Arkansas Governor
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The current governor is Mike Beebe, who took office on January 9, 2007.
History
The first Arkansas Constitution, ratified in 1836, established four-year terms for governors and the requirement that they be residents of the state for ten years. The fifth constitution in 1874, following the American Civil War and Reconstruction, limited the executive's power while increasing the legislative's, lowering gubernatorial terms to two years and changed the residency requirement to seven years. Amendment 63 to the Arkansas Constitution, passed in 1984, increased the terms of both governor and lieutenant governor to four years. A referendum in 1992 limited a governor to two consecutive four-year terms.
Contact information
State Capitol Room 250
Little Rock, AR 72201
501-682-2345
See also
- Mike Beebe
- Arkansas gubernatorial election, 2010
- Arkansas Lieutenant Governor
- Arkansas Attorney General
- Arkansas Secretary of State
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References
Portions of this article were adapted from Wikipedia.
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