Arkansas

U.S. Congress (Total Seats: 2 U.S. Senators, 4 U.S. Representatives)
Blanche Lincoln (D) U.S. Senator 1999-2010
Hattie Wyatt Caraway (D)1 U.S. Senator 1931-1944


Blanche Lincoln (D)

U.S. Representative

1993-1996
Catherine D. Norrell (D)2 U.S. Representative 1961-1962
Effiegene Locke Wingo (D)3 U.S. Representative 1930-1933
Pearl Peden Oldfield (D)4 U.S. Representative 1929-1931
  1. Caraway is the first woman to have chaired a standing committee in the Senate. She was initially appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband; her subsequent election made her the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
  2. Norrell won a special election to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband.
  3. Wingo simultaneously won a special election to complete the unexpired term caused by the death of her husband and a regular election.
  4. Oldfield won a special election to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband.
Statewide Elective Executives (Total Positions: 7)
Leslie Rutledge (R) Attorney General 2015-present
Andrea Lea (R) State Auditor 2015-present
Martha Shoffner (D) State Treasurer 2007-2013
Sharon Priest (D) Secretary of State 1995-2002
Mary Stallcup (D)2 Attorney General  1990-1991
Jimmie Lou Fisher (D) State Treasurer 1981-2002
Julia Hughes Jones (R)1 State Auditor 1981-1994
Jimmie Lou Fisher (D)4 State Auditor 1979-1980
Nancy Johnson Hall (D) State Treasurer 1963-1980
Nancy Johnson Hall (D)3 Secretary of State 1961-1962
  1. Jones was a Democrat; she switched parties in October 1993.
  2. Stallcup was appointed to fill a vacancy for a very brief time
  3. Hall was appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband.
  4. Fisher was appointed to fill a vacancy.
State Legislature
Year State
Rank		  

Senate		 Total
Women/
Total
Senate		  

House		 Total
Women/
Total
House		 Total
Women/
Total
Legis.		  
%
Total
Women
D R D R
2019 36 3 4 7/ 35 9 17 26/ 100 33/ 135 24.4
2018 40 3 5 8/ 35 3 15 18/ 100 26/ 135 19.3
2017 40 3 4 7/ 35 3 15 18/ 100 25/ 135 18.5
2016 36 3 4 7/ 35 6 14 20/ 100 27/ 135 20.0
2015 36 3 4 7/ 35 6 14 20/ 100 27/ 135 20.0
2014 42 3 3 6/ 35 7 10 17/ 100 23/ 135 17.0
2013 41 3 3 6/ 35 7 10 17/ 100 23/ 135 17.0
2012 31 5 3 8/ 35 11 11 22/ 100 30/ 135 22.2
2011 31 5 3 8/ 35 12 10 22/ 100 30/ 135 22.2
2010 28 4 2 6/ 35 16 9 25/ 100 31/ 135 23.0
2009 28 4 2 6/ 35 16 9 25/ 100 31/ 135 23.0
2008 29 4 2 6/ 35 18 4 22/ 100 28/ 135 20.7
2007 29 4 2 6/ 35 18 4 22/ 100 28/ 135 20.7
2006 39 4 2 6/ 35 13 4 17/ 100 23/ 135 17.0
2005 38 4 2 6/ 35 12 4 16/ 100 22/ 135 16.3
2004 41 5 2 7/ 35 9 6 15/ 100 22/ 135 16.3
2003 40 5 2 7/ 35 9 6 15/ 100 22/ 135 16.3
2002 45 2 2 4/ 35 10 4 16/ 100 18/ 135 13.3
2001 45 2 2 4/ 35 10 4 16/ 100 18/ 135 13.3
2000 43 0 2 2/ 35 15 4 19/ 100 21/ 135 15.6
1999 42 0 0 0/ 35 16 4 20/ 100 20/ 135 14.8
1998 35 0 1 1/ 35 20 2 22/ 100 23/ 135 17.0
1997 35 0 1 1/ 35 20 2 22/ 100 23/ 135 17.0
1996 43 0 1 1/ 35 14 2 16/ 100 17/ 135 12.6
1995 42 0 1 1/ 35 14 2 16/ 100 17/ 135 12.6
1994 45 1 0 1/ 35 11 3 14/ 100 15/ 135 11.1
1993 45 1 0 1/ 35 11 2 13/ 100 14/ 135 10.4
1992 46 1 0 1/ 35 7 2 9/ 100 10/ 135 7.4
1991 46 1 0 1/ 35 7 2 9/ 100 10/ 135 7.4
1990 45 2 0 2/ 35 7 1 8/ 100 10/ 135 7.4
1989 45 2 0 2/ 35 7 1 8/ 100 10/ 135 7.4
1988 46 1 0 1/ 35 7 1 8/ 100 9/ 135 6.7
1987 45 1 0 1/ 35 7 1 8/ 100 9/ 135 6.7
1986 42 1 0 1/ 35 8 1 9/ 100 10/ 135 7.4
1985 43 1 0 1/ 35 8 1 9/ 100 10/ 135 7.4
1984 47 1 0 1/ 35 4 2 6/ 100 7/ 135 5.2
1983 46 1 0 1/ 35 4 2 6/ 100 7/ 135 5.2
1981 48 1 0 1/ 35 2 2 4/ 100 5/ 135 3.7
1979 47 - - 1/ 35 - - 3/ 100 4/ 135 3.0
1977 47 - - 1/ 35 - - 2/ 100 3/ 135 2.2
1975 47 - - 0/ 35 - - 3/ 100 3/ 135 2.2