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Junius Marion Futrell
30th Governor of Arkansas
In office
January 10, 1933 – January 12, 1937
Acting: March 13, 1913 – July 23, 1913
LieutenantWilliam Lee Cazort
Preceded byHarvey Parnell
Succeeded byCarl Edward Bailey
Circuit Court Judge for the Second Judicial District of Arkansas
In office
1922–1933
Member of the Arkansas Senate
In office
1913–1917
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
In office
1896–1904
Personal details
Born(1870-08-14)August 14, 1870
Greene County
Arkansas, USA
DiedJune 20, 1955(1955-06-20) (aged 84)
Little Rock, Pulaski County
Arkansas
Resting placeLinwood Cemetery in Paragould, Arkansas
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseTera A. Smith
Alma materUniversity of Arkansas School of Law
ProfessionLawyer; Farmer

Junius Marion Futrell (August 14, 1870 – June 20, 1955) was the 30th Governor of Arkansas from 1933 to 1937, and the Acting Governor for a short period in 1913.

Early life

Futrell was born in Jones Ridge in Greene County in northeastern Arkansas to parents Jepthra and Arminia Levonica Eubanks Futrell. The second of three children, he attended the Arkansas Industrial University, now the University of Arkansas School of Law, from 1892 to 1893. After his sophomore year, he taught school in several Arkansas counties until 1896, marrying Tera A. Smith on September 27, 1893.[1] Futrell also farmed and worked in the timber industry before entering politics.[2]

Career

Futrell was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives and served from 1896 to 1904. He was elected Circuit Court Clerk from 1906 to 1910.

Futrell was elected to the Arkansas Senate and served from 1913 to 1917. He was the Senate President from 1915 to 1917. While President of the Senate, he served as acting governor for four months in 1913 after Governor Joseph Taylor Robinson resigned.[2]

Futrell was admitted to the bar in Arkansas in 1913 and practiced law in Paragould until his 1922 appointment to the Second Division of the Second Circuit Court. In 1923, he moved to the Twelfth Chancery Circuit.[1]

Futrell was elected to a full term as governor in his own right in 1932 and reelected in 1934. In the 1932 general election, Futrell defeated the Republican J. O. Livesay, a lawyer of Foreman in Little River County in southwestern Arkansas, who had also been the gubernatorial nominee against Harvey Parnell in 1930.[3] Livesay finished the race with 8.9 percent of the vote, less than half his percent polled in 1930.[4]

The Futrell administration established the Arkansas State Planning Board and created the Arkansas Department of Public Welfare. His administration also rescinded prohibition and instituted some legalized gambling.

After leaving office, Futrell returned to the practice of law.

Death

Futrell died in 1955 in Little Rock and is interred at Linwood Cemetery in Paragould.[5] He had suffered a severe stroke on July 4, 1948. Survivors included two sons and four daughters.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Junius Marion Futrell (1870–1955)". The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Arkansas Governor Junius Marion Futrell". National Governors Association. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Index to Politicians: Little-dog to Livings". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  4. ^ Robert A. Diamond, ed., Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections (Washington, D.C., 1975), pp. 399, 486
  5. ^ "Junius Marion Futrell". Find A Grave. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
Political offices
Preceded by Acting Governor of Arkansas
1913 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of Arkansas
1933–1937 		Succeeded by

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