Hayes McClerkin
| Hayes C. McClerkin | |
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| Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives | |
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In office January 1, 1969 – December 31, 1970 |
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| Preceded by | Sterling R. Cockrill |
| Succeeded by | Ray S. Smith, Jr. |
| State Representative for Miller County (Texarkana) | |
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In office January 1, 1961 – December 31, 1970 |
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| Succeeded by | David G. Orr |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 16, 1931 Texarkana, Arkansas |
| Died | January 6, 2016 (aged 84) Texarkana, Arkansas |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Lillian Riggs McClerkin |
| Children | Martha, Katherine, Lauren McClerkin |
| Parents | Hayes Candour and Orlean Malony McClerkin |
| Alma mater | University of Arkansas Law School |
| Profession | Attorney, businessman |
Hayes C. McClerkin (December 16, 1931 – January 6, 2016) was an American politician who served as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1961 to 1970 and as Speaker from 1969 to 1970. He succeeded Speaker Sterling R. Cockrill of Little Rock, who in 1970 switched parties and ran as the unsuccessful Republican nominee for lieutenant governor. McClerkin worked as a commercial and environmental law attorney in Texarkana, Arkansas,
McClerkin did not seek a sixth term in the House in 1970. Instead he ran in the Democratic gubernatorial primary election with the goal of challenging the GOP incumbent Winthrop Rockefeller. He finished fourth in the primary with 45,011 votes (10.5 percent). Attorney General Joe Purcell ran third with 81,566 votes (18.9 percent). The top two candidates, former Governor Orval E. Faubus of Huntsville in Madison County and Dale Bumpers of Charleston in Franklin County near Fort Smith led the field with 156,578 (36.4 percent) and 86,156 (20.0 percent), respectively. In the runoff election, Bumpers, using the "Time for a Change" theme, soundly defeated Faubus, 58.7 to 41.3 percent, and then easily unseated Rockefeller in the general election. Thereafter McClerkin supported Bumpers for governor and also for the United States Senate, to which Bumpers was initially elected in 1974. Coincidentally, McClerkin died five days after the passing of Bumpers on January 1, 2016.
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