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49th Arkansas General Assembly

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49th Arkansas General Assembly
48th 50th
Overview
TermJanuary 9, 1933 (1933-01-09) – March 9, 1933 (1933-03-09)
Arkansas Senate
Senate party standings
Members35 (35 Democratic Party)
President of the SenateLee Cazort (D)
Party controlDemocratic Party
House of Representatives
House party standings
Members100 (100 Democratic Party)
House SpeakerH. K. Toney (D)
Party controlDemocratic Party
Sessions
1stJanuary 9, 1933 – March 9, 1933

The Forty-Ninth Arkansas General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Arkansas in 1933 and 1934. In this General Assembly, all 35 positions in the Arkansas Senate and 100 positions in the Arkansas House of Representatives were both controlled by the Democrats.

Major events

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Democratic hegemony was typical in Arkansas and throughout the American South during the Solid South period.

Vacancies

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Senate

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The senate was completely controlled the Democratic party. Fifteen freshman senators took seats in the chamber, including John Fred Parish (D-29th), who successfully contested the reelection of incumbent R. A. Nelson, who was seated at the beginning of the session.

Leadership

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Senators

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District Senator Party First elected Counties
1 C. B. Gregg Democratic 1932 Clay, Craighead, Greene
2 Andrew J. Cole Democratic 1932 Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp
3 Roy Milum Democratic 1922 Boone, Marion, Newton
4 Robert L. Bailey Democratic 1930 Johnson, Pope
5 Wilson Cardwell Democratic 1932 Washington
6 J. Paul Ward Democratic 1930 Independence, Stone
7 J. L. Shaver Democratic 1930 Cross, Woodruff
8 Charles I. Evans Democratic 1932 Logan, Yell
9 Marvin N. Harris Democratic 1932 Grant, Hot Spring, Saline
10 Ed B. Dillon Democratic 1926 Perry, Pulaski
10 G. W. Hendricks Democratic 1930 Perry, Pulaski
11 Sam Levine Democratic 1932 Jefferson
12 T. P. Atkins Democratic 1930 Lonoke, Prairie
13 G. C. Carnes Democratic 1928 Arkansas, Monroe
14 William L. Ward Democratic 1932 Lee, Phillips
15 J.A. Bennett Democratic 1930 Ashley, Chicot
16 A. J. Johnson Democratic 1932 Cleveland, Dallas, Lincoln
17 W. F. Norrell Democratic 1930 Desha, Drew
18 Tom Marlin Democratic 1932 Bradley, Union
19 Charles L. Poole Democratic 1930 Calhoun, Ouachita
20 Lawrence L. Mitchell Democratic 1930 Hempstead, Nevada
21 Ned A. Stewart Democratic 1930 Columbia, Lafayette, Miller
22 Winfred Lake Democratic 1930 Howard, Little River, Sevier
23 John C. Ashley Democratic 1932 Baxter, Fulton, Izard
24 Mike I. Shuster Democratic 1930 Carroll, Madison
25 Ivo W. Gilbert Democratic 1932 Crawford, Franklin
26 Guy Walls Democratic 1930 Conway, Cleburne, Searcy, Van Buren
27 W. H. Abington Democratic 1930 White, Faulkner
28 Fred Armstrong Democratic 1932 Sebastian
29 R. A. Nelson Democratic 1928 Jackson, Mississippi, Poinsett
30 Fletcher McElhannon Democratic 1930 Clark, Pike
31 L. Walter Wheatley Democratic 1932 Garland, Montgomery
32 Marvin B. Norfleet Democratic 1930 Crittenden, St. Francis
33 R. L. Crutchfield Democratic 1932 Polk, Scott
34 Storm O. Whaley Democratic 1930 Benton

House of Representatives

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The House was almost entirely new, with 73 freshmen members. Only three members had first won election to the House in 1928.

Leadership

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Representatives

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County Representative Party First elected
Arkansas Louis K. Burkle Democratic 1932
Ashley T. G. Morgan Democratic 1932
Baxter M. R. Pryor Democratic 1932
Benton John W. Nance Democratic 1932
Benton Clyde T. Ellis Democratic 1932
Boone Louis Dowell Democratic 1930
Bradley Carroll Hollensworth Democratic 1930
Calhoun Marcus W. Proctor Democratic 1930
Carroll Ted P. Coxsey Democratic 1930
Chicot E. B. Cone Democratic 1932
Clark C. R. Huie Democratic 1932
Clark George H. Wells Democratic 1932
Clay C. O. Raley Democratic 1932
Cleburne Eddie J. Dunn Democratic 1932
Cleveland O. E. Gates Democratic 1932
Columbia Joe L. Davis Democratic 1932
Columbia S. A. Crumpler Democratic 1930
Conway J. H. Reynolds Democratic 1932
Conway Steve Combs Democratic 1932
Craighead Orris B. Elgin Democratic 1932
Crawford James W. Smith Democratic 1932
Crawford Jim Scott Democratic 1930
Crittenden W. W. Harris Democratic 1932
Cross Sam A. Gooch Democratic 1930
Dallas W. M. Caraway Democratic 1932
Desha Scott McGehee Democratic 1932
Drew Charles H. Killian Democratic 1932
Faulkner J. C. Dawson Democratic 1932
Franklin John Bollinger Democratic 1930
Franklin W. R. Bumpers Democratic 1932
Fulton H. A. Northcutt Democratic 1932
Garland Elmer Tackett Democratic 1930
Garland C. A. Stanfield Democratic 1932
Grant A. J. Stephens Democratic 1932
Greene J. Ed Thompson Democratic 1928
Hempstead Luke F. Monroe Democratic 1932
Hempstead Ernest G. Steed Democratic 1932
Hot Spring H. S. Thomas Democratic 1932
Howard Jack Owen Democratic 1932
Independence Virgil James Butler Democratic 1930
Independence W. P. Detherow Democratic 1932
Izard W. W. Copeland Democratic 1932
Jackson Henry S. Grant Democratic 1932
Jefferson H. Kemp Toney Democratic 1930
Jefferson Hendrix Rowell Democratic 1932
Jefferson Carleton Harris Democratic 1932
Johnson Armil Taylor Democratic 1932
Lafayette R. T. Boulware Democratic 1932
Lawrence E. E. Kelley Democratic 1932
Lee A. L. Wilsford Democratic 1932
Lee Eugene Hampton Democratic 1932
Lincoln Joe C. Hardin Democratic 1930
Little River W. D. Waldrop Democratic 1930
Logan John M. Willems Democratic 1932
Logan Joseph O. Horton Democratic 1932
Lonoke John M. Bransford Democratic 1930
Lonoke A. J. Walls Democratic 1932
Madison Charles L. McElhaney Democratic 1930
Marion Earl Berry Democratic 1932
Miller Ben E. Carter Democratic 1932
Mississippi Curtis J. Little Democratic 1932
Monroe Fred N. McCollum Democratic 1932
Montgomery Harold Watkins Democratic 1930
Nevada Alfred E. Cross Democratic 1932
Newton Ernest Cheatham Democratic 1932
Ouachita Richard K. Mason Democratic 1930
Perry G. B. Colvin Democratic 1932
Phillips Leo Nyberg Democratic 1932
Phillips Luther J. Wilkes Democratic 1932
Pike Fletcher B. Clement Democratic 1930
Poinsett H. B. Thorn Democratic 1930
Polk Marcus L. Miller Democratic 1932
Pope John G. Rye Democratic 1932
Pope Neal King Democratic 1932
Prairie J. W. Watson Democratic 1932
Pulaski Morgan Smith Democratic 1928
Pulaski J. S. Murphy Democratic 1932
Pulaski Ellis M. Fagan Democratic 1932
Pulaski David D. Terry Democratic 1932
Randolph J. E. Smith Democratic 1930
St. Francis B. McCollum Democratic 1932
Saline B. B. McCall Democratic 1932
Scott Lorenzo D. Duncan Democratic 1930
Searcy Zeb V. Ferguson Democratic 1932
Sebastian Henry Kaufman Democratic 1930
Sebastian Earl Dunn Democratic 1932
Sebastian Means Wilkinson Democratic 1932
Sevier Minor W. Millwee Democratic 1932
Sharp James M. Simpson Democratic 1932
Stone William O. Edmondson Democratic 1932
Union Sam D. Crawford Democratic 1932
Van Buren Joe S. Hall Democratic 1930
Washington Irvin R. Rothrock Democratic 1928
Washington Rufus J. Nelson Democratic 1932
Washington W. H. Norton Democratic 1932
White J. A. Choate Democratic 1932
White Oscar L. Akin Democratic 1932
Woodruff Roger Williams Democratic 1932
Yell Ethel Cole Cunningham Democratic 1930
Yell Neill Bohlinger Democratic 1932

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "SOS" (1998), p. 287.
  2. ^ "SOS" (1998), p. 288.
  3. ^ "SOS" (1998), p. 287.
  • Priest, Sharon (1998). Runnells, Jonathan (ed.). Historical Report of the Arkansas Secretary of State. Office of the Arkansas Secretary of State. OCLC 40157815.