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First Ladies of Arkansas

First Maiden Birth Death Marriage Wife of
Ruth Flint Miller 1780 1830 10 Apr 1806 James S. Miller 1st Terr Gov
Elizabeth Carter Farley 1769 Abt 1826
George Izard 2nd Terr Gov
Frances Watkins Walton

1820 John Pope 3rd Terr Gov
Matilda Nowland 15 Sep 1803 Abt 1879 1828 William Savin Fulton 4th Terr Gov
Mary Jane Bradley
1876 21 Dec 1825 James Sevier Conway 1st Gov of Ark
Married 3 times but widower when governor Archibald Yell 2nd Gov of Ark
Cinderella Bettis
19 Nov 1869
Thomas Stevenson Drew 3rd Gov of Ark
Never married John Seldon Roane 4th Gov of Ark
Never married Elias Nelson Conway 5th Gov of Ark
Ernestine Flora Linde Mar 1839 03 Apr 1899 Abt 1859 Henry Massie Rector 6th Gov of Ark
Martha Elizabeth Nash 03 Apr 1830 18 Apr 1904 03 Jul 1851 Harris Flanagin 7th Gov of Ark
Angelina Lockhart 1813 15 Feb 1860 30 Jul 1830 Isaac Murphy 8th Gov of Ark
Adeline McGraw 26 Jan 1843 Jan 1917
Powell Clayton 9th Gov of Ark
Harriet Patton 1830
1849 Elisha Baxter 10th Gov of Ark
Sarah Virginia Sanders Abt 1835 24 Dec 1877 1853 Augustus Hill Garland 11th Gov of Ark
Susan Elizabeth Bevens 20 Jun 1829 10 Aug 1905 1849 William Read Miller 12th Gov of Ark
Anne Maria Sevier 13 Mar 1830 20 Feb 1917 31 Jul 1849 Thomas James Churchill 13th Gov of Ark
Elizabeth Quaille 29 Sep 1848
31 Oct 1865 James Henderson Berry 14th Gov of Ark
Ann Blakemore 30 Nov 1836 1912 1856 Simon P. Hughes 15th Gov of Ark
Mary Kavanaugh Oldham 04 Feb 1854 15 Feb 1903 03 Jan 1882 James Philip Eagle 16th Gov of Ark
Widower 11 yrs of Adelaide


William Meade Fishback 17th Gov of Ark
Sallie Warren Moore

15 Nov 1883 James Paul Clarke 18th Gov of Ark
Margaret Parkin Hadley 11 Feb 1845 10 Feb 1914 09 Jan 1864 Daniel Webster Jones 19th Gov of Ark
Ina McKenzie 06 Oct 1862 10 Apr 1909 Oct 1882 Jefferson Davis 20th Gov of Ark
Elizabeth Jane Irwin 03 Apr 1861 15 Sep 1953 04 Jan 1877 John Sebastian Little 21st Gov of Ark
Louvenia Wallace 1862 28 Jul 1947 20 Sep 1883 George Washington Donaghey 23rd Gov of Ark
Ewilda Gertrude Miller

15 Dec 1896 Joseph Taylor Robinson 23rd Gov of Ark
Ida Virginia Yarborough 24 Aug 1873 20 May 1959 24 Feb 1895 George Washington Hays 24th Gov of Ark
Anne Wade Roark 17 Apr 1880 Oct 1958 17 Jun 1908 Charles Hillman Brough 25th Gov of Ark
Amelia Ann White 06 Oct 1855
17 Dec 1874 Thomas Chipman McRae 26th Gov of Ark
Eula Terrell 24 Jul 1899
25 Feb 1914 Thomas Jefferson Terrel 27th Gov of Ark
Mabel Claire Erwin 25 Dec 27 Nov 1952 01 May 1919 John Ellis Martineau 28th Gov of Ark
Mabel Winston 1885 07 Jun 1962 02 Jun 1902 Harvey Parnell 29th Gov of Ark
Terra Ann Smith 1875
14 Sep 1893 Junius Marion Futrell 30th Gov of Ark
Margaret Lenora Bristol 21 Feb 1892 09 Mar 1975 10 Oct 1915 Carl Edward Bailey 31st Gov of Ark
Estelle Elise Smith 31 Jul 1889 13 Nov 1985 18 Dec 1921 Homer Martin Adkins 32nd Gov of Ark
Lucille Kirtley 10 Mar 1906
19 Jan 1926 Benjamin Travis Jr Laney 33rd Gov of Ark
Sarah Anne Phillips 20 Dec 1920
06 Oct 1944 Sidney Sanders McMath 34th Gov of Ark
Margaret Frierson 1912 07 Jul 1990 10 Nov 1937 Francis Adams Cherry 35th Gov of Ark
Celia Alta Haskins 31 Aug 1912 09 Aug 2002 21 Nov 1931 Orval Eugene Faubus 36th Gov of Ark
Jeannette Edris 13 Jul 1918 07 Dec 1997 11 Jun 1956 Winthrop Rockefeller 37th Gov of Ark
Elizabeth 'Betty Flanagan 11 Jan 1925
04 Sep 1949 Dale Leon Bumpers 38th Gov of Ark
Barbara Jean Lunsford 05 May 1938
28 Nov 1957 David Hampton Pryor 39th Gov of Ark
Hillary Diane Rodham 26 Oct 1947
11 Oct 1975 William Jefferson Clinton 40th Gov of Ark
Gay Daniels 07 Mar 1947
22 Mar 1975 Frank White 41st Gov of Ark
Hillary Diane Rodham 26 Oct 1947
11 Oct 1975 William Jefferson Clinton 42nd Gov of Ark
Betty Jeanne Allen 28 Feb 1943
08 Nov 1975 Jim Guy Tucker 43rd Gov of Ark
Janet McCain 16 Jul 1955
25 May 1974 Michael Dale 'Mike' Huckabee 44th Gov of Ark
Ginger Kay Croom Beebe 03 Sep 1949
1979 Michael Dale 'Mike' Beebe 45th Gov of Ark

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