Carl Edward Bailey
| Carl Edward Bailey | |
|---|---|
| 31st Governor of Arkansas | |
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In office January 12, 1937 – January 14, 1941 |
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| Lieutenant | Robert L. Bailey |
| Preceded by | Junius Marion Futrell |
| Succeeded by | Homer Martin Adkins |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 8, 1894 Bernie, Missouri, US |
| Died | October 23, 1948 (aged 54) Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Chillicothe Business College |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Rank | Captain of the Medical Corps |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Carl Edward Bailey (October 8, 1894 – October 23, 1948) was the 31st Governor of Arkansas from 1937 to 1941.
Bailey was born in Bernie in Stoddard County in southeastern Missouri. He attended public schools and graduated high school in Campbell, Missouri in 1912.
Bailey hoped to attend the University of Missouri in Columbia, but he was unable to secure the financing. In 1915, he attended Chillicothe Business College, where he studied bookkeeping and accounting.
Bailey worked for a time as a railroad brakeman in Texas and later opened a cafe in Campbell. He also served as deputy tax collector in Dunkin County, Missouri.
In 1917, he moved to Weona in Poinsett County, Arkansas, and worked as a cashier in Weona, in nearby Trumann and later in Augusta, Arkansas.
Bailey studied law and was admitted to the bar in Arkansas in 1923, and opened a private law practice in 1925. He served as a deputy prosecuting attorney in the Sixth Judicial District of Arkansas from 1927 to 1931.
Bailey became a prosecuting attorney and served in that position from 1931 to 1935. In 1934, he was elected to the post of Arkansas attorney general and served one two-year term. In 1936, mobster Lucky Luciano was arrested in Hot Springs and offered Attorney General Bailey a $50,000 bribe if Bailey would not extradite him to New York. Bailey refused the bribe.
In 1936, Bailey was elected to the first of his two terms as governor. In the general election, Bailey handily defeated the Republican Osro Cobb, who had represented Montgomery County in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1927 to 1930.
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