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Senate Years of Service: 1975-1999 Party: Democrat
BUMPERS, Dale, a Senator from Arkansas; born in Charleston, Franklin County, Ark.,
August 12, 1925; attended the public schools of Arkansas and the University of
Arkansas, Fayetteville; graduated, Northwestern University Law School, Chicago,
Ill., 1951; admitted to the Arkansas bar in 1952 and commenced practice in
Charleston; served in the United States Marine Corps 1943-1946; Charleston city
attorney 1952-1970; special justice, Arkansas Supreme Court 1968; Governor of
Arkansas 1970-1974; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1974;
reelected in 1980, 1986, and again in 1992, and served from January 3, 1975, to
January 3, 1999; was not a candidate for reelection in 1998; chairman,
Committee on Small Business (One Hundredth through One Hundred Third
Congresses).
BibliographyBumpers, Dale.
The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town: A Memoir. New York:
Random House, 2003.
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