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Greenwood was founded in 1851 when its location was selected for the first county seat of Sebastian County. The town was named for Judge Alfred Burton Greenwood.Judge Greenwood had been elected the previous year to serve as Circuit Judge over ten Northwest Arkansas counties.
Alfred Burton Greenwood (July 11, 1811 – October 4, 1889) was an American attorney, judge, and a politician who served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1853 to 1859. When Arkansas seceded from the Union in the Civil War , he was elected to the Confederate Congress as a Democrat .
Leon Johnson (born James Leon Johnson on August 22, 1961) is a Judge of the Arkansas Circuit Courts. [1] He serves as the First Division Circuit Judge for the Sixth Judicial District, which is composed of Pulaski and Perry counties.
From 1819 to 1836, the highest court in the Arkansas Territory was the Superior Court, which consisted of presidentially-appointed judges who served four-year terms. The court was established with three judges, with a fourth added in 1828. [2] Below is a list of the judges that constituted that court: [3] [4]
Sebastian County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 127,799, [1] making it the fourth-most populous county in Arkansas. The county has two county seats, Greenwood and Fort Smith. [2] Sebastian County is part of the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Arkansas and Pulaski: Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), 3rd President of the United States: 63,661: 913.70 sq mi (2,366 km 2) Johnson County: 071: Clarksville: Nov 16, 1833: Pope County, and a small portion from Madison County (prior 1890) Benjamin Johnson (1784–1849), the first judge of the federal district court for Arkansas 26,129: 682.74 sq ...
Arkansas is temporarily blocked from enforcing a law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing “harmful” materials to minors, a federal judge ...
Resigned to become US District judge for the Eastern and Western District of Arkansas. Vacant: February 2, 1966 – November 8, 1966 89th: David Pryor : Democratic: November 8, 1966 – January 3, 1973 89th 90th 91st 92nd: Elected to finish Harris's term and begin own. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Retired to run for U.S. senator. Ray ...