Joe Purcell
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| Acting Governor of Arkansas | |
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| Preceded by | David Pryor |
| Succeeded by | Bill Clinton |
| 13th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas | |
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| Governor | David Pryor Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Bob C. Riley |
| Succeeded by | Winston Bryant |
| 45th Attorney General of Arkansas | |
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| Governor | Winthrop Rockefeller |
| Preceded by | Bruce Bennett |
| Succeeded by | Ray Thornton |
| Chair of the Arkansas Democratic Party | |
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| Born | Joe Edward Purcell Script error: No such module "person date". Warren, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | Script error: No such module "person date". Benton, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| SpouseScript error: No such module "Detect singular". | Helen Hale Purcell |
| Children | 2 |
| Profession | Attorney |
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Joe Edward Purcell (July 29, 1923 – March 5, 1987) was an American politician and attorney who served as the acting governor of Arkansas for six days in 1979. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 45th attorney general of Arkansas from 1967 to 1971 and the 13th lieutenant governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1981.
In 1974, Purcell was elected to the lieutenant governorship; he handily defeated Republican Leona Troxell of Rose Bud in White County, a former associate of the late Governor Winthrop Rockefeller. He was reelected as Arkansas Lieutenant Governor in 1976 and 1978 under David Pryor and Bill Clinton. He served as Acting Arkansas Governor for six days in 1979, having filled the unexpired term of Pryor, who had been elected to the United States Senate.[1]
Purcell was twice a candidate for the governorship. In 1970, he was considered the leading challenger to former governor Orval Faubus and ran second to Faubus throughout the primary race, but was edged out of a runoff berth by less than 500 votes by Charleston attorney Dale Bumpers, who went on to defeat Faubus and then Republican Governor Winthrop Rockefeller in the general election. Purcell was Bumpers' choice to chair the Arkansas Democratic Party, a position which he held from 1970 to 1973. His chief task as party chair was to purge followers of presidential candidate George Wallace of Alabama and former gubernatorial nominee James D. Johnson from the party ranks and to limit the influence of the Faubus-era "Old Guard" faction. He entered the Democratic gubernatorial primary in 1982 and surprisingly edged out former congressman Jim Guy Tucker for a runoff berth with former governor Bill Clinton. Purcell lost the Democratic nomination to Clinton in a runoff, 46 to 54 percent.[2]
Notes and references
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."State of Arkansas: Governors". theus50.com. July 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Dewitt Era-Enterprise - Google News Archive Search".
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