Arkansas's At-large congressional district

The At-large Congressional District of Arkansas was a congressional district

Congressional district

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for the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

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in 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...

from 1836 to 1885.

Upon achieving statehood, Arkansas elected its sole representative state-wide at-large. For two Congresses in the mid- to late-19th century, Arkansas

Arkansas

elected one of its representatives state-wide on a general ticket

General ticket

General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

, with the remaining elected from districts

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Term	Notes
District created August 1, 1836 after achieving statehood
Archibald Yell Archibald Yell Archibald Yell was a member of the United States House of Representatives, second Governor of the State of Arkansas, and a Brigadier General in the United States Army serving in the Mexican-American War.-Early life:...	Jacksonian	December 14, 1836 - March 3, 1837
	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, 1837 - March 3, 1839
Edward Cross	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, 1839 - March 3, 1845
Archibald Yell Archibald Yell Archibald Yell was a member of the United States House of Representatives, second Governor of the State of Arkansas, and a Brigadier General in the United States Army serving in the Mexican-American War.-Early life:...	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, 1845 - July 1, 1846	Resigned to serve in the Mexican–American War Mexican–American War The Mexican–American War, also known as the First American Intervention, the Mexican War, or the U.S.–Mexican War, was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S...
Vacant		July 1, 1846 - February 6, 1847
Thomas W. Newton Thomas Willoughby Newton Thomas Willoughby Newton was a Whig member of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Arkansas....	Whig 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...	February 6, 1847 - March 3, 1847
Robert W. Johnson Robert Ward Johnson Robert Ward Johnson was a Democratic United States Senator and Confederate States Senator 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...	March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1853
District inactive March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1873
One seat re-established March 4, 1873 elected at-large, with the remaining elected from districts
William J. Hynes William Joseph Hynes William Joseph Hynes was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.He was born in County Clare, Ireland on March 31, 1843 and immigrated to the United States in 1854, settling in New York. Hynes attended the public schools of Massachusetts and learned the art of printing...	Liberal Republican Liberal Republican Party (United States) The Liberal Republican Party of the United States was a political party that was organized in Cincinnati in May 1872, to oppose the reelection of President Ulysses S. Grant and his Radical Republican supporters. The party's candidate in that year's presidential election was Horace Greeley, longtime...	March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875
Seat inactive March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1883
One seat re-established March 4, 1883 elected at-large, with the remaining elected from districts
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...	March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885	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
Seat eliminated March 4, 1885

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