Ballot, Election - Governor Sid McMath

 
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Ballot, Election - Governor Sid McMath
Ballot, Election - Governor Sid McMath
Ballot, Election - Governor Sid McMath
Ballot, Election - Governor Sid McMath

Ballot, Election - Governor Sid McMath

Object number2003.086.02
DateJuly 29, 1952
OriginArkansas, United States of America
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions9 3/4 × 4 1/4 in. (24.8 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionOfficial Ballot for Democratic Preferential Primary (Madison County). Dated July 29, 1952. "No. 4085." Ballot has four categories: Governor, Attorney General, State Land Commissioner, and National Committeeman. One page front and back. Written in pencil are numbers (probably the number of votes for each candidate) which are added up at the bottom of each category. Sid McMath is on the ballot for Governor.

    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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