator to succeed her husband 1931; elected 1932 and 1938;
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