Address, Inaugural - Governor Sid McMath

 
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Address, Inaugural - Governor Sid McMath
Address, Inaugural - Governor Sid McMath
Address, Inaugural - Governor Sid McMath
Address, Inaugural - Governor Sid McMath

Address, Inaugural - Governor Sid McMath

Object number1985.004.30
DateJanuary 11, 1949
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions9 1/16 x 5 7/8 in. (23 x 15 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionThe inaugural address of Governor Sid McMath delivered to the 57th General Assembly and the people of Arkansas on January 11, 1949. Points discussed include the building of better highways, schools being unprepared for industrial ways of living, needing more funds for a state medical center, creating an anti-lynching law, eliminating the poll tax, and needing more protection against corruption in elections. The book also includes an account of Abraham Lincoln's life. It is a blue cloth covered book with "Address of Governor Sid McMath" stamped in gold.

    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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