Photograph, Press - Governor Sid McMath

 
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Photograph, Press - Governor Sid McMath
Photograph, Press - Governor Sid McMath
Photograph, Press - Governor Sid McMath
Photograph, Press - Governor Sid McMath

Photograph, Press - Governor Sid McMath

Object number2017.022.14
DateJuly 27, 1954
Associated LocationCane Creek Community, Arkansas
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionA press photograph of Governor Sid McMath and wife Anne McMath casting ballots in the 1954 Democratic Primary. Gov. McMath is wearing a suit and tie and is writing his vote while his wife Anne looks on.

    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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