Broadside, Political - Governor Sid McMath

Object number2005.076.01

Date1948

MediumPaper, Ink

Dimensions8 7/8 × 16 in. (22.5 × 40.6 cm)

Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection

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DescriptionBroadside for Sid McMath's highway plan act for the $28,000,000 highway bond to improve Arkansas roads. The election date is Feburary 15, 1949. The broadside contains a copy of a letter to the citizens of Arkansas from Sid McMath detailing the need for the adoption of this bill. The Arkansas Good Roads Association Ft. Smith Chapter President Dansby A. Council, Magnolia Chapter Vice-President R.S. Warnock, Jr., and Blytheville Chapter Secretary Mrs. Elisijane Roy produce the broadside as its members. The broadside highlights newspaper editorials in favor of the highway act. There is to be no liens placed on homes or farms, no increase of taxes, no fees or agents commissions, and no interest over 3.2%.

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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