List of governors of Arkansas

Governor of Arkansas
Seal of Arkansas
Flag of Arkansas
since January 10, 2023 (2023-01-10)
Government of Arkansas
Style
StatusHead of government
ResidenceArkansas Governor's Mansion
SeatState Capitol, Little Rock, Arkansas
Term length
  • Four years, renewable once
Constituting instrument
Constitution of Arkansas
PrecursorGovernor of Arkansas Territory
Inaugural holderJames Sevier Conway
FormationSeptember 13, 1836
(190 years ago) (1836-09-13)
SuccessionLine of succession
DeputyLieutenant Governor of Arkansas
Salary$158,739 (2022)
Websitegovernor.arkansas.gov

The governor of Arkansas is the head of government of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The governor is the head of the executive branch of the Arkansas government and is charged with enforcing state laws. They have the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Arkansas General Assembly, to convene the legislature, and to grant pardons, except in cases of treason and impeachment.

The state has had 46 elected governors, as well as 11 acting governors who assumed powers and duties following the resignation or death of the governor. Before becoming a state, Arkansas Territory had four governors appointed to it by the president of the United States. Orval Faubus (1955–1967) served the longest term as governor, being elected six times to serve 12 years. Bill Clinton (1979–1981; 1983–1992), elected five times over two distinct terms, fell only one month short of 12 years, and Mike Huckabee (1996–2007) served 10 years for two full four-year terms. The shortest term for an elected governor was the 38 days served by John S. Little before his nervous breakdown; one of the acting successors to his term, Jesse M. Martin, took office only three days before the end of the term, the shortest term overall.

The current governor of Arkansas is Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who was sworn in on January 10, 2023.

List of governors

Arkansas Territory

Arkansaw Territory (renamed Arkansas Territory around 1822) was split from Missouri Territory on July 4, 1819. As territorial secretary from 1819 to 1829, Robert Crittenden served as acting governor whenever the appointed governor was not in the state. This meant that Crittenden was the first person to perform the duties of governor, since James Miller did not arrive in the territory until nine months after his appointment.

Governors of the Territory of Arkansas
No. Governor Term in office Appointed by
1 James Miller
(1776–1851)
 March 3, 1819
–
December 27, 1824
(2127 days; resigned)		 James Monroe
2 George Izard
(1776–1828)
 March 3, 1825
–
November 22, 1828
(1361 days; died in office)		 James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
3 John Pope
(1770–1845)
 March 9, 1829
–
March 9, 1835
(2192 days; replaced)		 Andrew Jackson
4 William S. Fulton
(1795–1844)
 March 9, 1835
–
September 13, 1836
(555 days; statehood)		 Andrew Jackson

State of Arkansas

Arkansas was admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836. The state seceded on May 6, 1861, and was admitted to the Confederacy on May 21, 1861. When Little Rock, the state capital, was captured on September 10, 1863, the state government relocated to Washington, Arkansas, and a Union government was installed in its place, causing an overlap in the terms of Confederate governor Harris Flanagin and Union governor Isaac Murphy. During the post-war Reconstruction period, it was part of the Fourth Military District. Arkansas was readmitted to the Union on June 22, 1868.

The Arkansas Constitution of 1836 established four-year terms for governors, which was lowered to two years in the 1874, and current, constitution. An amendment in 1984 increased the terms of both governor and lieutenant governor to four years. Governors were originally limited only to serving no more than eight out of every twelve years, but the 1874 constitution removed any term limit. A referendum in 1992 limited governors to two terms.

Until 1864, the constitutions provided that, should the office of governor be rendered vacant, the president of the senate would serve as acting governor until such time as a new governor was elected or the disability removed, or the acting governor's senate term expired. This led to some situations where the governorship changed hands in quick succession, due to senate terms ending or new senate presidents being elected. For example, after John S. Little resigned in 1907, three senate presidents acted as governors before the next elected governor took office.

The 1864 constitution created the office of lieutenant governor who would serve as acting governor in case of vacancy. The 1874 constitution removed the position and returned to the original line of succession. An amendment to the constitution, passed in 1914 but not recognized until 1925, recreated the office of lieutenant governor, who becomes governor in case of vacancy of the governor's office. The governor and the lieutenant governor are not officially elected on the same ticket.

Arkansas was a strongly Democratic state before the Civil War, electing only candidates from the Democratic party. It elected three Republican governors following Reconstruction, but after the Democratic Party re-established control, 92 years passed before voters chose another Republican.

Governors of the State of Arkansas
No. Governor Term in office Party Election Lt. Governor
1 James Sevier Conway
(1796–1855)
 September 13, 1836
–
November 4, 1840
(1514 days; retired)		 Democratic 1836 Office did not exist
2 Archibald Yell
(1797–1847)
 November 4, 1840
–
April 29, 1844
(1273 days; resigned)		 Democratic 1840
— Samuel Adams
(1805–1850)
 April 29, 1844
–
November 9, 1844
(195 days; retired)		 Democratic President of
the Senate
acting
3 Thomas S. Drew
(1802–1879)
 November 9, 1844
–
January 10, 1849
(1524 days; resigned)		 Democratic 1844
1848
— Richard C. Byrd
(1805–1854)
 January 10, 1849
–
April 19, 1849
(100 days; retired)		 Democratic President of
the Senate
acting
4 John Selden Roane
(1817–1867)
 April 19, 1849
–
November 15, 1852
(1307 days; retired)		 Democratic 1849
(special)
5 Elias Nelson Conway
(1812–1892)
 November 15, 1852
–
November 15, 1860
(2923 days; term-limited)		 Democratic 1852
1856
6 Henry Rector
(1816–1899)
 November 15, 1860
–
November 3, 1862
(719 days; resigned)		 Independent
Democratic		 1860
— Thomas Fletcher
(1817–1880)
 November 3, 1862
–
November 15, 1862
(13 days; retired)		 Democratic President of
the Senate
acting
7 Harris Flanagin
(1817–1874)
 November 15, 1862
–
June 1, 1865
(930 days; government-in-exile
disestablished)		 Independent 1862
8 Isaac Murphy
(d. 1882)
 January 20, 1864
–
July 2, 1868
(1626 days; retired)		 Independent Provisional
governor
appointed by
constitutional
convention
1864 Calvin C. Bliss
9 Powell Clayton
(1833–1914)
 July 2, 1868
–
March 17, 1871
(989 days; resigned)		 Republican 1868 James M. Johnson
(resigned March 14, 1871)
Vacant
— Ozra Amander Hadley
(1826–1915)
 March 17, 1871
–
January 6, 1873
(662 days, retired)		 Republican President of
the Senate
acting
10 Elisha Baxter
(1827–1899)
 January 6, 1873
–
November 12, 1874
(676 days; retired)		 Republican 1872 Volney V. Smith
11 Augustus H. Garland
(1832–1899)
 November 12, 1874
–
January 11, 1877
(792 days; retired)		 Democratic 1874 Office did not exist
12 William Read Miller
(1823–1887)
 January 11, 1877
–
January 13, 1881
(1464 days;
lost nomination)		 Democratic 1876
1878
13 Thomas James Churchill
(1824–1905)
 January 13, 1881
–
January 13, 1883
(731 days; retired)		 Democratic 1880
14 James H. Berry
(1841–1913)
 January 13, 1883
–
January 15, 1885
(734 days; retired)		 Democratic 1882
15 Simon P. Hughes Jr.
(1830–1906)
 January 15, 1885
–
January 17, 1889
(1464 days;
lost nomination)		 Democratic 1884
1886
16 James Philip Eagle
(1837–1904)
 January 17, 1889
–
January 14, 1893
(1459 days; retired)		 Democratic 1888
1890
17 William Meade Fishback
(1831–1903)
 January 14, 1893
–
January 18, 1895
(735 days; retired)		 Democratic 1892
18 James P. Clarke
(1854–1916)
 January 18, 1895
–
January 18, 1897
(732 days; retired)		 Democratic 1894
19 Daniel Webster Jones
(1839–1918)
 January 18, 1897
–
January 18, 1901
(1461 days; retired)		 Democratic 1896
1898
20 Jeff Davis
(1862–1913)
 January 18, 1901
–
January 18, 1907
(2192 days; retired)		 Democratic 1900
1902
1904
21 John S. Little
(1851–1916)
 January 18, 1907
–
February 11, 1907
(25 days; resigned)		 Democratic 1906
— John Isaac Moore
(1856–1937)
 February 11, 1907
–
May 14, 1907
(93 days;
legislature adjourned)		 Democratic President of
the Senate
acting
— Xenophon Overton Pindall
(1873–1935)
 May 14, 1907
–
January 11, 1909
(609 days;
senate term expired)		 Democratic President of
the Senate
acting
— Jesse M. Martin
(1877–1915)		 January 11, 1909
–
January 14, 1909
(4 days; retired)		 Democratic President of
the Senate
acting
22 George Washington Donaghey
(1856–1937)
 January 14, 1909
–
January 16, 1913
(1464 days;
lost nomination)		 Democratic 1908
1910
23 Joseph T. Robinson
(1872–1937)
 January 16, 1913
–
March 8, 1913
(52 days; resigned)		 Democratic 1912
— William Kavanaugh Oldham
(1865–1938)
 March 8, 1913
–
March 13, 1913
(6 days; new president of
the senate elected)		 Democratic President of
the Senate
acting
— Junius Marion Futrell
(1870–1955)
 March 13, 1913
–
August 6, 1913
(147 days; retired)		 Democratic President of
the Senate
acting
24 George Washington Hays
(1863–1927)
 August 6, 1913
–
January 10, 1917
(1254 days; retired)		 Democratic 1913
(special)
1914
25 Charles Hillman Brough
(1876–1935)
 January 10, 1917
–
January 12, 1921
(1464 days; retired)		 Democratic 1916
1918
26 Thomas C. McRae
(1851–1929)
 January 12, 1921
–
January 14, 1925
(1464 days; retired)		 Democratic 1920
1922
27 Tom Terral
(1882–1946)
 January 14, 1925
–
January 11, 1927
(728 days;
lost nomination)		 Democratic 1924
28 John Ellis Martineau
(1873–1937)
 January 11, 1927
–
March 14, 1928
(429 days; resigned)		 Democratic 1926 Harvey Parnell
29 Harvey Parnell
(1880–1936)
 March 14, 1928
–
January 10, 1933
(1764 days; retired)		 Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor		 Vacant
1928 Lee Cazort
1930 Lawrence Elery Wilson
30 Junius Marion Futrell
(1870–1955)
 January 10, 1933
–
January 12, 1937
(1464 days; retired)		 Democratic 1932 Lee Cazort
1934
31 Carl E. Bailey
(1894–1948)
 January 12, 1937
–
January 14, 1941
(1464 days;
lost nomination)		 Democratic 1936 Robert L. Bailey
1938
32 Homer Martin Adkins
(1890–1964)
 January 14, 1941
–
January 9, 1945
(1457 days; retired)		 Democratic 1940
1942 James L. Shaver
33 Benjamin T. Laney
(1896–1977)
 January 9, 1945
–
January 11, 1949
(1464 days; retired)		 Democratic 1944
1946 Nathan Green Gordon
34 Sid McMath
(1912–2003)
 January 11, 1949
–
January 13, 1953
(1464 days;
lost nomination)		 Democratic 1948
1950
35 Francis Cherry
(1908–1965)
 January 13, 1953
–
January 11, 1955
(729 days;
lost nomination)		 Democratic 1952
36 Orval Faubus
(1910–1994)
 January 11, 1955
–
January 10, 1967
(4383 days; retired)		 Democratic 1954
1956
1958
1960
1962
1964
37 Winthrop Rockefeller
(1912–1973)
 January 10, 1967
–
January 12, 1971
(1464 days; lost election)		 Republican 1966 Maurice Britt
1968
38 Dale Bumpers
(1925–2016)
 January 12, 1971
–
January 3, 1975
(1453 days; resigned)		 Democratic 1970 Bob C. Riley
1972
— Bob C. Riley
(1924–1994)
 January 3, 1975
–
January 14, 1975
(12 days; retired)		 Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor		 Vacant
39 David Pryor
(1934–2024)
 January 14, 1975
–
January 3, 1979
(1451 days; resigned)		 Democratic 1974 Joe Purcell
1976
— Joe Purcell
(1923–1987)
 January 3, 1979
–
January 9, 1979
(7 days; retired)		 Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor		 Vacant
40 Bill Clinton
(b. 1946)
 January 9, 1979
–
January 13, 1981
(736 days; lost election)		 Democratic 1978 Joe Purcell
41 Frank D. White
(1933–2003)
 January 13, 1981
–
January 11, 1983
(729 days; lost election)		 Republican 1980 Winston Bryant
42 Bill Clinton
(b. 1946)
 January 11, 1983
–
December 12, 1992
(3624 days; resigned)		 Democratic 1982
1984
1986
1990 Jim Guy Tucker
43 Jim Guy Tucker
(1943–2025)
 December 12, 1992
–
July 15, 1996
(1312 days; resigned)		 Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor		 Vacant
Mike Huckabee
(elected November 20, 1993)
1994
44 Mike Huckabee
(b. 1955)
 July 15, 1996
–
January 9, 2007
(3831 days; term-limited)		 Republican Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor		 Vacant
Winthrop Paul Rockefeller
(elected November 19, 1996)
(died July 16, 2006)
1998
2002
Vacant
45 Mike Beebe
(b. 1946)
 January 9, 2007
–
January 13, 2015
(2927 days; term-limited)		 Democratic 2006 Bill Halter
2010 Mark Darr
(resigned February 1, 2014)
Vacant
46 Asa Hutchinson
(b. 1950)
 January 13, 2015
–
January 10, 2023
(2920 days; term-limited)		 Republican 2014 Tim Griffin
2018
47 Sarah Huckabee Sanders
(b. 1982)
 January 10, 2023
–
Incumbent
(in office 1401 days)		 Republican 2022 Leslie Rutledge
2026

Timeline

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The range given is from the date the governor was confirmed by the Senate, or appointed by the President during a Senate recess, to the date the governor's successor was confirmed, unless noted.
  2. ↑ Miller was nominated, and confirmed by the Senate, on March 3, 1819. However, to avoid the hot southern summer, he delayed his departure from New Hampshire until September, and took an indirect route, finally arriving in the territory on December 26. Robert Crittenden, secretary of the territory, served as acting governor while Miller was delayed. Miller was reconfirmed by the Senate on January 3, 1823.
  3. ↑ Miller resigned citing poor health; at the time of his resignation, he had been absent from the territory for 18 months.
  4. ↑ Izard was nominated on February 22, 1825, confirmed by the Senate on March 3, and took office on May 31. Until he arrived in the territory, Robert Crittenden, secretary of the territory, served as acting governor, though Crittenden himself was out of state when Izard arrived. Izard was reconfirmed by the Senate on January 9, 1828.
  5. ↑ By the time notice of Izard's death reached Washington, D.C., Andrew Jackson had been elected president, and the United States Senate refused to approve John Quincy Adams's choice for governor, Hutchins Gordon Burton, whom he had nominated on January 6, 1829. Pope was nominated, and confirmed by the Senate, on March 9, 1829, and took office on May 31. Pope was reconfirmed by the Senate on March 23, 1832.
  6. ↑ Fulton was nominated on February 2, 1835, and confirmed by the Senate on February 23, for a term to begin March 9. No contemporary reporting has been found as to when Fulton was sworn in, but one source refers to Pope saying his term would not end until March 28, and another notes Fulton's commission did not arrive until March 24, when he was out of state.
  7. ↑ Fulton served as governor until statehood, when he was elected to the United States Senate.
  8. ↑ According to the numbering generally used, acting governors are not numbered.
  9. ↑ The office of lieutenant governor was created in 1864 and abolished in 1874. It was recreated in 1914, and was not filled until 1927. The amendment to the constitution creating the office was narrowly voted in by the electorate in 1914. The Speaker of the House declared that the measure had lost, because even though it had received the majority of the votes cast for that particular ballot measure, winning 45,567 to 45,206, it had not received the majority of votes cast across the whole election, determined by looking at the question on the ballot with the highest total number of votes for or against. On that ballot, this figure was 135,517 votes, so it was ruled that at least 67,758 votes in favor would have been required for the measure to pass, essentially counting blank votes as votes against. In 1925, it was discovered that a 1910 law amended this requirement such that only a majority of the votes on the specific question was required. Therefore, the 1914 initiative was declared to be valid.
  10. ↑ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
  11. ↑ Yell resigned to run successfully for the United States House of Representatives.
  12. ↑ Adams was instead elected Treasurer of Arkansas.
  13. ↑ Drew resigned due to the low salary he received as governor.
  14. ↑ Roane was out of state enough in 1851 that John Robinson Hampton, president of the Senate, was sworn in as acting governor on June 25, 1851. However, Sobel states Hampton was acting governor in September 1851. No source has been found as to when Roane returned to active work.
  15. ↑ Roane was elected in a special election to fill the remainder of the term vacated by Thomas S. Drew's resignation.
  16. ↑ Conway was out of state in 1857, and president of the Senate John Robinson Hampton was sworn in as acting governor and served from April 21 to September 14.
  17. ↑ Under the 1836 constitution, governors were not eligible to serve more than eight years in any term of twelve years.
  18. ↑ Rector resigned two weeks before the end of his term, having lost reelection. Sources suggest he resigned because he was so badly defeated in the election, or because the new constitution would shorten his term.
  19. ↑ This term was shortened to two years due to the 1861 constitution moving the election schedule.
  20. ↑ Sobel's entry on Fletcher mixes information with a similarly named man who ran for governor twice; even contemporary sources would confuse the two.
  21. ↑ Governor-elect Flanagin was not sworn in until November 15, 1862; in the interim, Fletcher acted as governor. Fletcher is omitted from most lists of Arkansas governors.
  22. ↑ Some sources state Flanagin left office on April 18, 1864, but that was when Isaac Murphy was sworn in as governor by occupation authorities after winning the 1864 election. Following the evacuation of Little Rock on September 10, 1863, Flanagin was governor in exile at Washington, Arkansas. Flanagin's last official act as governor was to preside over the Arkansas State Military Board during its final meeting at Washington on June 1, 1865; six days after the Trans-Mississippi Department was surrendered to Union authorities at New Orleans.
  23. ↑ Flanagin evacuated Little Rock before it fell to Union forces on September 10, 1863, leading a government-in-exile at Washington, Arkansas, until the end of the Civil War. Isaac Murphy was sworn in as provisional governor by occupation authorities on January 20, 1864, and elected in his own right under Lincoln's "ten percent plan" (taking office on April 18, 1864), thus causing an overlap in terms.
  24. ↑ On March 14, 1864, a new state constitution was ratified by Union men of Arkansas under President Lincoln's "ten percent plan" in an election supervised by Union occupation authorities; however, it had no effect on Flanagin's government-in-exile at Washington.
  25. ↑ Murphy was chosen as provisional governor by the Unionist constitutional convention on January 20, 1864; he refused to exercise power until the constitution was ratified and he was elected by popular vote. He was formally inaugurated on April 18.
  26. ↑ Sources disagree on Murphy's party: the state says Independent, Sobel says Democratic, and Kallenbach says Union.
  27. 1 2 3 Clayton resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate. He had delayed his resignation to prevent Lieutenant Governor Johnson from succeeding him; party machinations led to Johnson's resignation and acceptance of the office of secretary of state, so that Hadley, as president pro tempore of the senate, could act as governor for the remainder of the term.
  28. ↑ Baxter was ousted by Joseph Brooks on April 15, 1874, triggering the Brooks–Baxter War. He was reinstated on May 19.
  29. ↑ Baxter received the Democratic nomination, but declined.
  30. ↑ First term under the 1874 constitution, which shortened terms to two years.
  31. ↑ Garland was instead elected to the United States Senate.
  32. ↑ Fishback was out of state for a period in 1893; during that time, Clay Sloan, president of the Senate, acted as governor.
  33. ↑ Fishback instead ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate.
  34. ↑ Clarke instead ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate.
  35. ↑ Jones instead ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate.
  36. ↑ Davis was instead elected to the United States Senate.
  37. ↑ Little resigned after suffering a nervous breakdown soon after taking office.
  38. 1 2 3 President of the Senate Moore acted as governor until the legislature adjourned, at which time a new president pro tempore of the Senate was chosen, Pindall, who acted as governor until his senate term expired. For the remaining three days of the gubernatorial term, Martin, the new president pro tempore of the Senate, acted as governor. Further complicating the situation, Pindall was out of state from May 9 to May 14, 1908, during which time Allen Hamiter, speaker of the House, served as acting governor.
  39. ↑ Robinson resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.
  40. 1 2 3 Oldham acted as governor for six days before a new president of the senate was elected. The new president, Futrell, acted as governor until Hays was elected in a special election to fill the remainder of the term. Conflict over whether or not Futrell could succeed Oldham as acting governor led to the Arkansas Supreme Court ruling that he could.
  41. ↑ Martineau resigned, having been confirmed to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
  42. ↑ Adkins instead ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate.
  43. ↑ Bumpers resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.
  44. ↑ Pryor resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.
  45. ↑ Represented the Democratic Party
  46. ↑ Clinton resigned, having been elected President of the United States.
  47. ↑ First term under a 1984 constitutional amendment, which lengthened terms to four years.
  48. ↑ Tucker resigned after being convicted of mail fraud in the Whitewater controversy;
  49. 1 2 Represented the Republican Party
  50. 1 2 3 Under a 1993 amendment to the constitution, governors may not serve more than two terms.
  51. ↑ Sanders' term will expire on January 12, 2027; she was elected to a second term on November 3, 2026.

References

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  2. ↑ Ark. Const., art. VI.
  3. ↑ 3 Stat. 493
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  8. ↑ United States Senate. Senate Executive Journal, 17th Cong., 2nd sess. p. 318 – via HathiTrust.
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  13. ↑ United States Senate. Senate Executive Journal, 18th Cong., 2nd sess. p. 426 – via HathiTrust.
  14. ↑ McMullin 1984, p. 60.
  15. ↑ United States Senate. Senate Executive Journal, 20th Cong., 1st sess. p. 591 – via HathiTrust.
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  17. ↑ Bender, Robert Patrick (November 2, 2023). "John Pope (1770–1845)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Archived from the original on August 8, 2026. Retrieved October 10, 2026.
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  19. ↑ United States Senate. Senate Executive Journal, 21st Cong., special sess. pp. 8–9 – via HathiTrust.
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  21. ↑ "none". Arkansas Gazette. June 3, 1829. p. 3. Archived from the original on September 25, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com. His Excellency John Pope, Governor of the Territory of Arkansas, arrived here on Sunday evening last, from Kentucky, and has entered on the discharge of the duties of his office.
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  36. 1 2 3 Thorpe 1909, p. 277, 1836 art. V, § 4.
  37. 1 2 Thorpe 1909, p. 341, 1874 art. VI, § 1.
  38. 1 2 Ark. Const., amend. 63.
  39. ↑ Ark. Const., amend. 73.
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  42. ↑ Thorpe 1909, p. 298, 1864 art. VI, § 19.
  43. ↑ Thorpe 1909, p. 298, 1864 art. VI, § 23.
  44. ↑ Thorpe 1909, p. 342, 1874 art. VI, § 12.
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