48th Arkansas General Assembly

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48th Arkansas General Assembly
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Arkansas State Capitol (2009)
Overview
TermJanuary 12, 1931 (1931-01-12) – May 12, 1933 (1933-05-12)
Arkansas Senate
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Senate party standings
Members35 (35 Democratic Party)
President of the SenateLawrence Wilson (D)
Party controlDemocratic Party
House of Representatives
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House party standings
Members100 (99 Democratic Party, 1 R)
House SpeakerIrving Neale (D)
Party controlDemocratic Party
Sessions
1stJanuary 12, 1931 – May 12, 1931

The Forty-Eighth Arkansas General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Arkansas in 1931 and 1932. In this General Assembly, the Arkansas Senate and Arkansas House of Representatives were both controlled by the Democrats. In the Senate, all 35 senators were Democrats, and in the House, 99 representatives were Democrats, with one Republican. It was the first General Assembly to use redistricted legislative districts from the 1930 United States Census.

Major events[]

Vacancies[]

  • Senator Granville Jones (D-31st) died, replaced by by election
  • Representative William U. McCabe (D-Baxter County) died, no record of a successor being elected or appointed
  • Representative (D-Cleburne County) died, no record of a successor being elected or appointed

Appointments[]

  • Senator is appointed to the 1st Senatorial District due to the resignation of his father,

Senate[]

The senate was controlled completely the Democratic party. Eighteen senators were lawyers, five were farmers, three were merchants, with one each listing their occupation as: cotton buyer, insurance man, editor, banker, manufacturer, minister, car dealer, and doctor.[1]

Leadership[]

Senators[]

District Senator Party First elected Counties
1 Democratic 1928 Clay, Craighead, Greene
2 Democratic 1928 Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp
3 Democratic 1922 Boone, Marion, Newton
4 Robert L. Bailey Democratic 1930 Johnson, Pope
5 Democratic 1920 Washington
6 Democratic 1930 Independence, Stone
7 Democratic 1930 Cross, Woodruff
8 Democratic 1928 Logan, Yell
9 Democratic 1928 Grant, Hot Spring, Saline
10 Democratic 1926 Perry, Pulaski
10 Democratic 1930 Perry, Pulaski
11 Democratic 1916 Jefferson
12 Democratic 1930 Lonoke, Prairie
13 Democratic 1928 Arkansas, Monroe
14 Democratic 1928 Lee, Phillips
15 Democratic 1930 Ashley, Chicot
16 Democratic 1928 Cleveland, Dallas, Lincoln
17 Democratic 1930 Desha, Drew
18 Democratic 1928 Bradley, Union
19 Democratic 1930 Calhoun, Ouachita
20 Democratic 1930 Hempstead, Nevada
21 Democratic 1930 Columbia, Lafayette, Miller
22 Democratic 1930 Howard, Little River, Sevier
23 Democratic 1928 Baxter, Fulton, Izard
24 Democratic 1930 Carroll, Madison
25 Democratic 1928 Crawford, Franklin
26 Democratic 1930 Conway, Cleburne, Searcy, Van Buren
27 W. H. Abington Democratic 1930 White, Faulkner
28 Democratic 1924 Sebastian
29 Democratic 1928 Jackson, Mississippi, Poinsett
30 Democratic 1930 Clark, Pike
31 Granville Jones Democratic 1928 Garland, Montgomery
32 Democratic 1930 Crittenden, St. Francis
33 Democratic 1924 Polk, Scott
34 Democratic 1930 Benton

House of Representatives[]

The House was controlled by the Democratic party, with only one Republican member. Democratic hegemony was typical in Arkansas and throughout the American South during the Solid South period. Thirty-three members of the House were lawyers, with 21 farmers, 5 insurance men, 4 teachers, 4 doctors, 4 bankers, and three ministers. The remaining members held a variety of occupations, including one homemaker, , the only female member of the 48th General Assembly.[1]

Leadership[]

  • Speaker of the House:

Representatives[]

County Representative Party First elected
Arkansas Democratic 1928
Ashley Democratic 1930
Baxter William U. McCabe Democratic 1930
Benton Democratic 1928
Benton Democratic 1930
Boone Democratic 1930
Bradley Carroll Hollensworth Democratic 1930
Calhoun Democratic 1930
Carroll Democratic 1930
Chicot Democratic 1930
Clark Democratic 1930
Clark Democratic 1930
Clay Democratic 1930
Cleburne Democratic 1930
Cleveland Democratic 1928
Columbia Wade Kitchens Democratic 1928
Columbia Democratic 1930
Conway Democratic 1930
Conway Democratic 1929 (App)
Craighead Democratic 1928
Crawford Democratic 1930
Crawford Democratic 1930
Crittenden Democratic 1930
Cross Democratic 1930
Dallas Democratic 1926
Desha Democratic 1928
Drew Democratic 1930
Faulkner Democratic 1930
Franklin Democratic 1928
Franklin Democratic 1930
Fulton Democratic 1928
Garland Democratic 1930
Garland Democratic 1930
Grant Democratic 1928
Greene Democratic 1928
Hempstead Democratic 1930
Hempstead Democratic 1928
Hot Spring Democratic 1930
Howard Democratic 1930
Independence Democratic 1930
Independence Democratic 1930
Izard Democratic 1928
Jackson Democratic 1930
Jefferson H. Kemp Toney Democratic 1930
Jefferson Democratic 1930
Jefferson Democratic 1930
Johnson Democratic 1928
Lafayette Democratic 1930
Lawrence Democratic 1930
Lee Democratic 1930
Lee Democratic 1930
Lincoln Democratic 1930
Little River Democratic 1930
Logan Democratic 1928
Logan Democratic 1930
Lonoke John M. Bransford Democratic 1930
Lonoke Democratic 1930
Madison Democratic 1930
Marion Democratic 1930
Miller Democratic 1930
Mississippi Democratic 1923
Monroe Democratic 1930
Montgomery Democratic 1930
Nevada Democratic 1930
Newton Democratic 1928
Ouachita Democratic 1930
Perry Democratic 1930
Phillips Democratic 1930
Phillips Democratic 1930
Pike Democratic 1930
Poinsett Democratic 1930
Polk Democratic 1928
Pope Democratic 1930
Pope Democratic 1930
Prairie Democratic 1930
Pulaski Democratic 1930
Pulaski Democratic 1930
Pulaski Democratic 1930
Pulaski Democratic 1928
Randolph Democratic 1930
St. Francis Democratic 1930
Saline Democratic 1930
Scott Democratic 1930
Searcy Republican 1930
Sebastian Irving Neale Democratic 1924
Sebastian Democratic 1930
Sebastian Democratic 1930
Sevier James R. Campbell Democratic 1928
Sharp Democratic 1930
Stone Democratic 1930
Union Democratic 1930
Van Buren Democratic 1930
Washington Democratic 1926
Washington Democratic 1928
Washington Democratic 1930
White Democratic 1930
White Democratic 1930
Woodruff Democratic 1930
Yell Democratic 1930
Yell Democratic 1930

References[]

  1. ^ a b Staff of the United Press (January 13, 1931). "Assembly Sidelights". Fayetteville Daily Democrat. Vol. 37, no. 44. Fayetteville: Democrat Publishing Company. p. 4. OCLC 18126013 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  2. ^ Staff of the Fayetteville Daily Democrat (January 12, 1931). "Neale Speaker 48th General State Assembly". Fayetteville Daily Democrat. Vol. 37, no. 43. Fayetteville: Democrat Publishing Company. p. 1. OCLC 18126013 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
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