Arkansas's 5th congressional district

Arkansas's 5th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created	1880
Eliminated	1960
Years active	1885-1963

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

References

• Election Statistics 1920-present Clerk of the House of Representatives
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present