Photograph, Dale Bumpers

 
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Photograph, Dale Bumpers
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Photograph, Dale Bumpers

Object number2015.010.10
DateMay 30, 1974
Associated LocationLittle Rock, Arkansas
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions11 × 8 1/8 in. (27.9 × 20.6 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionA black and white photograph of Dale and Betty Bumpers at a conference after winning the democratic nomination for senator. Bumpers defeated William Fulbright, who had served in the position for 30 years. The photograph was taken May 30, 1974 in Little Rock. It is an Associated Press WirePhoto.


    Dale Leon Bumpers was born on August 12, 1925 in Charleston, Arkansas. He married longtime girlfriend Betty Lou Flanagan on September 4, 1949. BAfter serving as governor for four years, Bumpers ran for the U.S. Senate in 1975 and won, defeating longtime Senator J. William Fulbright. Bumpers served as a U.S. Senator for twenty-four years during which highly supported environmental legislation, expansion of funds and land to the National Park System, and efforts to reduce national debt. Bumpers efforts in environmental legislation and the preservation of parklands and wetlands awarded him the Ansel Adams Award from the Wilderness Society in 1998. He died on January 1, 2016.
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