Charles Hillman Brough
| Charles Hillman Brough | |
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| 25th Governor of Arkansas | |
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In office January 10, 1917 – January 11, 1921 |
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| Preceded by | George Washington Hays |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Chipman McRae |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 9, 1876 Clinton, Hinds County Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | December 26, 1935 (aged 59) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Roselawn Memorial Park in Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
Mississippi College |
| Profession | Professor; Lawyer |
| Religion | Baptist |
Mississippi College
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Charles Hillman Brough (July 9, 1876 – December 26, 1935) was the 25th Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas from 1917 to 1921.
Charles Brough was born in Clinton in Hinds County in central Mississippi. In 1894, he graduated from Mississippi College in Clinton. He earned his Ph.D. in 1898 from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from the University of Mississippi Law School in 1902. He taught at Mississippi College and the former women's institution, Hillman College, also in Clinton, Mississippi, and then the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He was a deacon in the Baptist Church.
Brough was elected governor in 1916. He defeated attorney Wallace Townsend, an Iowa native who later served as the long-term Republican national committeeman from Arkansas. Townsend made another unsuccessful gubernatorial bid in 1920 against Brough's successor, Thomas Chipman McRae.
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