Dale Bumpers

A Senator from Arkansas. Born in Charleston, Franklin County, Ark. , August 12, 1925. Attended the public schools of Arkansas and the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Graduated, Northwestern University Law School, Chicago, Ill. , 1951. Admitted to the Arkansas bar in 1952 and commenced practice in Charleston. Served in the United States Marine Corps 1943-1946. Charleston city attorney 1952-1970. Special justice, Arkansas Supreme Court 1968. Governor of Arkansas 1970-1974. Elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1974. Reelected in 1980, 1986, and again in 1992, and served from January 3, 1975, to January 3, 1999. Was not a candidate for reelection in 1998. Chairman, Committee on Small Business (One Hundredth through One Hundred Third Congresses). Was a resident of Little Rock, Ark. , until his death on January 1, 2016. Inurnment in the First United Methodist Church Columbarium, Charleston, Ark.