THOMAS JEFFERSON TERRAL, Arkansas's 27th governor, was born in Union Parish, Louisiana, on December 21, 1882. He attended the University of Kentucky, and in 1910 earned a law degree from…

JOHN ELLIS MARTINEAU, Arkansas's 28th governor, was born in Clay County, Missouri, on December 2, 1873. He graduated from Arkansas Industrial University (now University of Arkansas) in 1896 and earned…

HARVEY PARNELL, Arkansas's 29th governor, was born near Orlando, Cleveland County, Arkansas, on February 28, 1880. He attended Warren High School, was a clerk in a hardware store, and a…

JUNIUS MARION FUTRELL, Arkansas's 30th governor, was born in Greene County, Arkansas, on August 14, 1870. He attended Arkansas Industrial University (now the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville) from 1892…

CARL EDWARD BAILEY, Arkansas's 31st governor, was born in Bernie, Missouri, on October 8, 1894. He graduated from Campbell Missouri High School in 1912, and attended Chillicothe Business College in…

HOMER MARTIN ADKINS, Arkansas's 32nd governor, was born near Jacksonville, Arkansas, on October 15, 1890. He attended Draughon's Practical Business College in 1908 and graduated from the Little Rock College…

BENJAMIN TRAVIS LANEY JR., Arkansas's 33rd Governor, was born in the Jones Chapel community in Ouachita County, Arkansas, on November 25, 1896. He attended the public schools in Ouachita County,…

SIDNEY SANDERS MCMATH was born in Columbia County, Arkansas, on June 14, 1912. He graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1936 with a law degree. During World War II,…

FRANCIS ADAMS CHERRY, Arkansas's 35th governor, was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on September 5, 1908. He moved with his family to Enid, Oklahoma, where he graduated from high school…

ORVAL EUGENE FAUBUS was born in Combs, Arkansas, on January 7, 1910. He briefly attended Commonwealth College, the radical labor school at Mena, Arkansas. He worked as an itinerant farmer,…

WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER was born in New York City on May 1, 1912, the son of D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. He attended Yale University from 1931 to 1934.…

DALE BUMPERS was born in Charleston, Arkansas, on August 12, 1925. He is a graduate of the University of Arkansas, and received an LL.D. from Northwestern Law School in 1951.…