Sid McMath - Revision history

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Phil: New page: '''Sidney Sanders McMath''' served as Democratic governor of the State of Arkansas from 1949 to 1953. McMath was a member of the U.S. Marines during World War II. He was a veteran of Guad...

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New page: '''Sidney Sanders McMath''' served as Democratic governor of the State of Arkansas from 1949 to 1953. McMath was a member of the U.S. Marines during World War II. He was a veteran of Guad...

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'''Sidney Sanders McMath''' served as Democratic governor of the State of Arkansas from 1949 to 1953.

McMath was a member of the U.S. Marines during World War II. He was a veteran of Guadalcanal, and the Solomons and Bougainville campaigns. Upon his return from war McMath opened a law office in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He served two years, from 1946 to 1948, as chief prosecuting attorney in Garland and Montgomery counties before launching a successful campaign for the [[Governor's Office]] on a platform of better highways and educational institutions. McMath ran unsuccessfully for a third term as governor after allegations of improprieties in the awarding of state contracts in return for party kickbacks.

McMath was born in rural Columbia County, and was a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

==References==

James E. Lester, "Sidney Sanders McMath," in ''The Governors of Arkansas,'' 202-207 (Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press, 1981).

==External links==

[[Category:Politicians]]

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 ==References==
-James E. Lester, "Sidney Sanders McMath," in ''The Governors of Arkansas,'' eds. Timothy P. Donovon and Willard B. Gatewood, Jr., 202-207 (Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press, 1981).
+*James E. Lester, ''A Man for Arkansas: Sid McMath and the Southern Reform Tradition'' (Little Rock: Rose Publishing, 1976).
 ==External links==
 [[Category:Politicians]]

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 '''Sidney Sanders McMath''' served as Democratic governor of the State of Arkansas from 1949 to 1953.
-McMath was a member of the U.S. Marines during World War II. He was a veteran of Guadalcanal, and the Solomons and Bougainville campaigns. Upon his return from war McMath opened a law office in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He served two years, from 1946 to 1948, as chief prosecuting attorney in Garland and Montgomery counties before launching a successful campaign for the [[Governor's Office]] on a platform of better highways and educational institutions. McMath ran unsuccessfully for a third term as governor after allegations of improprieties in the awarding of state contracts in return for party kickbacks.
+McMath was a member of the U.S. Marines during World War II. He was a veteran of Guadalcanal, and the Solomons and Bougainville campaigns. Upon his return from war McMath opened a law office in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He served two years, from 1946 to 1948, as chief prosecuting attorney in Garland and Montgomery counties before launching a successful campaign for the [[Governor's Office]] on a platform of better highways and educational institutions. Under his stewardship Arkansas added 2,300 miles of paved highway using funds made available by a $28 million general obligation bond issue passed by the state's voters in 1949.
 McMath was born in rural Columbia County, and was a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.