Award, Outstanding Young Men - Sid McMath
Object number2000.001.02
Mediummetal
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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The United States Junior Chamber (Jaycees) has been recognizing and honoring ten Americans each year who exemplify the best attributes of the nation's young people, through their Ten Outstanding Young Americans (TOYA) program. The first TOYA program was held in 1939, honoring the "Class of 1938".
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.
Status
Not on view
April 1950
June 7, 2013
June 7, 2013
June 7, 2013