Envelope, Campaign - Governor Sid McMath

 
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Envelope, Campaign - Governor Sid McMath
Envelope, Campaign - Governor Sid McMath
Envelope, Campaign - Governor Sid McMath
Envelope, Campaign - Governor Sid McMath

Envelope, Campaign - Governor Sid McMath

Object number2000.006.06
DateJuly 18, 1950
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions9 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (24.1 × 10.5 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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  • Envelope
DescriptionCampaign envelope sent to R.M. Peck of Ft. Smith, Arkansas regarding McMath's re-election campaign for governor of Arkansas. The envelope was sent prior to his re-election in 1950. McMath was governor of Arkansas from 1949-1953. The envelope includes slogans "Re-elect Sid McMath for a second term" and "come join in on the side of victory."

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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