- Richard C. Byrd
Infobox Governor
name = Richard C. Byrd
order = Acting
office = Governor of Arkansas
term_start = 1849
term_end = 1849
lieutenant =
predecessor = Thomas S.Drew
successor = John S. Roane
birth_date = 1805
birth_place =Hawkins County, Tennessee
death_date = death date|1854|6|1|mf=y
death_place =Jefferson County, Arkansas
party = Democrat
spouse =
profession =
religion =Richard C. Byrd (1805ndash
1 June 1854 ) was a Democratic Governor of the State ofArkansas .Richard C. Byrd was born in 1805 in
Hawkins County, Tennessee . Byrd was a merchant and farmer. He moved to Arkansas in 1826.Byrd became auditor for the Arkansas Territory and served in that position from 1829 to 1831. He served in the Territorial Legislature in 1833. He became a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1836 and served in the Arkansas Senate in 1840, 1842, 1846, and 1848. Byrd had an unsuccessful gubernatorial run in 1844.
When Governor
Thomas Stevenson Drew resigned from office in 1849, Byrd was president of the Senate and became acting governor. Byrd left the office on19 April 1849 and returned to his store inJefferson County, Arkansas .
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