Letters & Envelope, Campaign - Governor Sid McMath

 
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Letters & Envelope, Campaign - Governor Sid McMath
Letters & Envelope, Campaign - Governor Sid McMath
Letters & Envelope, Campaign - Governor Sid McMath
Letters & Envelope, Campaign - Governor Sid McMath

Letters & Envelope, Campaign - Governor Sid McMath

Object number2005.068.01a-c
DateJuly 20-22, 1950
MediumPaper, Ink
DimensionsEnvelope: 4 1/8 × 9 1/2 in. (10.5 × 24.1 cm) Letter: 11 × 8 in. (27.9 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
Terms
  • Letter
  • Envelope
  • Broadside
DescriptionThe first page of the letter is dated July 20, 1950 inviting the recipient to attend a campaign rally to be held on Saturday July 22 at 7:00 p.m. at MacArthur Park. The second page is addressed to Sam Jones and congratulates him on being chosen to serve as an election official in the election. The envelope is addressed to Miss Mary Measler. Campaign slogans in red and blue text on left side.

Sidney “Sid” Sanders McMath was born June 14, 1912 in Columbia County, Arkansas. McMath won the election for prosecuting attorney for the Eighth Judicial District in 1947, and soon after being sworn in, McMath formally charged Hot Springs Mayor Leo McLaughlin with accessory to election fraud. The next year, 1948, McMath was elected governor. During his four years as governor he was able to add more than 2,000 miles to the state highway system, extended power to all regions of the state, secure funds for the School of Medicine at the University of Arkansas (now the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences), and help to consolidate and integrate schools. The governor’s mansion was completed 1949, and the McMath family became its first residents. He died on October 4, 2003 in Little Rock.
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