Sid McMath
34th governor of Arkansas (1912-2003) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 91
Sidney Sanders McMath was a U.S. marine, attorney and the 34th governor of Arkansas from 1949 to 1953.
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McMath in uniform, c. 1942
Governor's Mansion at Little Rock. McMath occupied the official residence from February 1950 to January 1953.
McMath with his third wife, Betty Dortch Russell McMath, and former U.S. Rep. Vic Snyder.
Sid McMath, August 1948, on the bath house promenade, Hot Springs National Park
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In defiance of his state's political establishment, he championed rapid rural electrification, massive highway and school construction, the building of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, strict bank and utility regulation, repeal of the poll tax, open and honest elections, and broad expansion of opportunity for black citizens in the decade following World War II.
