ttle Rock, 1831-1832. Moved
to Fayetteville, 1834. Territorial judge, 1835-1836. Congressman,
1836-1839, 1845-1847. Governor, 1840-1844.
Left Congress in 1846 to become colonel of First Arkansas Volunteer
Cavalry, Mexican War. Killed at Battle of Buena Vista, Mexico, 1847.
3. Thomas S. Drew, 1844-1849
Planter, peddler, lawyer, Democrat. Born in Tennessee, 1802. Came to
Arkansas 1818. Clerk of Clark County, 1823-1825. Moved to what is now
Randolph County, 1826. Married Cinderella Bettis, 1826, five children.
Judge of Lawrence County, 1832-1833. Delegate to Arkansas
constitutional convention, 1836. Governor, 1844-1849. Resigned as
governor, 1849, and returned to Pocahontas. Moved to Hood County,
Texas, after death of his wife in 1872. Died in Texas, 1879.
4. John S. Roane, 1849-1852
Planter, lawyer, Democrat. Born in Tennessee, 1817. Attended Cumberland
College, Princeton, Kentucky. Came to Arkansas 1837, settled at Pine
Bluff. Moved to Van Buren 1842. Speaker, Arkansas House of
Representatives, 1844-1845.
Served in Mexican War. Returned to Pine Bluff, 1848. Governor,
1849-1852. Married Mary K. Smith, 1855; five children. Brigadier
general, Confederate Army. Died 1867.
5. Elias N. Conway, 1852-1860
Surveyor, public official, Democrat. Born in Tennessee, 1812; younger
brother of Governor James S. Conway. Came to Arkansas from Missouri
1833. Territorial auditor, 1835-1836. State auditor, 1836-1849.
Governor, 1852-1860. Never married. Died 1892.
6. Henry M. Rector, 1860-1862
Planter, lawyer, Independent Democrat. Born in Kentucky, 1816. Came to
Arkansas from Missouri, 1835; settled in Hot Springs. Married Ernestine
Flora Linde, 1860; one child.
Appointed federal marshal, 1842. State senator, 1848-1852. Moved
to Little Rock, 1854. Member, House of Representatives, 1854-1855.
Associate justice, Supreme Court, 1859-1860. Governor, 1860-1862.
Delegate, constitutional convention of 1874. Died 1899.
7. Harris Flanagin, 1862-1865
Lawyer, Confederate. Born in New Jersey, 1817. Moved to Clark County,
Arkansas, from Illinois, 1837. Married Martha E. Nash, 1851; five
children.
Member, House of Representatives, 1842-1843. Delegate, secession
convention, 1861. Colonel, Confederate Army. Governor, 1862-1865.
Delegate, constitutional convention of 1874. Died 1874.
8. Isaac Murphy, 1864-1868
Teacher, lawyer, Unionist Democrat. Born in Pennsylvania, 1799.
Settled in Tennessee, 1830; came to
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