Lawyer, Democrat. Born in Tennessee, 1832. His parents came to what
is now Miller County, Arkansas, 1833; later the family located in
Washington, Hempstead County. Educated in a private school at
Washington; at St. Mary's College, Lebanon, Kentucky; and at St.
Joseph's College, Bardstown, Kentucky, where he graduated 1849. Married
Virginia Saunders, 1853; eight children. Moved to Little Rock, 1856.

Delegate, secession convention, 1861. Delegate to Provisional Congress
of Confederate States, 1861; Confederate congressman, 1861-1864;
Confederate States senator, 1864-1865. Governor, 1874-1877. United
States senator, 1877-1885. Attorney General of the United States under
President Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889; first Arkansan to hold a cabinet
post. Died 1899.


12. William R. Miller, 1877-1881

Lawyer, Democrat. Born at Batesville, Arkansas, 1823. Clerk of
Independence County, 1848-1854. Married Susan Elizabeth Bevens, 1849;
seven children.

State auditor, 1854-1855, 1857-1860, 1861-1864, 1866-1868, 1874-1877,
1887. Accountant of Real Estate Bank of Arkansas, 1855-1856. Governor,
1877-1881; first native Arkansan to hold office. Died 1887.


13. Thomas J. Churchill, 1881-1883

Planter, soldier, lawyer, Democrat. Born in Kentucky, 1824. Educated at