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Homer Martin Adkins

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32nd Governor of Arkansas (1890-1964)

United StatesPoliticiansLived 1890 to 1964 · aged 73
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Homer Martin Adkins was an American businessman and Democratic politician who served as the 32nd governor of Arkansas.

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Homer Martin Adkins was an American businessman and Democratic politician who served as the 32nd governor of Arkansas. Adkins is remembered as a skilled retail politician and a strong states' rights proponent and social conservative who served as governor during a period when Arkansas departed from several national economic and societal trends. The Adkins administration fought federal influence in Arkansas during the post-New Deal era; successfully courting federal wartime production investment, during World War II, while battling the federal resettlement of Japanese-Americans in the state and Supreme Court civil rights decisions.

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United States
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Politicians
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Politician
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deceased
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Lived 1890 to 1964 · aged 73
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