Arkansas, 1821. Graduated from St. Joseph's College, Bardstown,
Kentucky, 1833, and from Yale Law School, 1835. Practiced law in Little
Rock, Arkansas, 1835-1847.

Prosecuting attorney, 1840-1845. Congressman, 1847-1853. United States
senator, 1853-1861. Delegate to provisional Confederate Congress,
1861-1862. Confederate States senator, 1862-1865. Practiced law in
Washington, D.C. after the war. Died 1879.


4. Charles B. Mitchel, 1861

Physician, Democrat. Born in Tennessee, 1815. Graduated from University
of Nashville, Tennessee, 1833, and from Jefferson Medical College,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1836. Moved to Washington, Arkansas, where
he practiced medicine for twenty-five years.

Member, House of Representatives, Hempstead County, 1848-1849. Receiver
of public moneys, 1853-1856. United States senator, 1861. Confederate
States senator, 1862-1864. Died 1864.

Note: Arkansas was not represented in the United States Senate from
its secession in 1861 until the state was readmitted to the
Union in 1868.


5. Benjamin F. Rice, 1868-1873

Lawyer, Republican. Born in New York, 1828. Member, Kentucky House of
Representatives, 1855-1856. Moved to Minnesota, 1860. Captain, Union