Lynn Lowe
Lynn Lowe | |
|---|---|
Arkansas Republican Party | |
| In office December 1974 – June 1980 | |
| Preceded by | Jim R. Caldwell |
| Succeeded by | Jeraldine D. Pruden (interim) Harlan "Bo" Holleman |
| Republican National Committeeman from Arkansas | |
| In office June 1980 – 1988 | |
| Preceded by | John Paul Hammerschmidt |
| Succeeded by | Robert "Bob" Leslie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Aylmer Lynn Lowe March 6, 1936 Texarkana, Miller County Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | August 14, 2010 (aged 74) Garland, Miller County, U.S. |
| Resting place | Lowe farm in Miller County |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Nedra Jean Bledsoe |
| Children | Michael Lynn Lowe Evelyn Ruth Lowe |
| Parent(s) | Luther and Ruth McKinley Lowe |
| Residence(s) | Garland, Arkansas |
| Alma mater | Garland City (Arkansas) High School University of Arkansas at Fayetteville |
| Occupation | Farmer; Businessman |
| For more than a quarter century, Lowe was a pioneer in the attempt to establish a two-party system in the historically Democratic state of Arkansas. Since his death, the state moved primarily into the Republican column. | |
Aylmer Lynn Lowe, known as A. Lynn Lowe (March 6, 1936 – August 14, 2010),
Personal life
Lowe was born in Texarkana to Jesse Luther Lowe, Sr. (1890–1967), and the former Ruth McKinley (1894–1987), originally from
Congressional race
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Gubernatorial bid
Lowe found few issues on which to challenge Clinton until the Democrat announced his opposition to a
With his election a foregone conclusion, Clinton called the campaign against Lowe "uneventful except for the press conference on the steps of the Capitol in which his campaign accused me of being a draft dodger."
Lowe received 195,550 votes (36.6 percent) and won six counties:
U.S. Representative
Party leader
Lowe was elected state party chairman in December 1974.[10]
Lowe described Winthrop Rockefeller as "a very unusual guy with the best interest of Arkansas and its people at heart. If he made a mistake, it was not because he wanted to do so."
On August 10, 1975, Lowe and then State Representative
Lowe was
After his three terms as party chairman, Lowe served from 1980-1988 as the Arkansas Republican national committeeman.[14]
In 2000, Lowe was a donor to Republican presidential candidate
Lowe was the board chairman of the Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative Commission in Texarkana.[16]
Lowe died at the age of seventy-four at his home in Garland, Arkansas. A memorial service was held on August 21, 2010, at the First Lutheran Church of Texarkana, Texas, with the Reverend Berry Kolb officiating. Lowe was interred on his farm.[17]
Lowe's death came one month after the passing of Leon Griffith, the 1976 GOP gubernatorial nominee, who was overwhelmed in that heavily Democratic year by Governor David H. Pryor, who had defeated Lowe for Congress in 1966.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Social Security Death Index". ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
- ^ "Our Campaigns: Lowe, Lynn". ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved December 27, 2009.
- ^ a b Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, October 14, 1978, p. 2804
- ^ State of Arkansas, Secretary of State, Election returns, November 7, 1978
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Lynn Lowe of Arkansas.
- ^ Quoted from Arkadelphia Southern Standard in Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, October 14, 1978, p. 2804
- ^ a b U.S. News & World Report, October 16, 1978, p. 32
- ^ Arkansas election returns, 1978
- ^ "A. Lynn Lowe from Zip Code 75502". watchdog.net. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved December 27, 2009.
- ^ Arkansas Outlook, May 1973
- ^ a b Statement of A. Lynn Lowe, Texarkana, Arkansas, December 28, 2009
- ^ "The Daily Dairy of President Gerald R. Ford, August 10, 1975" (PDF). fordlibrarymuseum.gov. Retrieved December 27, 2009.
- ^ Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, July 12, 1980, p. 1928
- ^ Arkansas Gazette, November 14, 1982
- ^ "Texarkana, Arkansas Political Contributions by Individuals". city-data.com. Retrieved December 27, 2009.
- ^ "Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative Commission" (PDF). arklatexhealthcenter.com. Retrieved December 27, 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "In Memory of A. Lynn Lowe". obits.dignitymemorial.com. Retrieved January 31, 2011.