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Arkansas: State Governors: 1836-1865

Governor of the State of Arkansas
13 Sep 1836 - 5 Nov 1840 James Sevier Conway
5 Nov 1840 - 29 Apr 1844 Archibald Yell
29 Apr 1844 - 9 Nov 1844 Samuel Adams
9 Nov 1844 - 10 Jan 1849 Thomas Stevenson Drew
Acting Governor of the State of Arkansas [1]
10 Jan 1849 - 19 Apr 1849 Richard C. Byrd
Governor of the State of Arkansas
19 Apr 1849 - 15 Nov 1852 John Selden Roane
15 Nov 1852 - 15 Nov 1860 Elias Nelson Conway
15 Nov 1860 - 4 Nov 1862 Henry Massey Rector
Acting Governor of the State of Arkansas
4 Nov 1862 - 15 Nov 1862 Thomas Fletcher
Governor of the State of Arkansas
15 Nov 1862 - May 1865 Harris Flanagin

[1] Also in official use: President of the Senate of the [said] State and acting Governor thereof.