Capital: Little Rock

State Nickname: Land of Opportunity

State Bird: Mockingbird

State Flower: Apple Blossom

Admitted to the Union: June 15, 1836

September 13, 1836 to November 4, 1840:

James S. Conway

November 4, 1840 to April 29, 1844:

Archibald Yell

April 29, 1844 to November 5, 1849:

Samuel Adams

November 4, 1844 to January 10, 1849:

Thomas S. Drew

January 10, 1849 to April 19, 1849:

Richard C. Byrd

April 19, 1849 to November 15, 1852:

John S. Roane

November 15, 1852 to November 16, 1860:

Elais N. Conway

Novembner 16, 1860 to November 4, 1862:

Henry M. Rector

November 4, 1862 to November 15, 1862:

Thomas Fletcher

November 15, 1862 to April 18, 1864:

Harris Flannigan

April 18, 185=64 To July 2, 1868:

Issac Murphy

July 2, 1868 to March 17, 1871:

Powell Clayton

March 17, 1871 to January 6, 1873:

Ozra A. Hadley

January 6, 1873 to November 12, 1874:

Elisha Baxter

November 12, 1874 to January 11, 1877:

A. H. Garland

January 11, 1877 to January 13, 1881:

William R. Miller

January 13, 1881 to January 13, 1883:

Thomas J. Churchill

January 13, 1883 to January 17, 1885:

James H. Berry

January 17, 1885 to January 17, 1889:

Simon P. Hughes

January 17, 1889 to January 10, 1893:

James P. Eagle

January 10, 1893 to January 18, 1895:

William M. Fishback

January 18, 1895 to January 8, 1901:

James P. Clark

January 8, 1901 to January 8, 1907:

Daniel Webster Jones

January 8, 1907 to February 11, 1907:

John S. Little

February 11, 1907 to May 11, 1907:

John I. Moore

May 14, 1907 to January 11, 1909:

Xenophon O. Pindall

January 11, 1909 to January 13, 1913:

George W. Donaghey

January 13, 1913 to March 10, 1913:

Johseph T. Robinson

March 10, 1913 to March 13, 1913:

William K. Oldham

March 13, 1913 to July 23, 1913:

Junius M. Futrell

July 23, 1913 to January 9, 1917:

George W. Hayes

January 9, 1917 to January 11, 1921:

Charles H. Brough

January 11, 1921 to January 13, 1925:

Thomas C. McRae

January 13, 1925 to January 11, 1927:

Thomas J. Terrall

January 11, 1927 to March 4, 1928:

John E. Martineau

March 4, 1928 to January 10, 1933:

Harvey Parnell

January 10, 1933 to January 12, 1937:

Junius M. Futrell

January 12, 1937 to January 14, 1941:

Carl E. Bailey

January 14, 1941 to January 9, 1945:

Homer M. Adkins

January 9, 1945 to January 11, 1949:

Benjamin T. Laney

January 11, 1949 to January 11, 1953:

Sidney S. McMath

January 13, 1953 to January 11, 1955:

Frances A. Cherry

January 11, 1955 to January 10, 1967:

Orval E. Faubus

January 10, 1967 to January 12, 1971:

Winthrop Rockefeller

January 12, 1971 to January 3, 1975:

Dale Bumpers

January 3, 1975 to January 14, 1975:

Bob Riley

January 14, 1975 to January 3, 1979:

David Pryor

January 3, 1979 to January 9, 1979:

John Purcell

January 9, 1979 to January 19, 1981:

Bill Clinton

January 19, 1981 to January 11, 1983:

Frank D. White

January 11, 1983 to December 12, 1992:

Bill Clinton

December 12, 1992 to July 15, 1996:

Jim Guy Tucker

July 15, 1996 --

Mike Huckabee

Arkansas

Written by: Terry Rose and Gary Klaff

It's the spirit of the mountains and the spirit of the Delta
It's the spirit of the Capitol dome.
It's the spirit of the river and the spirit of the lakes,
It's the spirit that's in each and every home.
It's the spirit of the people and the spirit of the land,
It's the spirit of tomorrow and today.

1840: 30,388

1850: 209,897

1860: 435,450

1870: 484,471

1880: 802,525

1890: 1,128,179

1900: 1,311,564

1910: 1,574,449

1920: 1,752,204

1930: 1,854,482

1940: 1,949,387

1950: 1,909,511

1960: 1,786,272

1970: 1,923,322

1980: 2,286,435

1990: 2,350,725

2000: 2,673,398