Photograph, Press - Governor J. Marion Futrell

 
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Photograph, Governor J. Marion Futrell
Photograph, Press - Governor J. Marion Futrell
Photograph, Governor J. Marion Futrell
Photograph, Governor J. Marion Futrell

Photograph, Press - Governor J. Marion Futrell

Object number2017.033.01
DateJanuary 22, 1933
OriginLittle Rock, Arkansas
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions6 × 8 in. (15.3 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionA black and white press photograph of the swearing in of Governor J. Marion Futrell on January 22, 1933. Governor Futrell is in the center of the three men with their hands raised and is accompanied by members of his administration. Justice Frank Smith, right, administered the oaths. Governor Futrell is dressed in a three piece suit with a tie and overcoat.

    Junius Marion Futrell was born on August 14, 1870 in Greene County, Arkansas and he married Tera A. Smith on September 27, 1893. He was elected as a state representative in 1896 and subsequently reelected in 1900 and 1902. He went on to serve as the Greene County circuit clerk from 1906 to 1910, and furthered his political career in 1912 by becoming a state senator. From 1913 until his appointment in 1922 to the Second Division of the Second Circuit Court, Futrell practiced law in Paragould, Arkansas. He was then promoted to the Twelfth Chancery Circuit and remained there until 1933, when he was elected governor. As governor, Futrell’s objectives included cutting state aid to schools, removing machines from the workforce to allow for more employment, and tax cuts. Overall, he lowered state expenses by 51.6%. In order to help raise money, Futrell created the sales tax, ended prohibition, created the Department of State Police, and created the Highway Refunding Act of 1934. Futrell retired from politics in 1940, and on June 20, 1955 he died.
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