NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Dale Bumpers

Dale Leon Bumpers (born 12 August 1925) was a Democratic member of the United States Senate from the State of Arkansas, from 1975 until his retirement in January, 1999; and was governor of Arkansas from 1971 to 1975. He was elected to the Senate four times, beginning with his win over incumbent Senator J. William Fulbright (D-Ark.) in the 1974 state Democratic primary. He chaired the Senate Small Business Committee from 1987 until 1995 when the Republican Party took control of the Senate following the 1994 elections. Bumpers served as Ranking Minority Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources from 1997 until his retirement. Image File history File links B001057. ... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... Official language(s) English Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Area Ranked 29th - Total 53,179 sq. ... This is a list of governors of Arkansas. ... Official language(s) English Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Area Ranked 29th - Total 53,179 sq. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

Dale Bumpers was born in Charleston, Arkansas. He attended public schools and the University of Arkansas. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1943 to 1946, during World War II. Bumpers graduated from Northwestern University Law School in 1951 and was admitted to the Arkansas bar in 1952. He started practicing law in his hometown in that same year and served as Charleston city attorney from 1952 to 1970. He served as special justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court in 1968. Charleston is a city located in Franklin County, Arkansas. ... The University of Arkansas is a public co-educational land-grant university. ... United States Marine Corps seal The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military, which along with the U.S. Navy, is under the United States Department of the Navy. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... For other schools named Northwestern please see Northwestern College. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

Bumpers was virtually unknown when he announced his campaign for governor in 1970. Despite his lack of name recognition, his oratorical skills, personal charm and outsider image put him in a run-off election for the Democratic Party nomination with former Governor Orval Faubus. Bumpers easily won both the primary election run-off and the general election against Gov. Rockefeller in 1970. Bumpers was often described as a new kind of Southern Democrat who would bring reform to his state and the Democratic Party. His win over Rockefeller ushered in a new era of youthful reform-minded governors, including two of his successors, David Pryor (later a three-term U. S. Senator) and Bill Clinton. Bumpers served as governor from 1971 to 1975, when he was elected to the United States Senate. He served in the Senate from 1975 to 1999, where he chaired the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business (now called the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship) for eight years. Bumpers was known for his oratorical skills. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... David Hampton Pryor David Hampton Pryor (born August 29, 1934) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. ... William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

In 1995, the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville founded the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences in his honor.

Bumpers and his wife Betty were both known for their dedication to the cause of childhood immunization. Vaccination is the process of administering live, albeit weakened, microbes to patients, with the intent of conferring immunity against a targeted form of a related disease agent. ...

In his autobiography, former President Bill Clinton mentioned that Bumpers briefly considered running for the Presidency in 1988. However, the run never materialised, and Bumpers publicly declared he would not run for office. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Bumpers was never a particularly close political ally of President Clinton but gave an impassioned closing argument in defense of him during Clinton's impeachment trial. Depiction of the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, then President of the United States, in 1868. ...

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Categories: 1925 births | Arkansas Supreme Court justices | Governors of Arkansas | Living people | United States Senators from Arkansas Winthrop Rockefeller (1 May 1912 â€“ 22 February 1973), a member of the prominent United States Rockefeller family, was a politician and philanthropist who served as the first Republican governor of Arkansas since Reconstruction. ... This is a list of governors of Arkansas. ... Bob Cowley Riley (September 18, 1924–February 16, 1994) was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas for ten days in 1975. ... James William Fulbright (April 9, 1905 – February 9, 1995) was a well-known member of the United States Senate representing Arkansas. ... Arkansas was admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836. ... John L. McClellan. ... Kaneaster Hodges, Jr. ... David Hampton Pryor David Hampton Pryor (born August 29, 1934) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. ... Timothy Hutchinson (born August 11, 1949) is a politician from the state of Arkansas. ... Blanche Lambert Lincoln (born September 30, 1960) is a Democratic United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. ... This is a list of governors of Arkansas. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Arkansas. ... James Sevier Conway (9 December 1798 - 3 March 1855) was a Democratic Governor of the State of Arkansas, the first elected governor since it became a state. ... Archibald Yell (9 August 1797–23 February 1847) was a member of the United States House of Representatives, Governor of the State of Arkansas, and a Brigadier General in the United States Army who served in the Mexican War and War of 1812. ... Samuel Adams (5 June 1805 - 27 February 1850) was a Democratic Governor of the State of Arkansas. ... Thomas Stevenson Drew (25 August 1802 -- January 1879) was a Democratic Governor of the State of Arkansas. ... Richard C. Byrd (1805 -- 1 June 1854) was a Democratic Governor of the State of Arkansas. ... John Selden Roane (8 January 1817 - 8 April 1867) was a Confederate Brigadier General during the American Civil War. ... Elias Nelson Conway (17 May 1812 - 28 February 1892) was a Democratic Governor of Arkansas. ... Henry Massey Rector (1 May 1816 - 12 August 1899) was a Democratic Governor of the State of Arkansas. ... Harris Flanagin (3 November 1817 - 23 September 1874) was a Democratic Governor of the State of Arkansas. ... For the African-American Hall of Fame jockey see: Isaac Burns Murphy Isaac Murphy (16 October 1799 - 8 September 1882) was the first Reconstruction Governor of Arkansas. ... Powell Clayton (7 August 1833 - 23 August 1914) was the first carpetbag Governor of the State of Arkansas and Ambassador to Mexico during the administrations of William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. ... Elisha Baxter (1 September 1827 - 31 May 1899) was a Republican Governor of the State of Arkansas. ... Augustus Hill Garland (June 11, 1832 - January 26, 1899) was an Attorney General of the United States, Democratic United States Senator, Confederate States Senator, Confederate States Representative, and Governor of the State of Arkansas. ... William Read Miller (23 November 1823 - 29 November 1887) was a Democratic Governor of the State of Arkansas. ... Thomas James Churchill (10 March 1824 - 10 March 1905) was a Confederate Major General during the American Civil War and a Governor of the state of Arkansas. ... James Henderson Berry (15 May 1841 - 30 January 1913) was a Democratic United States Senator and served as Governor of the State of Arkansas. ... Simon Pollard Hughes, Jr. ... James Philip Eagle (10 August 1837 - 19 December 1904) was a Democratic Governor of the State of Arkansas. ... William Meade Fishback (5 November 1831--9 February 1903) was a Democratic Governor of Arkansas and selected to be a member of the United States Senate but was not allowed to serve. ... 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Joseph Taylor Robinson Joseph Taylor Robinson (August 26, 1872 - July 14, 1937) was a Democratic United States Senator, Senate Majority Leader, member of the United States House of Representatives, Governor of Arkansas, and U.S. Vice Presidential candidate. ... William Kavanaugh Oldham (20 May 1865--6 May 1938) was the acting Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas for six days in 1913. ... Junius Marion Futrell (14 August 1870–20 June 1955) was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas from 1933 to 1937, and for a short stint in 1913. ... George Washington Hays (23 September 1863--15 September 1927) was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas. ... Charles Hillman Brough (9 July 1876â€“26 December 1935) was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas from 1917 to 1921. ... Thomas Chipman McRae (21 December 1851 - 2 June 1929) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, and was governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas from 1921 to 1925. ... Thomas Jefferson Terral (21 December 1882–9 March 1946) was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas from 1925 to 1927. ... John Ellis Martineau (2 December 1873–6 March 1937) was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas, USA, from 1927 to 1928. ... Harvey Parnell (28 February 1880–16 January 1936) was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas from 1928 to 1933. ... Junius Marion Futrell (14 August 1870–20 June 1955) was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas from 1933 to 1937, and for a short stint in 1913. ... Carl Edward Bailey (8 October 1894–23 October 1948) was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas from 1937 to 1941. ... Homer Martin Adkins (15 October 1890–26 February 1964) was a Democratic Governor of Arkansas. ... Benjamin Travis Laney (25 November 1896–21 January 1977) was a Democratic Governor of Arkansas. ... Sid McMath, from the cover of his autobiography Promises Kept (University of Arkansas Press, 2003) Sidney Sanders McMath (June 14, 1912 â€“ October 4, 2003) was a U.S. Marine hero and progressive Democratic reform Governor of Arkansas (1949â€“1953) who, in defiance of his states political establishment, championed rapid... Francis Adams Cherry (5 September 1908–15 July 1965) was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas from 1953 to 1955. ... Orval Eugene Faubus (7 January 1910â€“14 December 1994) was a six-term Democratic Governor of Arkansas, infamous for his 1957 stand against integration of Little Rock, Arkansas schools in defiance of U.S. Supreme Court rulings. ... 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William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... James Jim Guy Tucker, Jr. ... Michael Huckabee (born August 24, 1955, in Hope, Arkansas) is the third Republican Governor of the state of Arkansas since Reconstruction, having served since 1996. ...

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