Member | Party | Year | Cong ress | Electoral history | Location |
District created March 4, 1853 |
Edward A. Warren (Camden) | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | 33rd | Elected in 1853. Retired.[4] | |
Albert Rust (El Dorado) | Democratic | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | 34th | Elected in 1854. Lost renomination. |
Edward A. Warren (Camden) | Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | 35th | Elected in 1856. Retired.[4] |
Albert Rust (Little Rock) | Democratic | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | 36th | |
Vacant | March 4, 1861 – June 22, 1868 | 37th 38th 39th 40th | Civil War and Reconstruction |
James M. Hinds (Little Rock) | Republican | June 22, 1868 – October 22, 1868 | 40th | Elected in 1868 to finish term. Assassinated. |
Vacant | October 22, 1868 – January 13, 1869 | |
James T. Elliott (Camden) | Republican | January 13, 1869 – March 3, 1869 | Elected on an unknown date to finish Hinds's term. Seated January 13, 1869. Retired. |
Anthony A. C. Rogers (Pine Bluff) | Democratic | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 | 41st | Elected in 1868. Lost re-election. |
Oliver P. Snyder (Pine Bluff) | Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875 | 42nd 43rd | Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Lost renomination. |
William F. Slemons (Monticello) | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881 | 44th 45th 46th | Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Retired. |
James Kimbrough Jones (Washington) | Democratic | March 4, 1881 – February 19, 1885 | 47th 48th | Elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Resigned when elected U.S. Senator. |
Vacant | February 19, 1885 – March 3, 1885 | 48th | |
Clifton R. Breckinridge (Pine Bluff) | Democratic | March 4, 1885 – September 5, 1890 | 49th 50th 51st | Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Lost contested election. |
Vacant | September 5, 1890 – November 4, 1890 | 51st | |
Clifton R. Breckinridge (Pine Bluff) | Democratic | November 4, 1890 – August 14, 1894 | 51st 52nd 53rd | Elected after John M. Clayton was assassinated while 1888 contest was pending. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Russia. |
Vacant | August 14, 1894 – December 3, 1894 | 53rd | |
John Sebastian Little (Greenwood) | Democratic | December 3, 1894 – March 3, 1903 | 53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th | Elected to finish Breckinridge's term. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 4th district. |
Stephen Brundidge Jr. (Searcy) | Democratic | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1909 | 58th 59th 60th | Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Retired to run for governor. |
William Allan Oldfield (Batesville) | Democratic | March 4, 1909 – November 19, 1928 | 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th | Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Died. |
Vacant | November 19, 1928 – January 9, 1929 | 70th | |
Pearl Peden Oldfield (Batesville) | Democratic | January 9, 1929 – March 3, 1931 | 70th 71st | Elected to finish her husband's term. Retired. |
John E. Miller (Searcy) | Democratic | March 4, 1931 – November 14, 1937 | 72nd 73rd 74th 75th | Elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Resigned when elected U.S. Senator. |
Vacant | November 14, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | 75th | |
Wilbur Mills (Kensett) | Democratic | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1977 | 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th | Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-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. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Retired. |
Jim Guy Tucker (Little Rock) | Democratic | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 | 95th | Elected in 1976. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
Ed Bethune (Searcy) | Republican | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1985 | 96th 97th 98th | Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Retired to run for the U.S. Senate. |
Tommy F. Robinson (Jacksonville) | Democratic | January 3, 1985 – July 28, 1989 | 99th 100th 101st | Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Changed parties. Retired to run for Governor of Arkansas. |
Republican | July 28, 1989 – January 3, 1991 |
Ray Thornton (Little Rock) | Democratic | January 3, 1991 – January 1, 1997 | 102nd 103rd 104th | Elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Resigned to become Associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court. |
1993–2003 [data missing] |
Vacant | January 1, 1997 – January 3, 1997 | 104th | |
Vic Snyder (Little Rock) | Democratic | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2011 | 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th | Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Retired. |
2003–2013 |
Tim Griffin (Little Rock) | Republican | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015 | 112th 113th | Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas. |
2013–2023 |
French Hill (Little Rock) | Republican | January 3, 2015 – present | 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th | Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022 |
2023–present |