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Arkansas
Women in Elective Office - Historical Summary

U.S. Congress  
   Blanche Lincoln (D)
Hattie Wyatt Caraway (D)
 U.S. Senator
U.S. Senator		 1999 - present
1931-45
     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.
  Blanche Lincoln (D)
Catherine D. Norrell (D)		 U.S. Representative
U.S. Representative		 1993-97
1961-63
     Norrell won a special election to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband.
  Effiegene Locke Wingo (D) U.S. Representative 1930-33
     Wingo simultaneously won a special election to complete the unexpired term caused by the death of her husband and a regular election.
  Pearl Peden Oldfield (D) U.S. Representative 1929-1931
     Oldfield won a special election to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband.
 
Statewide Elective Executives
  Martha Shoffner (D)
Sharon Priest (D)
 Jimmie Lou Fisher (D)
Julia Hughes Jones (R)		 State Treasurer
Secretary of State
State Treasurer
State Auditor 		2007-present
1995-2003
1981-2003
1981-1995
    Jones was a Democrat; she switched parties in October 1993.
  Mary Stallcup (D)  Attorney General  1991
     Stallcup was appointed to fill a vacancy for a very brief time.
  Nancy Johnson Hall (D)
Nancy Johnson Hall (D)
 State Treasurer
Secretary of State
 1963-1980
1961-62
     Hall was appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband.
 
State Legislature
   
  
  
  
State
  
  
Senate
Total
Wom./
Total
  
  
House
Total
Wom./
Total
Total
Wom./
Total
  
%
Total
Year 
 Rank 
  D  
  R 
  Senate  
   D  
  R  
  House  
  Legis.  
 Wom. 
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
-
-
-
1/
NA
-
-
2/
NA
3/
NA
-
1975
-
-
-
0/
NA
-
-
3/
NA
3/
NA
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