Arkansas's 5th congressional district
Arkansas's 5th congressional district was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in Arkansas from 1885 to 1963.
List of members representing the district[]
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history |
---|---|---|---|---|
District created on March 4, 1885 | ||||
![]() Samuel W. Peel |
Democratic | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1893 |
49th 50th 51st 52nd |
Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Lost renomination. |
![]() Hugh A. Dinsmore |
Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1903 |
53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th |
Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 3rd district. |
![]() Charles C. Reid |
Democratic | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911 |
58th 59th 60th 61st |
Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Retired. |
![]() Henderson M. Jacoway |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1923 |
62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th |
Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Retired. |
Heartsill Ragon | Democratic | March 4, 1923 – June 16, 1933 |
68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd |
Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Resigned to become judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western district of Arkansas. |
Vacant | June 16, 1933 – December 19, 1933 |
73rd | ||
David D. Terry | Democratic | December 19, 1933 – January 3, 1943 |
73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th |
Elected to finish Ragon's term. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
![]() Brooks Hays |
Democratic | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1959 |
78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th |
Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Lost re-election. |
![]() Dale Alford |
Democratic | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963 |
86th 87th |
Elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Retired to run for Governor of Arkansas. |
District eliminated | January 3, 1963 |
References[]
- Election Statistics 1920-present Clerk of the House of Representatives
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
Categories:
- Obsolete United States congressional districts
- Congressional districts of Arkansas
- 1885 establishments in Arkansas
- 1963 disestablishments in Arkansas
- United States Congress stubs