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Purcell was born in Warren, the seat of Bradley County, in southern Arkansas. He graduated from Little Rock Junior College and served in the United States Army during World War II. He graduated from the University of Arkansas law school in 1952 and practiced law in Benton, Arkansas. Warren is a city located in Bradley County, Arkansas. ... Bradley County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. ... Dickinson Hall University of Arkansas at Little Rock is the third largest university, by enrollment, in Arkansas. ... The United States Army is the largest and oldest branch of the armed forces of the United States. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The University of Arkansas is a public co-educational land-grant university. ... For other uses, see Law (disambiguation). ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Benton is the largest city and county seat of Saline CountyGR6, Arkansas, United States. ...

From 1955-1959 he served as a city attorney in Benton. He was municipal judge from 1959 until 1966, when he was elected attorney general. He defeated the Republican Jerry Thomasson in 1966 and again in 1968. As attorney general, Purcell instituted a number of reforms and innovations, including a pro-active consumer protection office which sided with ratepayers and borrowers against public utilities and banks and which strictly enforced election laws to ensure honest balloting. Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... GOP redirects here. ... Jerry Kreth Thomasson (October 17, 1931 - April 29, 2007), was a Democratic member of the Arkansas House of Representatives who led the move to establish university status to the former Henderson State Teachers College at Arkadelphia. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up Banks in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Purcell developed a reputation for integrity which led many to encourage him to run for governor in 1970. In that race, he placed third, behind former Governor Orval Eugene Faubus and Dale Leon Bumpers, a 45-year old Charleston lawyer whose boiling, telegenic appeal edged out Purcell's laconic, almost wooden speaking style. Bumpers went on to defeat Faubus in the runoff and then Republican Governor Winthrop Rockefeller in the general election. Purcell ran again in 1982 and secured a runoff berth, but he lost to former Governor Bill Clinton, who went on to topple incumbent Republican Governor Frank D. White in November, avenging a 1980 defeat by the latter. Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Orval Eugene Faubus (7 January 1910 – 14 December 1994) was a six-term Democratic Governor of Arkansas, having served from 1955-1967. ... credited to the United States Senate Historical Office 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. ... This article is about the Governor of Arkansas (1967-1971). ... A general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are up for election. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... Frank Durward White (June 4, 1933 - May 21, 2003) was only the second Republican governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas since Reconstruction. ...

Purcell was elected lieutenant governor in 1974. He handily defeated the Rockefeller Republican Leona Troxell of Rose Bud in White County. He was reelected to the post in 1976 and 1978. He became governor for six days in 1979,having filled the unexpired term of then senator-elect David Hampton Pryor of Camden. Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Leona Anderson Troxell Dodd, known politically as Leona Troxell (April 22, 1913 - July 26, 2003), was a native New Yorker who was a pioneer in the development of the Republican Party in her adopted state of Arkansas. ... Rose Bud is a town located in White County, Arkansas. ... White County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... 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. ... Camden is a city located in Ouachita County, Arkansas. ...

Purcell resided in Benton until his death at the age of sixty-three.

Purcell remains widely admired as a sturdy, caring politician who set a fresh example of professionalism and integrity in public office.

Purcell married the former Helen Hale. Purcell and Helen had two daughters: Lynelle and Ede.

Purcell has three grandchildren: Brian Hogue, David Hogue, and Erin Hogue.