Button, Campaign - Dale Bumpers

 
Skip to main content
Collections Menu
Bumpers campaign button
Button, Campaign - Dale Bumpers
Bumpers campaign button
Bumpers campaign button

Button, Campaign - Dale Bumpers

Object number1998.015.10
Date1970
MediumPlastic, Metal, Ink
Dimensions2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (5.7 x 5.7 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
Terms
    DescriptionA Dale Bumpers Campaign button that reads "Let's Get Our State Together." It is round with a blue background and white lettering.

    Dale Leon Bumpers was born on August 12, 1925 in Charleston, Arkansas. He married longtime girlfriend Betty Lou Flanagan on September 4, 1949. In 1970, Bumpers ran for Governor of Arkansas and won, becoming the thirty-eighth governor of Arkansas. He was reelected in 1972. As governor, Bumpers was able to reduce the number of agencies that reported to the governor, improve social services available to the elderly, disabled, and developmentally challenged, granted more power to the cities, repealed the “fair trade” liquor law, expended the state park system, created a prison construction program, and advocated for education reform and advancement. He died on January 1, 2016.
    Status
    Not on view