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'''Jefferson Davis''' was twentieth governor of the State of Arkansas, serving from January 8, 1901, to January 8, 1907.
 
'''Jefferson Davis''' was twentieth governor of the State of Arkansas, serving from January 8, 1901, to January 8, 1907.
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Davis was a Russellville lawyer who coined the term "redneck" to differentiate hard-working Arkansas farmers from establishment bankers and politicians. Davis is especially remembered for his role in establishing Jim Crow laws throughout the state.
  
 
==References==
 
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*Paulette Walker and Alan Paulson, ''Historic Pulaski County: Arkansas'' (Arcadia Publishing, 1999), 29.
  
 
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[[Category:Governors]]
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[[Category:Civil Rights]]

Revision as of 13:45, 15 February 2009

Jefferson Davis was twentieth governor of the State of Arkansas, serving from January 8, 1901, to January 8, 1907.

Davis was a Russellville lawyer who coined the term "redneck" to differentiate hard-working Arkansas farmers from establishment bankers and politicians. Davis is especially remembered for his role in establishing Jim Crow laws throughout the state.

References

  • Paulette Walker and Alan Paulson, Historic Pulaski County: Arkansas (Arcadia Publishing, 1999), 29.

External links