Part 5

29. Harvey Parnell, 1928-1933

Planter, businessman, Democrat. Born in Dorsey (now Cleveland) County, Arkansas, 1880. Married Mabel Winston, 1902; two children.

Member, House of Representatives, Chicot County, 1919, 1921. State senator, 1923, 1925. Lieutenant governor, 1927-1928. Succeeded to governorship when John E. Martineau resigned, 1928; elected to full terms 1928, 1930. Died 1936.

30. J.M. Futrell, 1933-1937

Lawyer, Democrat. Born in Greene County, Arkansas, 1870. Attended Arkansas Industrial University. Married Tera A. Smith, 1893; six children.

Member, House of Representatives, Greene County, 1897, 1901, 1903. Circuit clerk, Greene County, 1907-1911. State senator, 1913, 1915. Acting governor, March-July 1913. Circuit judge, 1921. Chancellor, 1923-1932. Governor, 1933-1937. Died 1955.

31. Carl E. Bailey, 1937-1941

Lawyer, Democrat. Born in Missouri, 1894. Attended business college in Chillicothe, Missouri. Married Margaret Bristol, 1915; six children. Married Marjorie Compton, 1943.

Prosecuting attorney, 1931-1935. Attorney general, 1935-1937. Governor, 1937-1941. Died 1948.

32. Homer M. Adkins, 1941-1945

Pharmacist, businessman, Democrat. Born near Jacksonville, Arkansas, 1890. Attended Draughon's Business College of Pharmacy. Captain, United States Army, First World War. Married Estelle Smith, 1921.

Sheriff, Pulaski County, 1923-1927. United States collector of internal revenue for Arkansas, 1933-1940. Governor, 1941-1945. Administrator, Employment Security Division, 1949-1952. Died 1964.

33. Ben T. Laney, 1945-1949

Businessman, Democrat. Born in Ouachita County, near Smackover, Arkansas, 1896. Served in United States Navy, First World War. A.B., State Normal School (now State College), Conway, 1924. Graduate study, University of Utah.

Married Lucille Kirtley, 1926; three children. Mayor of Camden, 1935-1939. Governor, 1945-1949.

34. Sid McMath, 1949-1953

Lawyer, Democrat. Born near Magnolia, Arkansas, 1912. LL.B., University of Arkansas, 1936. Married Elaine Braughton, 1937; one child. Married Anne Phillips, 1945; two children.

Lieutenant Colonel, United States Marine Corps, Second World War. Prosecuting attorney, 1947-1949. Governor, 1949-1953.

35. Francis Cherry, 1953-1955

Lawyer, Democrat. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, 1908. Graduated Oklahoma A.& M. College, 1930. LL.B., University of Arkansas, 1936. Married Margaret Frierson; three children.

Lieutenant (j.g.), United States Navy, Second World War. Chancellor, 1943-1944, 1949-1952. Governor, 1953-1955. Member, United States Subversive Activities Control Board, 1955-1963; chairman, 1963-1965. Died 1965.

36. Orval E. Faubus, 1955-1967

Newspaperman, Democrat. Born near Combs, Arkansas, 1910. Attended Madison County schools. Married Alta Haskins, 1931; one son. Major, United States Army, Second World War.

Circuit Clerk, Madison County, 1939-1942. Administrative assistant to Governor Sid McMath, highway commissioner, highway director, 1949-1953. Postmaster, Huntsville, 1953-1954. Governor, 1955-1967.

37. Winthrop Rockefeller, 1967-

Financier, farmer, Republican. Born in New York, 1912. Attended Yale University. Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army, Second World War. Married Barbara Sears, 1948; one son. Married Jeannette Edris, 1956.

Moved to Arkansas, 1953. Chairman, Arkansas Industrial Development Commission, 1955-1964. First Republican elected governor since 1872.

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