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 – 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 – 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 – 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.
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