Arkansas's 2nd congressional district

Arkansas's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district

Congressional district

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located in the central part of the U.S. state of Arkansas

Arkansas

Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...

and includes the state capital of Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas

Little Rock is the capital and the largest city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 699,757 people in the 2010 census...

as well as its suburbs and surrounding areas.

It is currently represented by Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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Timothy Griffin

John Timothy Griffin is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He was a United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas from December 2006 to June 2007, appointed by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.-Early life and education:Griffin was born in...

.

George W. Bush

George W. Bush

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won 51% of the vote in this district in 2004

United States presidential election, 2004

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. John McCain

John McCain

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carried the district in 2008

United States presidential election, 2008

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with 53.69% of the vote while Barack Obama

Barack Obama

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received 44.07%.

List of representatives

Year	Representative	Party	Notes
District created		March 4, 1853
March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855	Edward A. Warren	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857	Albert Rust Albert Rust Albert Rust was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas, and a delegate to the Provisional Confederate Congress...	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1859	Edward A. Warren	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1861	Albert Rust Albert Rust Albert Rust was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas, and a delegate to the Provisional Confederate Congress...	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Civil War American Civil War The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25... and Reconstruction
June 22, 1868 - October 22, 1868	James M. Hinds James M. Hinds James M. Hinds of Little Rock, represented Arkansas in the United States Congress from June 24, 1868 through October 22, 1868 when he was assassinated by a member of the Ku Klux Klan, namely George A. Clark, Secretary of the Democratic Committee of Monroe County, who was drunk at the time...	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	Died
Vacant		October 22, 1868 - January 13, 1869
January 13, 1869 - March 3, 1869	James T. Elliott	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1871	Anthony A.C. Rogers Anthony A.C. Rogers Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers was an American politician. He served in the House of Representative from Arkansas.Born in Clarksville, Tennessee, Rogers received a limited schooling. He engaged in mercantile pursuits....	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1875	Oliver P. Snyder Oliver P. Snyder Oliver P. Snyder was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.Born in Missouri, Snyder completed preparatory studies.He moved to Arkansas in 1853....	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1881	William F. Slemons William Ferguson Slemons William Ferguson Slemons was a member of the US House of Representatives from Arkansas.Slemons was born in Dresden, Tennessee on March 15, 1830. He attended Bethel College, studying law. Slemons moved to Arkansas in 1852 and was admitted to the bar in 1855 and practiced in Monticello, Arkansas...	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
March 4, 1881 - February 19, 1885	James K. Jones	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	Resigned after being elected to the US Senate
Vacant		February 19, 1885 - March 4, 1885
March 4, 1885 - September 5, 1890	Clifton R. Breckinridge Clifton R. Breckinridge Clifton Rodes Breckinridge was a Democratic alderman, congressman, diplomat, businessman and veteran of the Confederate Army and Navy. He was a member of the prominent Breckinridge family, the son of Vice President of the United States and Confederate General John C. Breckinridge and the...	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	Lost contested election
Vacant		September 5, 1890 - November 4, 1890
November 4, 1890 - August 14, 1894	Clifton R. Breckinridge Clifton R. Breckinridge Clifton Rodes Breckinridge was a Democratic alderman, congressman, diplomat, businessman and veteran of the Confederate Army and Navy. He was a member of the prominent Breckinridge family, the son of Vice President of the United States and Confederate General John C. Breckinridge and the...	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	Elected after John M. Clayton died while contest was pending, Resigned after accepting position as Minister to Russia
Vacant		August 14, 1894 - December 3, 1894
December 3, 1894 - March 3, 1903	John S. Little	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	Redistricted Redistricting Redistricting is the process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries, often in response to population changes determined by the results of the decennial census. In 36 states, the state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, in many cases subject to... to the
March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1909	Stephen Brundidge, Jr. Stephen Brundidge, Jr. Stephen Brundidge, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.Born in Searcy, Arkansas, Brundidge was educated by private tutors and in the public schools in his native city.He studied law....	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	Redistricted Redistricting Redistricting is the process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries, often in response to population changes determined by the results of the decennial census. In 36 states, the state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, in many cases subject to... from the
March 4, 1909 - November 19, 1928	William A. Oldfield William Allan Oldfield William Allan Oldfield was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.Born in Franklin, Arkansas, he served as the House minority whip between 1921 and 1928....	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	Died
Vacant		November 19, 1928 - January 9, 1929
January 9, 1929 - March 3, 1931	Pearl P. Oldfield Pearl Peden Oldfield Pearl Peden Oldfield was a U.S. Democratic politician. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Arkansas.She was born in Cotton Plant, Arkansas...	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
March 4, 1931 - November 14, 1937	John E. Miller John E. Miller John Elvis Miller was a Democratic Party politician from Arkansas who represented the state in the United States House of Representatives from 1931 until 1937, and in the United States Senate from 1937 until 1941....	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	Resigned after being elected to the US Senate
Vacant		November 14, 1937 - January 3, 1939
January 3, 1939 - January 3, 1977	Wilbur Mills Wilbur Mills Wilbur Daigh Mills , was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Arkansas...	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
January 3, 1977 - January 3, 1979	Jim Guy Tucker Jim Guy Tucker James "Jim" Guy Tucker, Jr. is an Arkansas political figure. He served as the 43rd Governor of Arkansas, the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas, Arkansas Attorney General, and U.S. Representative...	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
January 3, 1979 - January 3, 1985	Ed Bethune Ed Bethune Edwin Ruthvin "Ed" Bethune, Jr. , is a lawyer and lobbyist in Washington, D.C., who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas from 1979-1985. His last campaign was an unsuccessful challenge in 1984 to the second-term reelection of Democratic U.S...	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
January 3, 1985 - July 28, 1989	Tommy Robinson Tommy F. Robinson Tommy Franklin Robinson is a politician from the state of Arkansas.-Early life:Robinson was born in Little Rock and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He served in the United States Navy from 1959 to 1963....	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	Changed parties
July 28, 1989 - January 3, 1991		Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
January 3, 1991 - January 1, 1997	Ray Thornton Ray Thornton Raymond Hoyt "Ray" Thornton, Jr. is a former U.S. Representative from the US state of Arkansas.Thornton earned a degree in political science from Yale University and, later, a law degree from the University of Arkansas...	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	Resigned
Vacant		January 1, 1997 - January 3, 1997
January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2011	Vic Snyder Vic Snyder Victor F. "Vic" Snyder is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1997 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
January 3, 2011 –	Tim Griffin	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	Incumbent

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