The governor from January 3,1979 to January 9, 1979 was acting governor Joe Purcell (governor David Pryor had been elected US Senator from the state).
The elected governor from January 9, 1979 to January 19, 1981 was Bill Clinton who lost to Frank White in 1980 before serving another 3 terms as governor from January 11, 1983 to December 12, 1992 (when he resigned prior to taking office as the 42nd US President on January 20, 1993).
*Clinton served 2 two-year terms and almost all of 2 four-year terms. The term was changed back to four years by Amendment 63 in 1984.
He was state attorney general and governor of Arkansas.
Arkansas does not have a president, it has a governor. The governor is Mike Beebe.
He was the Governor of Arkansas.
Asa Hutchinson is the 46th and current Governor of Arkansas.
He was the Governor of Arkansas.
Bill Clinton was not the governor of Arkansas when Hillary Clinton passed the Arkansas bar exam. Both Bill Clinton and Hillary were teachers at a University in Arkansas before he became the Governor of Arkansas.
Jeff Davis - Arkansas governor - was born on 1862-05-06.
Jeff Davis - Arkansas governor - died on 1913-01-03.
An Arkansas Governor may serve no more than two four-year terms.
Bill Clinton was governor of Arkansas before he was elected president.
Asa Hutchinson is the 46th and current Governor of Arkansas. He was elected in 2014 and assumed office on January 13, 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party. The Governor in Arkansas serves a four year term with a two term limitation.
Mike Beebe