| David Hampton Pryor | |
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| In office January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Kaneaster Hodges, Jr. |
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| Succeeded by | Tim Hutchinson |
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39th Governor of Arkansas
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| In office January 14, 1975 – January 3, 1979 |
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| Lieutenant | Joe Purcell |
| Preceded by | Bob C. Riley (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Joe Purcell (acting) |
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| Born | August 29, 1934 Camden, Arkansas |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Barbara Jean Lunsford |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
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. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Kaneaster Hodges Jr (born August 20, 1938) served as a Democratic United States Senator from the U Timothy "Tim" Hutchinson (born August 11, 1949) is a Republican Politician and former senator from the state The Governor of the State of Arkansas is the chief executive of the state and Commander-in-chief of its military forces. Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Joe Edward Purcell ( July 29 1923 – March 1987 was the Democratic acting governor of the U Bob Cowley Riley ( September 18, 1924 &ndash February 16, 1994) was an American educator and Politician who served as the Democratic Joe Edward Purcell ( July 29 1923 – March 1987 was the Democratic acting governor of the U Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Camden is a city in and the County seat of Ouachita County in the southern part of the U The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. An attorney at law (or attorney-at-law) in the United States is a practitioner in a court of law who is legally qualified to prosecute Presbyterianism is a family of Christian denominations within the Reformed branch of Protestant Western Christianity Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Pryor also served as Governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1979 and was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1960 to 1966. The Governor of the State of Arkansas is the chief executive of the state and Commander-in-chief of its military forces. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) The Arkansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the state legislature of the U Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (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.
Pryor was born in Camden, the seat of Ouachita County in southern Arkansas, to William Edgar Pryor and the former Susan Newton. Camden is a city in and the County seat of Ouachita County in the southern part of the U Ouachita County is a County located in the US state of Arkansas. [1] He attended public schools in Camden, attended Henderson State Teacher's College in Arkadelphia, and graduated from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville in 1957. Henderson State University, founded in 1890 as Arkadelphia Methodist College It is Arkansas's only member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. Arkadelphia is a city in Clark County, Arkansas, United States. The University of Arkansas, often shortened to U of A or just UA, is a public Co-educational Land-grant university Fayetteville is a city in Washington County, Arkansas, United States, and is home to the University of Arkansas. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Pryor was founder and publisher of the Ouachita Citizen from 1957 to 1960. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He graduated from law school at the University of Arkansas in 1964 and was admitted to the bar that same year. A law school (also known as a school of law or college of law) is an institution specializing in Legal education. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar.
His state House service preceded his tenure in the U. S. House.
He was elected to Congress in a special election to fill the unexpired term in the 89th Congress of fellow Democrat Oren Harris, whom U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed to a federal judgeship. A by-election or bye-election (called special election in the United States) is an Election held to fill a political office that has become vacant Userpolbot from http//bioguidecongressgov/scripts/biodisplaypl?index=H000249 The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by At the same time, Pryor was elected to the 90th Congress for a full term. In the primary, Pryor defeated the Texarkana lawyer Richard S. Arnold, whom he later described as "a very, very close friend. The Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget, is a two-county region anchored by Richard Sheppard Arnold ( March 26, 1936 - September 23, 2004) was a highly acclaimed Judge of the U " Pryor thereafter defeated the Republican candidate, A. Lynn Lowe of Texarkana, by a comfortable margin. Texarkana is the largest city and County seat of Miller County, Arkansas, United States. Lowe would subsequently become chairman of the fledgling Arkansas GOP. Pryor was reelected to the House twice and served from November 8, 1966 to January 3, 1973. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar.
He was not a candidate for reelection in 1972. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Instead he failed in a hard-fought campaign to wrest the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination from the popular conservative John L. McClellan, also from Camden. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined John McClellan may refer to John McClellan (chemist, chemist and industrialist in Widnes England John Little McClellan, politician from
Pryor's next success came in the race to serve as governor. He was elected in 1974 to succeed Dale Bumpers, who won the Senate seat long held by J. William Fulbright in the same year. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Dale Leon Bumpers (born 12 August 1925) is an American Politician who served as Governor of Arkansas from 1971 to 1975 and then in the James William Fulbright ( April 9, 1905 &ndash February 9, 1995) was a United States Senator representing Arkansas from Pryor easily defeated his Republican challenger Ken Coon, who would also later chair the Arkansas GOP. Kenneth Lloyd "Ken" Coon Sr (born October 14, 1935) is a Little Rock Educator, professional Psychologist, and Counselor He was reelected in 1976 by a huge margin over the Republican Leon Griffith, a plumber from Pine Bluff, the seat of Jefferson County. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A plumber is a Tradesperson who specializes in installing and maintaining systems used for potable (drinking Water, sewage Drainage, or industrial Pine Bluff is the largest city and County seat of Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States. Jefferson County is a US county located in the US state of Arkansas. His gubernatorial tenure extended from 1975 to January 3, 1979. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar)
Lieutenant Governor Joe Purcell was an interim successor for six days as governor until the beginning of the term of the next governor-elect and future President Bill Clinton, who had served as Arkansas attorney general during Pryor's second two-year term. Arkansas ' Lieutenant Governor presides over the Senate with a tie-breaking vote serves as Governor when the governor is out of state and serves as governor Joe Edward Purcell ( July 29 1923 – March 1987 was the Democratic acting governor of the U William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States In most Common law jurisdictions the Attorney General, or Attorney-General, is the main legal advisor to the government and in some jurisdictions may in addition
Pryor finally won McClellan's Senate seat in 1978. McClellan died in 1977, and Governor Pryor appointed a caretaker successor Kaneaster Hodges, Jr. Pryor won the Democratic senatorial nomination over then U.S. Representatives Jim Guy Tucker and Ray Thornton and then secured a lopsided general election victory in the fall over the liberal Republican James Kelly. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. James " Jim " Guy Tucker Jr (born June 13 1943) is a former governor, Lieutenant governor, Attorney Raymond Hoyt "Ray" Thornton Jr (born July 16, 1928, in Conway Arkansas) is a former U By becoming a Senator he ironically replaced Hodges the man he had appointed there. He served three Senate terms. His closest contest was his 1984 reelection against the Republican U. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) S. Representative Edwin Bethune. Edwin Ruthvin "Ed" Bethune Jr (born December 19, 1935) is a Lawyer and Lobbyist in Washington D Despite the presence of Ronald W. Reagan on the Republican ticket, Pryor still defeated Bethune, 502,3431 (57. 3 percent) to 373,615 (42. 7 percent). Pryor was unopposed in 1990, and he did not seek a fourth term in 1996. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The seat instead went Republican for one term with the election of U. S. Representative Tim Hutchinson. Timothy "Tim" Hutchinson (born August 11, 1949) is a Republican Politician and former senator from the state Pryor hence retired from elected office in 1997. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar
Pryor served as chairman of the Committee on Aging. The United States Senate Special Committee on Aging was initially established in 1961 as a temporary committee it became a permanent committee in 1977. Pryor was known for his advocacy for the aged and for promoting taxpayer rights. During his tenure, he was secretary of the Democratic Conference, third in the Senate Democratic Leadership.
In 2000 Pryor became Director of the Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (also known as Harvard Kennedy School and HKS) is a Public policy and Cambridge Massachusetts is a City in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. He currently serves as dean of the Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock. In Academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit or over a specific area of concern or both The Clinton School of Public Service is a branch of the University of Arkansas System and is the newest of the presidential schools Little Rock is the Capital and the most populous city of the U In June 2006, President George W. Bush nominated Pryor to the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and in September of that year he was confirmed by the Senate for a six-year term. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB is a private non-profit corporation created by an act of the United States Congress and partially funded by the United States
His son is current United States Senator Mark Pryor, a Democrat who holds the same seat that his father vacated in 1997. Mark Lunsford Pryor (born January 10, 1963) is a Democratic Politician in Arkansas.
Pryor had quadruple bypass surgery performed by Dr. Tamim Antakli at UAMS on October 11, 2006. Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. He had suffered a heart attack the previous day. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply His recovery was satisfactory and he was released from the hospital on the afternoon of Tuesday, October 17th. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost [1]
Footnotes
External links
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
- Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture entry: David Hampton Pryor
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Bob C. Riley (acting) |
Governor of Arkansas 1975 – 1979 |
Succeeded by Joe Purcell (acting) |
| Preceded by John Melcher |
Chairman of the Senate Aging Committee 1989 – 1995 |
Succeeded by William Cohen |
| United States House of Representatives | ||
| Preceded by Oren Harris |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 4th congressional district 1966 – 1973 |
Succeeded by Ray Thornton |
| United States Senate | ||
| Preceded by Kaneaster Hodges, Jr. |
United States Senator (Class 2) from Arkansas 1979 – 1997 Served alongside: Dale Bumpers |
Succeeded by Tim Hutchinson |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Dale Bumpers |
Democratic nominee for Governor of Arkansas 1974, 1976 |
Succeeded by Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by Daniel Inouye |
Secretary of the Senate Democratic Conference 1989 – 1995 |
Succeeded by Barbara Mikulski |
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