Program, OSHMA Supper - Sid McMath

 
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OSHMA supper program - McMath is guest speaker
Program, OSHMA Supper - Sid McMath
OSHMA supper program - McMath is guest speaker
OSHMA supper program - McMath is guest speaker

Program, OSHMA Supper - Sid McMath

Object number2004.045.01
Date2000
OriginLittle Rock, Arkansas
Mediumpaper and ink
Dimensions8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (21.6 x 14 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum collection
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    DescriptionProgram is white with black writing and black and white photo of the guest of honor, Sidney S. McMath. The program is dated 27 January 2000 with the event being held at the Old State House. The inside lists the sponsors and contibutors as well as the menu and program of events. The back of the program gives a bio of Sid McMath and the featured musical artist Dr. Janice Sjostrand.

    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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