Marion H. Crank
| Marion Harland Crank | |
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| Arkansas State Representative from Little River and Sevier counties | |
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In office 1951–1968 |
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| Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives | |
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In office 1963–1964 |
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| Preceded by | John P. Bethel |
| Succeeded by | J. H. Cottrell, Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 18, 1915 Bearden, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | December 18, 1994 (aged 79) Texarkana, Texas, U.S. |
| Resting place | Holy Cross Cemetery in Foreman in Little River County, Arkansas |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Pauline Yauger, or "Polly" Crank (married 1940-1994, his death) |
| Children |
Marianne C. Maynard |
| Residence | Foreman, Arkansas |
| Occupation | Businessman; Rural planner |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
Marianne C. Maynard
Robert A. Crank
Margaret Crank Amps
Marion Harland Crank (February 18, 1915 – December 19, 1994) was a Democratic politician from Foreman in Little River County in the U.S. state of Arkansas. He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1951 to 1968. He was the Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1963 to 1964 and his party's gubernatorial nominee in 1968, but he was narrowly defeated by the incumbent Republican Winthrop Rockefeller.
Crank was born in Bearden outside Camden in Ouachita County in south Arkansas. He was originally engaged in the mercantile business in Foreman and was particularly active in the St. Barnabas Episcopal Church there. He was the chief of real property control for the Farmers Home Administration regional office in Dallas. He worked to establish the Foreman Industrial Development Corporation. He was sent to China as the chief agricultural officer for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. At the time of his death in Texarkana, Texas, he was the president of Southwest Arkansas Planning & Development District and the chairman of the Little River County Rural Development Authority.
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