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Arkansas's 4th congressional district

52 members have held this seat since Dec 6, 1875. Now: Bruce Westerman R.

Holders
52
47 D · 5 R
Longest tenure
12 years
Bruce Westerman
Current
12 years
Bruce Westerman, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/ar-4Every holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020Thomas Montague Gunter · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratThomas Montague Gunter · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratThomas Montague Gunter · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratThomas Montague Gunter · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratSamuel West Peel · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJohn Henry Rogers · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratJohn Henry Rogers · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratJohn Henry Rogers · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Leake Terry · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Leake Terry · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Leake Terry · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Leake Terry · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Leake Terry · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratCharles Chester Reid · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratJohn Sebastian Little · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratJohn Sebastian Little · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Ben Cravens · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Ben Cravens · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Ben Cravens · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratOtis Theodore Wingo · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratOtis Theodore Wingo · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratOtis Theodore Wingo · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratOtis Theodore Wingo · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratOtis Theodore Wingo · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratOtis Theodore Wingo · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratOtis Theodore Wingo · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratOtis Theodore Wingo · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratOtis Theodore Wingo · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratEffiegene Locke Wingo · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Ben Cravens · 1933-03-09 – 1941-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Fadjo Cravens · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · DemocratOren Harris · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratOren Harris · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratOren Harris · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratDavid Hampton Pryor · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratDavid Hampton Pryor · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratRaymond Hoyt Thornton Jr. · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratBeryl Franklin Anthony Jr. · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratBeryl Franklin Anthony Jr. · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratJay Dickey · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanJay Dickey · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanJay Dickey · 1999-01-06 – 2001-01-04 · RepublicanMike Ross · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratMike Ross · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · DemocratBruce Westerman · 2015-01-06 – present · RepublicanEffiegene Locke Wingo · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Fadjo Cravens · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratBoyd Anderson Tackett · 1949-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratDavid Hampton Pryor · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratRaymond Hoyt Thornton Jr. · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratMike Ross · 2001-01-03 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratTom Cotton · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · Republican
Bruce Westerman R
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Tom Cotton R
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Mike Ross D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
Mike Ross D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Mike Ross D
Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 4, 2003 · 2 years
Jay Dickey R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2001 · 2 years
Jay Dickey R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Jay Dickey R
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Raymond Hoyt Thornton Jr. D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Raymond Hoyt Thornton Jr. D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
David Hampton Pryor D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
David Hampton Pryor D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
David Hampton Pryor D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Oren Harris D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Oren Harris D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Oren Harris D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Boyd Anderson Tackett D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1953 · 4 years
William Fadjo Cravens D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
William Fadjo Cravens D
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
William Ben Cravens D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1941 · 7.8 years
Effiegene Locke Wingo D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Otis Theodore Wingo D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Effiegene Locke Wingo D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Otis Theodore Wingo D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Otis Theodore Wingo D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Otis Theodore Wingo D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Otis Theodore Wingo D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Otis Theodore Wingo D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Otis Theodore Wingo D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Otis Theodore Wingo D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Otis Theodore Wingo D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
William Ben Cravens D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William Ben Cravens D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
William Ben Cravens D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
John Sebastian Little D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
John Sebastian Little D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Charles Chester Reid D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
William Leake Terry D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
William Leake Terry D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
William Leake Terry D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
William Leake Terry D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
William Leake Terry D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
John Henry Rogers D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
John Henry Rogers D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
John Henry Rogers D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Samuel West Peel D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Thomas Montague Gunter D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Thomas Montague Gunter D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Thomas Montague Gunter D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Thomas Montague Gunter D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.