Arkansas: Asa Hutchinson joins list of Arkansans who vied for White House 

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – While a buzz accompanies Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s presidential aspirations, he is far from being the first Arkansan to run for president.

The Encyclopedia of Arkansas lists 15 people from the Natural State who have made the run for the highest office in the land. The list dates back to 1904 when George Edwin Taylor from Pulaski County ran as a member of the National Liberty Party, losing the election to Theodore Roosevelt.

Taylor was the first African American to run for the American presidency.

In 1924 Joseph Taylor Robinson from Lonoke County ran as a Democrat but lost in the convention process to nominee John...