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congressional district">at-large</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />December 1, 1845 – July 1, 1846</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Cross_(politician)" title="Edward Cross (politician)">Edward Cross</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Willoughby_Newton" title="Thomas Willoughby Newton">Thomas Willoughby Newton</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />December 5, 1836 – March 3, 1839</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">New constituency</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Cross_(politician)" title="Edward Cross (politician)">Edward Cross</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">2nd <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Arkansas">Governor of Arkansas</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />November 4, 1840 – April 29, 1844</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Sevier_Conway" title="James Sevier Conway">James Conway</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Adams_(governor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel Adams (governor)">Samuel Adams</a> (<a href="/wiki/Acting_(law)" title="Acting (law)">acting</a>)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">11th Grand Master of the<br /><a href="/wiki/Grand_Lodge_of_Tennessee" title="Grand Lodge of Tennessee">Grand Lodge of Tennessee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1831–1832</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Hugh W. Dunlap</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Dudley S. Jennings</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1797-08-09</span>)</span>August 9, 1797</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">February 23, 1847<span style="display:none">(1847-02-23)</span> (aged 49)<br /><a href="/wiki/Coahuila" title="Coahuila">Coahuila</a>, <a href="/wiki/Second_Federal_Republic_of_Mexico" title="Second Federal Republic of Mexico">Mexico</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Evergreen_Cemetery_(Fayetteville,_Arkansas)" title="Evergreen Cemetery (Fayetteville, Arkansas)">Evergreen Cemetery</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Fayetteville,_Arkansas" title="Fayetteville, Arkansas">Fayetteville, Arkansas</a><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Archibald_Yell&params=36_03_53.3_N_94_10_08.7_W_region:US-AR_type:landmark"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">36°03′53.3″N</span> <span class="longitude">94°10′08.7″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">36.064806°N 94.169083°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">36.064806; 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He was the second <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Arkansas" title="List of governors of Arkansas">governor of Arkansas</a>, serving from 1840 to 1844. Yell was <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action">killed in action</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Mexican-American_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Mexican-American War">Mexican-American War</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Buena_Vista" title="Battle of Buena Vista">Battle of Buena Vista</a> on February 23, 1847.<sup id="cite_ref-Donovan1995_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Donovan1995-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archibald_Yell&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Yell was likely born in <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a> or <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>, although his headstone lists <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> as his birthplace. His family first settled in <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Tennessee" title="Jefferson County, Tennessee">Jefferson County</a> in the eastern part of the state, then moved to <a href="/wiki/Rutherford_County,_Tennessee" title="Rutherford County, Tennessee">Rutherford</a> in <a href="/wiki/Middle_Tennessee" title="Middle Tennessee">Middle Tennessee</a>, and finally settled in <a href="/wiki/Bedford_County,_Tennessee" title="Bedford County, Tennessee">Bedford County</a> to the south. As a youth, Yell participated in the <a href="/wiki/Creek_War" title="Creek War">Creek War</a>, serving in 1813 and early 1814 under General <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Andrew Jackson</a>. In 1814 and 1815, during the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>, he served with Jackson in <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>, including in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_New_Orleans" title="Battle of New Orleans">Battle of New Orleans</a>. He returned to Tennessee, and read law as a legal apprentice. He was admitted to the bar in <a href="/wiki/Fayetteville,_Tennessee" title="Fayetteville, Tennessee">Fayetteville</a>, Tennessee. In 1818, he joined Jackson's army during the <a href="/wiki/Seminole_Wars" title="Seminole Wars">First Seminole War</a> in <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Donovan1995_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Donovan1995-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was active in <a href="/wiki/Freemasonry" title="Freemasonry">freemasonry</a>, and was the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Master_(Masonic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Master (Masonic)">Grand Master</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Lodge_of_Tennessee" title="Grand Lodge of Tennessee">Tennessee Lodge</a> in 1830. </p><p>By 1840, Yell owned 800 acres of land and 8 slaves.<sup id="cite_ref-Gill_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gill-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archibald_Yell&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grand_Master_Archibald_Yell.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Grand_Master_Archibald_Yell.jpg/170px-Grand_Master_Archibald_Yell.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Grand_Master_Archibald_Yell.jpg/255px-Grand_Master_Archibald_Yell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Grand_Master_Archibald_Yell.jpg/340px-Grand_Master_Archibald_Yell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="850" data-file-height="1089" /></a><figcaption>Yell in Masonic regalia by <a href="/wiki/Washington_Bogart_Cooper" title="Washington Bogart Cooper">Washington Bogart Cooper</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Active in the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>, Yell moved to the <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Territory" title="Arkansas Territory">Arkansas Territory</a> in 1831 to head the federal land office in <a href="/wiki/Little_Rock,_Arkansas" title="Little Rock, Arkansas">Little Rock</a>. The federal government offered him the governorship of the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Territory" title="Florida Territory">Florida Territory</a> the following year, but he declined. On March 21, 1832, Yell was appointed <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_National_Guard#List_of_adjutants_general" title="Arkansas National Guard">adjutant general of the Arkansas Territory</a> with the rank of Colonel in place of Colonel Whorton Rector who had resigned.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His time as adjutant general was apparently cut short by malaria."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yell left Arkansas for a time to recoup back home in Tennessee, but by 1835, returned to Arkansas, having been appointed as a Judge of the <a href="/wiki/Superior_Court_of_the_Arkansas_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Superior Court of the Arkansas Territory">Superior Court</a>, the highest court in the territory.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a strong supporter and personal friend of President <a href="/wiki/James_K._Polk" title="James K. Polk">James K. Polk</a>. Just prior to taking office in 1845, Polk sent Yell to Texas to advocate for its annexation to the union. He is reported to have single-handedly retrieved a criminal from a local saloon and physically brought him to his court.<sup id="cite_ref-Donovan1995_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Donovan1995-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Yell was elected to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> in 1836, after Arkansas was admitted to the Union. He served one term, from December 5, 1836, to March 3, 1839. While in Washington, he was a strong supporter of Texan statehood and favored a stronger military. Around this time that he formed the first <a href="/wiki/Masonic" class="mw-redirect" title="Masonic">Masonic</a> lodge in Arkansas at <a href="/wiki/Fayetteville,_Arkansas" title="Fayetteville, Arkansas">Fayetteville</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Donovan1995_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Donovan1995-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1840, Yell was elected <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Arkansas">Governor of Arkansas</a>. He focused on internal improvements, as infrastructure was needed to benefit planters and farmers. He also worked to better control banks and supported public education. Yell resigned his post as governor to run again for Congress in 1844 at age 47, and won the seat. He is reported to have been the consummate campaigner. At one stop during the campaign, he is said to have won a shooting match, donated meat to the poor, and bought a jug of whiskey for the crowd.<sup id="cite_ref-Donovan1995_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Donovan1995-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Soon after he took his seat in Congress, the <a href="/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War" title="Mexican–American War">Mexican War</a> began. Yell returned to Arkansas and formed the Arkansas Mounted Infantry Regiment. His men included the future governor <a href="/wiki/John_Selden_Roane" title="John Selden Roane">John Selden Roane</a>, and future Confederate generals <a href="/wiki/Albert_Pike" title="Albert Pike">Albert Pike</a>, <a href="/wiki/Solon_Borland" title="Solon Borland">Solon Borland</a>, and <a href="/wiki/James_Fleming_Fagan" title="James Fleming Fagan">James Fleming Fagan</a>. His cavalry compiled a record of insubordination. General <a href="/wiki/John_E._Wool" title="John E. Wool">John E. Wool</a>, commander of the Arkansas mounted volunteers, said they were, "wholly without instruction, and Colonel Yell is determined to leave (them) in that condition." Yell, he continued, had a "total ignorance of his duties as Colonel." During the Mexican War, he was <a href="/wiki/Brevet_(military)" title="Brevet (military)">brevetted</a> a <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">brigadier general</a> of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Volunteers" title="United States Volunteers">United States Volunteers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Donovan1995_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Donovan1995-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 23, 1847, Yell was killed in action at the Battle of Buena Vista at age 49. He was originally buried on the battlefield in Mexico. His body was removed and returned to Arkansas for burial at Waxhaws Cemetery in Fayetteville. When <a href="/wiki/Evergreen_Cemetery_(Fayetteville,_Arkansas)" title="Evergreen Cemetery (Fayetteville, Arkansas)">Evergreen Cemetery</a> was established in the city, the Freemasons arranged for his body to be relocated and reinterred in the Masonic section of that cemetery.<sup id="cite_ref-Donovan1995_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Donovan1995-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archibald_Yell&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Yell met Mary Scott in Bedford County, Tennessee, where they were neighbors. They married in 1821 after he had started to establish his law practice. She had one daughter, Mary, who was born January 5, 1823. Mary Scott Yell died from complications following their daughter's birth. A few years later in 1828, he married Nancy Moore of <a href="/wiki/Danville,_Kentucky" title="Danville, Kentucky">Danville, Kentucky</a>. They had four children before her death. He later married Maria (McIlvaine) Ficklin, a widow. They had no children. Maria died on October 15, 1838, while he was serving in Congress. His nephew James Yell became <a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">Major-General</a> of the Arkansas Militia during the American Civil War.<sup id="cite_ref-Donovan1995_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Donovan1995-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors">Honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archibald_Yell&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Yell_County,_Arkansas" title="Yell County, Arkansas">Yell County</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yellville,_Arkansas" title="Yellville, Arkansas">Yellville, Arkansas</a>, are named after him,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as was the "Yell Rifles", an <a href="/wiki/Antebellum_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Antebellum United States">antebellum</a> militia company from <a href="/wiki/Helena,_Arkansas" title="Helena, Arkansas">Helena</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A small segment of former <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_71_Business_(Northwest_Arkansas)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 71 Business (Northwest Arkansas)">US Highway 71 Business</a> (US 71B) was named Archibald Yell Boulevard in Fayetteville until 2022. Yell's legacy was reexamined during a construction project on the roadway; the <a href="/wiki/City_council" class="mw-redirect" title="City council">city council</a> renamed the road <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Hackett" title="Nelson Hackett">Nelson Hackett</a> Boulevard. Hackett escaped <a href="/wiki/Slavery" title="Slavery">slavery</a> in Arkansas and fled to <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> in 1841, where he remained until extradited back to Arkansas at the request of Yell on behalf of the slaveowner.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archibald_Yell&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_National_Guard#List_of_adjutants_general" title="Arkansas National Guard">List of Arkansas adjutants general</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Freemasons_(E%E2%80%93Z)" title="List of Freemasons (E–Z)">List of Freemasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Arkansas" title="List of governors of Arkansas">List of governors of Arkansas</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archibald_Yell&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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Dunlap</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Grand_Master_(Masonic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Master (Masonic)">Grand Master</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Lodge_of_Tennessee" title="Grand Lodge of Tennessee">Grand Lodge of Tennessee</a></span> </b><br />1831 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Dudley S. Jennings</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #CF9C65;">Military offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><span class="nowrap">Colonel Wharton Rector, Jr.</span></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_National_Guard#List_of_adjutants_general" title="Arkansas National Guard">Adjutant General of the Arkansas Territory</a></span> </b><br />1832–1833 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><span class="nowrap">Colonel William Field</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><b>New constituency</b></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Arkansas" title="List of United States representatives from Arkansas">U.S. House of Representatives</a> <br />from <span data-sort-value="ArkansasAL !"><a href="/wiki/Arkansas%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="Arkansas's at-large congressional district">Arkansas's at-large congressional district</a></span> </b><br />1836–1839 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Cross_(politician)" title="Edward Cross (politician)">Edward Cross</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Cross_(politician)" title="Edward Cross (politician)">Edward Cross</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Arkansas" title="List of United States representatives from Arkansas">U.S. House of Representatives</a> <br />from <span data-sort-value="ArkansasAL !"><a href="/wiki/Arkansas%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="Arkansas's at-large congressional district">Arkansas's at-large congressional district</a></span> </b><br />1845–1846 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Willoughby_Newton" title="Thomas Willoughby Newton">Thomas Willoughby Newton</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/James_Sevier_Conway" title="James Sevier Conway">James Sevier Conway</a></div> </td> <td 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Caraway">Caraway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Driver" title="William J. Driver">Driver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezekiel_C._Gathings" title="Ezekiel C. Gathings">Gathings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Vollie_Alexander_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="William Vollie Alexander Jr.">Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blanche_Lincoln" title="Blanche Lincoln">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_Berry" title="Marion Berry">Berry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Crawford_(politician)" title="Rick Crawford (politician)">Crawford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Arkansas02 !"><a href="/wiki/Arkansas%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Arkansas's 2nd congressional district">2nd district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_A._Warren" title="Edward A. 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Breckinridge">Breckinridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Sebastian_Little" class="mw-redirect" title="John Sebastian Little">Little</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Brundidge_Jr." title="Stephen Brundidge Jr.">Brundidge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Allan_Oldfield" class="mw-redirect" title="William Allan Oldfield">W. Oldfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_P._Oldfield" title="Pearl P. Oldfield">P. Oldfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_E._Miller" title="John E. Miller">Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilbur_Mills" title="Wilbur Mills">Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Guy_Tucker" title="Jim Guy Tucker">Tucker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Bethune" title="Ed Bethune">Bethune</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_F._Robinson" title="Tommy F. Robinson">T. Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Thornton" title="Ray Thornton">Thornton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vic_Snyder" title="Vic Snyder">V. Snyder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Griffin" title="Tim Griffin">Griffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Hill_(politician)" title="French Hill (politician)">Hill</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Arkansas03 !"><a href="/wiki/Arkansas%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Arkansas's 3rd congressional district">3rd district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Boles" title="Thomas Boles">Boles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Edwards_(Arkansas_politician)" title="John Edwards (Arkansas politician)">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Boles" title="Thomas Boles">Boles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_W._Wilshire" title="William W. Wilshire">Wilshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_M._Gunter" title="Thomas M. 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William Fulbright">Fulbright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_William_Trimble" title="James William Trimble">Trimble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_Hammerschmidt" title="John Paul Hammerschmidt">Hammerschmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Hutchinson" title="Tim Hutchinson">T. Hutchinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson" title="Asa Hutchinson">A. Hutchinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Boozman" title="John Boozman">Boozman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Womack" title="Steve Womack">Womack</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Arkansas04 !"><a href="/wiki/Arkansas%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Arkansas's 4th congressional district">4th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_M._Gunter" title="Thomas M. Gunter">Gunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_W._Peel" title="Samuel W. Peel">Peel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Rogers" title="John Henry Rogers">J. H. Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_L._Terry" title="William L. Terry">W. Terry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_C._Reid" title="Charles C. Reid">Reid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Sebastian_Little" class="mw-redirect" title="John Sebastian Little">Little</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_B._Cravens" title="William B. Cravens">W. B. Cravens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otis_Wingo" title="Otis Wingo">O. Wingo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Effiegene_Wingo" title="Effiegene Wingo">E. Wingo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_B._Cravens" title="William B. Cravens">W. B. Cravens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Fadjo_Cravens" title="William Fadjo Cravens">W. F. Cravens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boyd_Anderson_Tackett" class="mw-redirect" title="Boyd Anderson Tackett">Tackett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oren_Harris" title="Oren Harris">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Pryor" title="David Pryor">Pryor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Thornton" title="Ray Thornton">Thornton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beryl_Anthony_Jr." title="Beryl Anthony Jr.">Anthony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Dickey" title="Jay Dickey">Dickey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ross_(politician)" title="Mike Ross (politician)">Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Cotton" title="Tom Cotton">Cotton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Westerman" title="Bruce Westerman">Westerman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Arkansas05 !"><a href="/wiki/Arkansas%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Arkansas's 5th congressional district">5th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_W._Peel" title="Samuel W. 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