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| − | Donald Holley, "Carl E. Bailey, the Merit System, and Arkansas Politics, 1936-1939," ''Arkansas Historical Quarterly'' 45 (Winter 1986): 291-320. | + | *Donald Holley, "Carl E. Bailey, the Merit System, and Arkansas Politics, 1936-1939," ''Arkansas Historical Quarterly'' 45 (Winter 1986): 291-320. |
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Revision as of 00:42, 27 April 2008
Carl Edward Bailey (1894-1948) was Democratic governor of the State of Arkansas from 1937 to 1941.
Bailey was born in Bernie, Missouri. He graduated from Chillicothe Business College in 1915. After graduation he worked as a railroad brakeman, café owner, deputy tax collector, and cashier. He opened a law office in Arkansas in 1925. He became attorney general of the state ten years later. In 1937 he was elected governor, serving two terms.
Bailey died of a heart attack in 1947, and is interred at Roselawn Memorial Park cemetery in Little Rock.
References
- Donald Holley, "Carl E. Bailey, the Merit System, and Arkansas Politics, 1936-1939," Arkansas Historical Quarterly 45 (Winter 1986): 291-320.
