| Name | Political Party | Years Served |
| Conway, James Sevier | Democrat | 1836-1840 |
| Yell, Archibald | Democrat | 1840-1844 |
| Adams, Samuel | Democrat | 1844, acting |
| Drew, Thomas Stevenson | Democrat | 1844-1849 |
| Byrd, Richard C. | Democrat | 1849, acting |
| Roane, John Selden | Democrat | 1849-1852 |
| Conway, Elias Nelson | Democrat | 1852-1860 |
| Rector, Henry Massey | Democrat | 1860-1862 |
| Flanagin, Harris B. | Democrat | 1862-1864 |
| Murphy, Isaac B. | Unionist | 1864-1868 |
| Clayton, Powell | Republican | 1868-1871 |
| Hadley, Ozra Amander | Republican | 1871-1873, acting | Baxter, Elisha | Republican | 1873-1874 | Garland, Augustus Hill | Democrat | 1874-1877 | Miller, William Read | Democrat | 1877-1881 | Churchill, Thomas James | Democrat | 1881-1883 | Berry, James Henderson | Democrat | 1883-1885 | Hughes Jr., Simon Pollard | Democrat | 1885-1889 | Eagle, James Phillip | Democrat | 1889-1893 | Fishback, William Meade | Democrat | 1893-1895 | Clarke, James Paul | Democrat | 1895-1897 | Jones, Daniel Webster | Democrat | 1897-1901 | Davis, Jefferson | Democrat | 1901-1907 | Little, John Sebastian | Democrat | 1907, acting | Moore, John Isaac | Democrat | 1907, acting | Pindall, Xenophon Overton | Democrat | 1907-1909, acting | Martin, Jesse M. | Democrat | 1909, acting | Donaghey, George Washington | Democrat | 1909-1913 | Robinson, Joseph Taylor | Democrat | 1913 | Oldham, William Kavanaugh | Democrat | 1913, acting | Futrell, Junius Marion | Democrat | 1913, acting | Hays, George Washington | Democrat | 1913-1917 | Brough, Charles Hillman | Democrat | 1917-1921 | McRae, Thomas Chipman | Democrat | 1921-1925 | Terral, Tom Jefferson | Democrat | 1925-1927 | Martineau, John Ellis | Democrat | 1927-1928 | Parnell, Harvey | Democrat | 1928-1933 | Futrell, Junius Marion | Democrat | 1933-1937 | Bailey, Carl Edward | Democrat | 1937-1941 | Adkins, Homer Martin | Democrat | 1941-1945 | Laney, Benjamin Travis | Democrat | 1945-1949 | McMath, Sidney Sanders | Democrat | 1949-1953 | Cherry, Francis | Democrat | 1953-1955 | Faubus, Orval | Democrat | 1955-1967 | Rockefeller, Winthrop | Republican | 1967-1971 | Bumpers, Dale | Democrat | 1971-1975 | Riley, Bob Cawley | Democrat | 1975, acting | Pryor, David | Democrat | 1975-1979 | Purcell, Joe | Democrat | 1979, acting | Clinton, William Jefferson | Democrat | 1979-1981 | White, Frank Durward | Republican | 1981-1983 | Clinton, William Jefferson | Democrat | 1983-1992 | Tucker, Jim Guy | Democrat | 1992-1996 | Huckabee, Mike | Republican | 1996-2007 | Beebe, Mike | Democrat | 2007-present |