Homer Martin Adkins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Homer Martin Adkins

Governor of Arkansas

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1890

Place of Birth: Jacksonville, Arkansas, United States

Date of Death: 26-Feb-1964

Profession: politician, pharmacist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Homer Martin Adkins

  • Homer Martin Adkins (October 15, 1890 – February 26, 1964) was a pharmacist, businessman, and Democratic politician who served as the 32nd governor of the U.S.
  • state of Arkansas.
  • Adkins is remembered as a skilled retail politician and a strong states' rights proponent and social conservative who served as governor during a period when Arkansas departed from several national economic and societal trends.
  • The Adkins administration fought federal influence in Arkansas during the post-New Deal era; successfully courting federal wartime production investment during World War II while battling the federal resettlement of Japanese-Americans in the state and Supreme Court civil rights decisions. The Adkins administration was in several ways a forerunner to years of segregationist governors in Arkansas and across the South, most famously Alabama Governor George Wallace.
  • The former Ku Klux Klan member fought the post-World War II civil rights gains made by African-Americans and sought to organize a constitutional convention to restore the white primary after the Supreme Court's Smith vs.
  • Allwright decision.
  • Derided as "Holy Homer" by opponents, Adkins' strong brand of social conservativism earned formidable opposition from moderates and more progressive politicians like preceding governor-turned rival Carl E.
  • Bailey, as well as the pro-gambling interests in the resort town Hot Springs.
  • After leaving office, Adkins remained an influential voice in state politics, assisting later governors Sid McMath and Orval Faubus.

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