James Sevier Conway (December 9, 1796 – March 3, 1855) was an American politician who served as the first governor of Arkansas from 1836 to 1840. James...

Hundley Sevier (November 4, 1801 – December 31, 1848) was an attorney, politician and planter from Arkansas. A member of the political Conway-Johnson...

Henry Wharton Conway, Ambrose Hundley Sevier, and Elias Nelson Conway; Conway's daughters, Nancy and Elizabeth, married Sevier's sons, James and John, Jr...

Nancy and Elizabeth, respectively. Henry Conway was the grandfather of Ambrose Sevier and James Sevier Conway, who was Arkansas's first governor. By the...

 63. "James Sevier Conway". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 1, 2023. William, C. Fred (June 24, 2022). "James Sevier Conway (1796–1855)"...

Democratic nominee James Sevier Conway defeated Whig nominee Absalom Fowler. On election day, 1 August 1836, Democratic nominee James Sevier Conway won the election...

gangster James Burke James F. Conway (born 1933), 41st Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri James Sevier Conway (1798–1855), first Governor of Arkansas Jim Conway (trade...

state park. The Conway-Johnson family dominated Arkansas politics from territorial days until the American Civil War. James Sevier Conway was the first...

Congresses, and James Sevier Conway, who became the first governor of Arkansas when it was admitted as a state in 1836. Another brother, William Conway, served...

Governor of Jersey from 1772 to 1795 James Sevier Conway (1798–1855), 1st Governor of Arkansas Thomas Conway (1735–1800), Governor of French colonies...

for Mary Conway, the then 17-year-old niece of James Sevier Conway, the Governor of Arkansas. Mary was the eldest daughter of Dr. John R. Conway, a prominent...

December 9 Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling, German botanist (d. 1875) James Sevier Conway, 1st governor of Arkansas (d. 1855) John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite...

the territory. He was a strong supporter and personal friend of President James K. Polk. Just prior to taking office in 1845, Polk sent Yell to Texas to...

Governor before election James Sevier Conway Democratic Elected Governor Archibald Yell Democratic...

Justice: Roger B. Taney (Maryland) Speaker of the House of Representatives: James K. Polk (D-Tennessee) Congress: 24th January 5 – Davy Crockett arrives in...

Justice: Roger B. Taney (Maryland) Speaker of the House of Representatives: James K. Polk (D-Tennessee) Congress: 25th January 6 – Samuel Morse first publicly...

camping Conway Cemetery Lafayette 11.5 acres (5 ha) 1986 None Historical state park with no recreational services located on James Sevier Conway's (the first...

Justice: Roger B. Taney (Maryland) Speaker of the House of Representatives: James K. Polk (D-Tennessee) Congress: 24th (until March 4), 25th (starting March...

Governor of Alabama: Arthur P. Bagby (Democratic) Governor of Arkansas: James Sevier Conway (Democratic) (until November 4), Archibald Yell (Democratic) (starting...

Justice: Roger B. Taney (Maryland) Speaker of the House of Representatives: James K. Polk (D-Tennessee) (until March 4) Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (W-Virginia)...

and an alliance with Robert Crittenden. His younger brothers James S. and Elias N. Conway also later became politicians in Arkansas after it became a state...

of the territory, since James Miller did not arrive in the territory until nine months after his appointment. President James Monroe appointed Miller...

Her burial place alongside her husband, the first state governor, James Sevier Conway, is on the old site of the Walnut Hill plantation, near the small...

response, the Patriot militias led by Benjamin Cleveland, James Johnston, William Campbell, John Sevier, Joseph McDowell, and Isaac Shelby rallied to attack...

James Paul Clarke (August 18, 1854 – October 1, 1916) was a lawyer and politician from the Arkansas Delta during the Progressive Era. He served in public...

daughter of United States Senator Ambrose H. Sevier, and became a planter. Appointed by President James Buchanan, he was a postmaster from September 1857...

Nation (now part of Oklahoma); rest of northern portion was dissolved into Sevier County in 1828. All of its southern portion was in Texas, and was nominally...

James Guy Tucker Jr. (born June 13, 1943) is an American former politician, businessman, and attorney who served as the 43rd governor of Arkansas from...

Nelson Conway won re-election against Know Nothing nominee James Yell. On election day, 4 August 1856, Democratic nominee Elias Nelson Conway won re-election...

James M. Hinds (December 5, 1833 – October 22, 1868) was the first U.S. Congressman assassinated in office. He served as member of the United States House...