Member |
Party |
Years |
Cong ress |
Electoral history |
Location |
District created on March 4, 1875 |
Thomas M. Gunter (Fayetteville) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883 |
44th 45th 46th 47th |
Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Retired. |
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Samuel W. Peel (Bentonville) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
48th |
Elected in 1882. Redistricted to the 5th district. |
John Henry Rogers (Fort Smith) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891 |
49th 50th 51st |
Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Retired. |
William L. Terry (Little Rock) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1901 |
52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th |
Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Lost renomination. |
Charles C. Reid (Morrilton) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 |
57th |
Elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 5th district. |
John Sebastian Little (Greenwood) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1903 – January 14, 1907 |
58th 59th |
Redistricted from the 2nd district and Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Resigned when elected Governor of Arkansas |
Vacant |
January 14, 1907 – March 3, 1907 |
59th |
|
William B. Cravens (Fort Smith) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913 |
60th 61st 62nd |
Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Retired. |
Otis Wingo (De Queen) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1913 – October 21, 1930 |
63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st |
Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Died. |
Vacant |
October 21, 1930 – November 4, 1930 |
71st |
|
Effiegene Locke Wingo (De Queen) |
Democratic |
November 4, 1930 – March 3, 1933 |
71st 72nd |
Elected to finish her husband's term. Retired. |
William B. Cravens (Fort Smith) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1933 – January 13, 1939 |
73rd 74th 75th 76th |
Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Died. |
Vacant |
January 13, 1939 – September 12, 1939 |
76th |
|
William Fadjo Cravens (Fort Smith) |
Democratic |
September 12, 1939 – January 3, 1949 |
76th 77th 78th 79th 80th |
Elected to finish his father's term. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Retired.[4] |
Boyd Anderson Tackett (Nashville) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 |
81st 82nd |
Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Retired to run for governor. |
Oren Harris (El Dorado) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1953 – February 2, 1966 |
83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th |
Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Resigned to become US District judge for the Eastern and Western District of Arkansas. |
Vacant |
February 2, 1966 – November 8, 1966 |
89th |
|
David Pryor (Camden) |
Democratic |
November 8, 1966 – January 3, 1973 |
89th 90th 91st 92nd |
Elected to finish Harris's term and begin own. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
Ray Thornton (Sheridan) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979 |
93rd 94th 95th |
Elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
Beryl Anthony Jr. (El Dorado) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993 |
96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd |
Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Lost renomination. |
Jay Dickey (Pine Bluff) |
Republican |
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001 |
103rd 104th 105th 106th |
Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Lost re-election. |
1993–2003 [data missing] |
Mike Ross (Prescott) |
Democratic |
January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2013 |
107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th |
Elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Retired to run for Governor of Arkansas. |
2003–2013
|
Tom Cotton (Little Rock) |
Republican |
January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
113th |
Elected in 2012. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
2013–2023
|
Bruce Westerman (Hot Springs) |
Republican |
January 3, 2015 – present |
114th 115th 116th 117th 118th |
Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022 |
2023–present
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