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 Arkansas 1834. Married Angelina A.
Lockhart, 1830; eight children.

Member, House of Representatives, Washington County, 1848-1849. Went to
California 1849, returned 1853. Moved to Huntsville, Madison County,
1854. State senator, 1856-1857.

Delegate, secession convention of 1861; only member who refused to
vote for secession of Arkansas from the Union. Served with Union Army,
1861-1863. Organized Unionist state government in Little Rock, 1864;
served as governor until displaced by Radical Republicans, 1868. Died
in Huntsville, 1882.


9. Powell Clayton, 1868-1871

Civil engineer, soldier, Republican. Born in Pennsylvania, 1833.
Educated in the common schools, the Partridge Military Academy in
Bristol, Pennsylvania, and in an engineering school at Wilmington,
Delaware. Moved to Kansas, 1855; became city engineer of Leavenworth,
Kansas, 1859.