Posts tagged “Kids In The House”

The first African-Americans to serve in the Arkansas House of Representatives were William H. Grey, James T. White, Anderson Louis Rush, Richard R. Samuels, James W. Mason, & Monroe E. Hawkins.A recent article from the Arkansas Historical Quarterly describes the dynamic at both the federal and state level when the men were sworn into office […]

Arkansas is approaching the centennial of a historic vote in the House chamber.  On July 28, 1919, then Governor Charles Brough called a special session for the purpose of ratifying the Nineteenth Amendment.The House Journal records a letter Brough sent to our chamber 100 years ago.In it he states, “Eleven states have already ratified and, […]