Draft:Arkansas Senate 1885
There is a composite photo of Arkansas Senate members of the Twenty-Fifth Arkansas General Assembly in 1885.[1] The caption accompanying the photo misidentifies the members noted at the bottom of it.
All Democrats except one Republican and one Greenbacker?
- J. R. Thornton a lawyer in Thornton, Arkansas. Born in Arkansas
- T. F. Potts a lawyer and "planter" who lived in Paris, Arkansas. Born in Iowa
- R. B. Weaver Senate President a "farmer" who lived in Rolly Hill, Arkansas Rally Hill?
- John W. Stayton a lawyer in Jacksonport born in Arkansas
- J. S. Anderson a farmer and merchant who lived in Herndon. Born in Tennessee
- Henry Thane a lawyer in Arkansas City. Republican. Born in Germany
- J. W. Van Gilder a lawyer in Hamburg, Arkansas. Born in Ohio
- J. G. Simmons "farmer" and physician lived in Star City, Arkansas. Born in North Carolina.
- C. M. Norwood a physician born in Tennessee lived in Prescott, Arkansas. Greenbacker party member
- George B. Peters physician and planter who lived in Peters, Arkansas. Born in North Carolina
- J .M. Pettigrew a farmer who lived in Charleston, Arkansas. Born in Arkansas
- W. F. Hicks a lawyer in Lonoke, Arkansas. Born in Tennessee
- T. W. Thomason a farmer in Cincinnati, Arkansas. Born in Arkansas
- R. H. Crockett a lawyer in DeWitt, Arkansas. Born in Tennessee.
2nd column
[edit]- L. L. Thomson a planter in Little Rock. Born in Alabama
- T. W. Wells a farmer in Searcy. Born in Tennessee
- George W. Baxter (Arkansas politician) a real estate and insurance agent in Hot Springs. Born in Tennessee
- V. B. Tate a minister in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Born in North Carolina.
- S. J. Johnson
- Z. B. Jennings
- B. T. Embry
- B. F. Williamson
- George Thomas Holmes
- J. M. Hudson
- J. T. Walker
- R. F. Crittenden
- Jesse A. Ross
- Jabez M. Smith
- R. H. McConnell
- S. Gardner
- L. T. Waller Born in Georgia.
- J. H. Williams a farmer and lawyer who lived in Rocky Comfort. Born in South Carolina.
References
[edit]- ^ "1885 Senate Composite, Twenty-Fifth Arkansas General Assembly". ar-digital.contentdm.oclc.org.
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