C. W. Tankersley

Charles W. Tankersley was a state legislator in Arkansas. He served as Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives.^[1] He was re-elected to the position in the 19th Legislature.^[2][3]

While speaker he was put in charge of the state penitentiary until a leader was elected.^[4]

In closing a session of the assembly he expressed regret over "political vicissitudes" and hoped that "much that has been done will sleep among the things of the past, to be resurrected nevermore."^[5]

An 1872 land record exists in his name.^[6]

James H. Berry replaced him as Speaker Pro Tempore during a special session called by governor Elisha Baxter during the Brooks Baxter War in 1874 and the following session when Tankersley refused to attend.^[7]

References

1. "Speaker Archive - Arkansas House of Representatives". www.arkansashouse.org.
2. Herndon, Dallas Tabor (December 8, 1922). "Centennial History of Arkansas". S. J. Clarke publishing Company – via Google Books.
3. Daniels, Charlie (July 1, 2009). The Historical Report of the Arkansas Secretary of State 2008. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 978-0-615-23214-0 – via Google Books.
4. Mancini, Matthew J. (October 19, 2022). One Dies, Get Another: Convict Leasing in the American South, 1866-1928. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-64336-410-0 – via Google Books.
5. Harrison, Victoria L. (October 22, 2018). Fight Like a Tiger: Conway Barbour and the Challenges of the Black Middle Class in Nineteenth-Century America. SIU Press. ISBN 978-0-8093-3677-7 – via Google Books.
6. "Tankersley, Charles W." Arkansas State Land Records S-T. September 9, 1872.
7. Herndon, Dallas Tabor (December 8, 1922). "Centennial History of Arkansas". S. J. Clarke publishing Company – via Google Books.