NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Frank D. White

Frank Durward White (June 4, 1933 - May 21, 2003) was only the second Republican governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas since Reconstruction. He served from 1981 to 1983. June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... This is a list of governors of Arkansas. ... Motto: E pluribus unum (1789 to present) (Latin: Out of Many, One) In God We Trust (1956 to present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York, New York Official language(s) None at federal level; English de facto Government â€¢ President â€¢ Vice President Federal republic... Official language(s) English Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 29th 137 732 kmÂ² 385 km 420 km 2. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Frank White was born in Texarkana, Texas, and had a business career as a stockbroker and banker. In the 1970s, White headed the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission, a body originally created by Democratic Governor Orval Eugene Faubus. White switched from Democrat to Republican affiliation to run for governor of Arkansas in 1980. He unexpectedly unseated the incumbent (and future President of the United States) Bill Clinton. White was helped in his 1980 campaign by Clinton's unpopular increase in the cost of automobile registration tags and by the Democratic Jimmy Carter administration's sending thousands of Cuban refugees to a detention camp in Northwest Arkansas. The famous post office on state line in Texarkana TX/AR Texarkana is a city located in Bowie County, Texas and is situated in East Texas. ... 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. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The presidential seal was used by president Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... For the submarine, see USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23). ...

White served only a single two-year term as governor, for he was defeated by Clinton in 1982 in this heavily Democrat state. Arkansas gubernatorial terms became four years with the 1986 general election. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

As governor, White signed a law what would have permitted the teaching of creation science in Arkansas public schools. The law was subsequently overturned by the Supreme Court in the 1987 decision known as Edwards v. Aguillard. Edwards v. ...

White also created a sensation in Arkansas politics when in 1981, he called Faubus out of retirement to head the state's veterans affairs commission. Faubus himself unsuccessfully challenged Clinton for Democrat renomination in 1986. White also opposed Clinton again as the Republican nominee in the 1986 general election. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

White later served as Arkansas Banking Commissioner from 1998 to 2003, as an appointee of Republican Governor Mike Huckabee. He died of a heart attack in Little Rock, Arkansas and was buried at historic Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Michael Huckabee (born August 24, 1955 in Hope, Arkansas) is the current Republican Governor of the state of Arkansas, having served since 1996. ... A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Mount Holly Cemetery is the original cemetery in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas and is the resting place for numerous Arkansans of note. ...

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Categories: Governors of Arkansas | 1933 births | 2003 deaths 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. ... Statue of James Paul Clarke, marble by Pompeo Coppini. ... Daniel Webster Jones (15 December 1839 -- 25 December 1918) was a Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas. ... Jefferson Jeff Davis (6 May 1862 – 3 January 1913) was a Democratic United States Senator from Arkansas and also served as governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas. ... John Sebastian Little (14 March 1851 - 29 October 1916) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas. ... John Isaac Ike Moore (7 February 1856–18 March 1937) was a Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas. ... Xenophon Overton Pindall (21 August 1873 - 2 January 1935) was a Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas. ... Jesse M. Martin was a Democratic Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas. ... George Washington Donaghey (1 July 1856 - 15 December 1937) was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas from 1909 to 1913. ... 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. ... 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. ... 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. ... Bob Cowley Riley (September 18, 1924–February 16, 1994) was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas for ten days in 1975. ... 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. ... Joe Edward Purcell (29 July 1923-March 1987) was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas for six days in 1979. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... William Jefferson Bill 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 current Republican Governor of the state of Arkansas, having served since 1996. ...

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