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Cabinet officer in the government of the U.S. state of Arkansas From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The secretary of state of Arkansas is one of the elected constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Arkansas.
Secretary of State of Arkansas | |
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Style | Mr. Secretary (informal) The Honorable (formal) |
Seat | State Capitol, Little Rock, Arkansas |
Term length | Four years, renewable once (Seventy-third Amendment to the Arkansas Constitution of 1874) |
Constituting instrument | Arkansas Constitution of 1836 |
Precursor | Secretary of Arkansas Territory |
Formation | September 16, 1836 |
First holder | Robert A. Watkins |
Salary | $54,305[1] |
Website | sos |
The current secretary of state is Republican John Thurston, former Arkansas land commissioner from Pulaski County in central Arkansas.
The secretary of state's office is composed of seven divisions:
The secretary of state also publishes the state's administrative regulations and the state gazette, the Arkansas Register.[2]
Democrats were elected exclusively to the office of secretary of state from the later Reconstruction era until the retirement of Charlie Daniels to run for State Auditor in 2010, when the first modern-day Republican to hold the office, Mark Martin, was elected. Secretaries of state during the statehood of Arkansas include:[3]
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