Former congressional district
Arkansas's 5th congressional district was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in Arkansas from 1885 to 1963.
List of members representing the district
| Member
|
Party
|
Years
|
Cong
ress
|
Electoral history
|
| District created March 4, 1885
|
Samuel W. Peel
(Bentonville)
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1893
|
49th
50th
51st
52nd
|
Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Lost renomination.
|
Hugh A. Dinsmore
(Fayetteville)
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1903
|
53rd
54th
55th
56th
57th
|
Elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Redistricted to the 3rd district.
|
Charles C. Reid
(Morrilton)
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1911
|
58th
59th
60th
61st
|
Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Retired.
|
Henderson M. Jacoway
(Dardanelle)
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1923
|
62nd
63rd
64th
65th
66th
67th
|
Elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Retired.
|
Heartsill Ragon
(Clarksville)
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1923 –
June 16, 1933
|
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
|
Elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Resigned to become judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western district of Arkansas.
|
| Vacant
|
June 16, 1933 –
December 19, 1933
|
73rd
|
|
David D. Terry
(Little Rock)
|
Democratic
|
December 19, 1933 –
January 3, 1943
|
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
|
Elected to finish Ragon's term.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.
|
Brooks Hays
(Little Rock)
|
Democratic
|
January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1959
|
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
|
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.
Lost re-election.
|
Dale Alford
(Little Rock)
|
Democratic
|
January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1963
|
86th
87th
|
Elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Retired to run for Governor of Arkansas.
|
| District eliminated January 3, 1963
|
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