- Arkansas Delegation
Arkansas Delegation
This is one of the 50 delegations in the convention, accounting for 14 of 713 people who took part.
Members (14):
| Name | Visualize | Details | Delegations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Boles | Visualize | "(July 16, 1837 -- March 13, 1905) Thomas Boles was a(n) sheriff, teacher, clerk, lawyer, soldier, judge, public servant, receiver of land, U.S. Marshall, and American politician. Boles was born in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas. Thomas was a Sheriff of Yell County (1858), served as a captain in the Civil War in Company E, Third Regiment, Arkansas Volunteer Calvary, was a school director and alderman, was appointed receiver of the land office at Dardanelle by President Hayes (February 1878), served as a United States marshal for the western district of Arkansas (1881 - 1889), and was a delegate to every Republican State convention from the organization of the party until his death. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1860. He was a deputy clerk of the circuit court of Yell County (1859 and 1860) clerk of the United States Circuit Court for the 8th Judicial Circuit (September 1897 - 1905), and judge of the 4th judicial circuit from 1865 to April 20, 1868. Boles was elected as a Republican to the 40th and 41st Congress (June 22, 1868 - March 3, 1871) and contested the election of John Edwards to the 42nd Congress (February 9, 1872 - March 3, 1873). Boles was not reelected in 1872. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=B000603]" | Arkansas Delegation (United States Fifteenth Amendment) , Arkansas Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Powell Clayton | Visualize | (August 7, 1833 — August 25, 1914) Clayton was an American politician, civil engineer, and ambassador to Mexico. Powell Clayton was born in Delaware County, Pennsylvania and moved to Arkansas after the Civil War. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Before being elected to the United States Senate, Clayton served as Governor of Arkansas. He was elected to Congress as a Republican to the Forty-Second, Forty-Third, and Forty-Fourth Congresses from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1877. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/C000498] | Arkansas Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Stephen W. Dorsey | Visualize | (February 28, 1842 — March 20, 1916) Dorsey was a public servant and businessman. Stephen Dorsey was born in Rutland County, Vermont. Prior to the Civil War, Dorsey moved to Ohio where he served as President of the Sandusky Tool Company. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army, and relocated to Arkansas. He served on many committees including the Committee on the District of Columbia and the Republican National Committee. He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-Third Congress, and served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1879. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/D000441] | Arkansas Delegation (This negotiation) |
| John Edwards | Visualize | (October 24, 1805 — April 8, 1894) Edwards was a lawyer and American politician. John Edwards was born in Jefferson County, Kentucky and moved to Indiana after studying law and passing the bar. In his life, Edwards lived in Indiana, California, Iowa, and Arkansas. He served in many public offices in multiple states, including member of the Indiana State House of Representatives and Senate, member of the Iowa constitutional convention, member of the Iowa State House of Representatives, and Alcalde in California. He was elected as a Liberal Republican to the Forty-Second Congress and served only one year before he was succeeded by Thomas Boles, who contested his election. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/E000072] | Arkansas Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Thomas M. Gunter | Visualize | (September 18, 1826 — January 12, 1904) Gunter was an American politician and lawyer. Thomas Gunter was born in Warren County, Tennessee and moved to Washington County, Arkansas after studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1853. During the Civil War, Gunter served in the Confederate Army. Before joining the Forty-Third Congress, he was the prosecuting attorney for the fourth judicial circuit. Gunter successfully contested the election of William Wilshire, and joined the Forty-Third Congress as a Democrat. He served in Congress from June 16, 1974 to March 3, 1883. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/G000527] | Arkansas Delegation (This negotiation) |
| James M. Hanks | Visualize | (February 12, 1833 — May 24, 1909) Hanks was a lawyer, judge, and he was engaged in agriculture. James Hanks was born in Phillips County, Arkansas and attended college in Indiana, Tennessee, and Kentucky. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1855. After serving as a judicial district judge from 1864-1868, he was elected to Congress as a Democrat to the Forty-Second Congress from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000157] | Arkansas Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Asa Hodges | Visualize | (January 22, 1822 — June 6, 1900) Hodges was a lawyer and public servant. Asa Hodges was born in Lawrence County, Alabama and moved to Marion, Arkansas. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1848, he practiced law in Alabama until 1860. He served in the State House of Representatives (1868) and State Senate (1870-1873) before being elected as a Republican to the Forty-Third Congress. He served in Congress from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000671] | Arkansas Delegation (This negotiation) |
| William J. Hynes | Visualize | (March 31, 1843 — April 2, 1915) Hynes was a lawyer, printer, and politician. William Hynes was born in Ireland and immigrated to the United States in 1854, where he settled in New York and Massachusetts. After studying law, he moved to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1870. He was elected as a Liberal Republican to the Forty-Third Congress from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875. He served only one term as a Representative in the United States House of Representatives. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H001027] | Arkansas Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Alexander McDonald | Visualize | "(April 10, 1832 -- December 13, 1903) Alexander McDonald was a(n) businessman, soldier, banker, public servant, developer and inspector of railroads, and American politician. McDonald was born in Haven, Clinton County, Pennsylvania and moved to Arkansas in 1863. Alexander served in the Union Army during the Civil war, was a member of the State constitutional convention, and was commissioned by President Arthur to examine the condition of two divisions of the Northern Pacific Railroad (1885). McDonald was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate (June 22, 1868 - March 3, 1871) and was not successful in reelection. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=M000408]" | Arkansas Delegation (United States Fifteenth Amendment) , Arkansas Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Benjamin F. Rice | Visualize | "(May 26, 1828 -- January 19, 1905) Benjamin Franklin Rice was a(n) lawyer, public servant, soldier, helped prepare code of practice for a State, and American politician. Rice was born in East Otto, Cattaraugus County, New York and moved to Kentucky, Minnesota, and then Little Rock, Arkansas. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. He was a member of the state house of representatives in Kentucky (1855-1856), presidential elector on the Republican ticket (1856), helped organize the Republican party in Arkansas, and was appointed chairman of the committee to prepare a code of practice (1868). Benjamin served in the Civil War in the Union Army as a captain and was promoted to judge advocate in the Minnesota Volunteers. Rice was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate (June 23, 1868 - March 3, 1873) and served as chairman on the Committee on Mines and Mining (42nd Congress). [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=R000195]" | Arkansas Delegation (United States Fifteenth Amendment) , Arkansas Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Anthony A. C. Rogers | Visualize | (February 14, 1821 — July 27, 1899) Rogers was a American politician and entrepreneur. Anthony Rogers was born in Sumner County, Tennessee and later moved to Arkansas in 1854. Prior to the Civil War, Rogers openly opposed secession and was later arrested for his loyalty to the Union, and charged with treason against the Confederate Government. He was first elected to the Thirty-Eighth Congress, but was refused his seat because Arkansas had not been readmitted to the Union. He was again elected as a Democrat to the Forty-First Congress from March 4, 1869. To March 3, 1871. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/R000388] | Arkansas Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Logan H. Roots | Visualize | "(March 26, 1841 -- May 30, 1893) Logan Holt Roots was a(n) recruiter, soldier, farmer, president of a bank, and American politician. Roots was born close to Tamaroa, Perry County, Illinois and moved to Arkansas. Roots assisted in recruiting the 81st Illinois Volunteers, served in the army until the end of the Civil war, and was president of the First National Bank of Little Rock, Arkansas. Logan was elected as a Republican to the 40th and 41st Congresses (June 22, 1868 - March 3, 1871), was not reelected in 1870. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=R000434]" | Arkansas Delegation (United States Fifteenth Amendment) , Arkansas Delegation (This negotiation) |
| Oliver P. Snyder | Visualize | (November 13, 1833 — November 22, 1882) Snyder was a lawyer, public servant, and was engaged in scientific and literary pursuits. Oliver Snyder was born in Missouri and later moved to Arkansas at the age of twenty. After being admitted to the bar, he practiced law in Arkansas while serving as a member of the State House of Representatives (1864-1865), and the State Senate (1868-1871). He was elected to the Forty-Second and Forty-Third Congresses as a Republican. He served in Congress from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1875. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000671] | Arkansas Delegation (This negotiation) |
| William W. Wilshire | Visualize | (September 8, 1830 — August 19, 1888) Wilshire was a coal miner, businessman, and lawyer. William Wilshire was born in Gallatin County, Illinois and moved to Arkansas after the Civil War. Prior to the war, he lived in California and was a gold miner. He served in the Union Army and commenced practicing law after the war. He was the Chief Justice on of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1868 to 1871. He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-Third Congress. Thomas Gunter, elected as a Democrat, successfully contested Wilshire’s election and succeeded him June 16, 1874. Wilshire served in Congress from March 4, 1873 to June 16, 1874. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/W000567] | Arkansas Delegation (This negotiation) |