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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Ray Thornton |
| Address |
Conway, Arkansas , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
July 16, 1928 |
| Died |
April 13, 2016
(87 years) |
| Contributor | User 490 |
| Last Modifed | David
Jul 17, 2020 09:30am |
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| Info | Raymond Hoyt "Ray" Thornton, Jr.
born in Conway, Faulkner County, Ark., July 16, 1928; attended public schools at Leola and Sheridan, Grant County, Ark.; attended the University of Arkansas, 1945-1947; B.A., Yale University, 1950; attended law school at the University of Texas, 1950-1951; J.D., University of Arkansas, 1956; served in the United States Navy during the Korean conflict, 1951-1954, attained the rank of lieutenant; admitted to the Arkansas bar in 1956 and commenced practice in Sheridan and Little Rock; served as deputy prosecuting attorney, Pulaski and Perry Counties, 1956-1957; delegate from Grant and Jefferson Counties to the Seventh Constitutional Convention of Arkansas, 1969-1970; attorney general of Arkansas, 1971-1973; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-third, Ninety-fourth and Ninety-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1979); was not a candidate in 1978 for reelection to the United States House of Representatives but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate; director, Ouachita Baptist University-Henderson State University Joint Educational Consortium, 1979-1980; president, Arkansas State University, 1980-1984; president, University of Arkansas, 1984-1990; elected to the One Hundred Second and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1991-January 3, 1997); was not a candidate for reelection to the United States House of Representatives, but was a successful candidate for election to the Arkansas State Supreme Court; served from January 3, 1991 until January 1, 1997, when he resigned prior to being sworn in as a member of the Arkansas State Supreme Court.
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