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.


16. James P. Eagle, 1889-1893

Planter, minister, Democrat. Born in Tennessee, 1837. Came with parents
to Pulaski County, Arkansas, 1839. Moved to what is now Lonoke County,
1857. Lieutenant Colonel, Confederate Army. Ordained to Baptist
ministry, 1869.

Member, House of Representatives, 1873-1874, 1877; Speaker of the
House, 1885. Delegate, constitutional convention of 1874. Married Mary
Kavanaugh Oldham, 1882. Governor, 1889-1893. President, Arkansas
Baptist State Convention, 1880-1904. President, Southern Baptist
Convention, 1902-1904. Died 1904.


17. William M. Fishback, 1893-1895

Lawyer, Democrat. Born in Virginia, 1831. Graduated from University of
Virginia; studied law in Richmond. Came to Arkansas from Illinois 1858;
settled at Fort Smith.

Delegate, secession convention, 1861. Went to Missouri 1862 and took
oath of allegiance to Union. Elected to United States Senate from
Arkansas 1864, but not allowed to take his seat. Married Adelaide