Government
The State Capitol of Arkansas is in Little Rock, the capital since 1821.Arkansas is governed under a constitution adopted in 1874, its fifth. The General Assembly consists of a Senate of 35 members, elected to four-year terms, and a House of Representatives of 100 members, elected for two years. The Assembly meets in odd-numbered years.
The executive officers, elected for four-year terms, include the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, auditor, attorney general, and land commissioner. Judicial power is vested in a supreme court of seven justices, a court of appeals, and in district, circuit, and other lower courts. All judges are elected.
Arkansas is divided into 75 counties. It sends two senators and four representatives to the U.S. Congress.
