Sheffield Nelson
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Sheffield Nelson | |
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Arkansas Republican Party | |
| In office January 1, 1991 – August 21, 1992 Serving with Asa Hutchinson | |
| Preceded by | Ken Coon |
| Succeeded by | Asa Hutchinson |
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| Born | Edward Sheffield Nelson April 23, 1941 University of Arkansas, Little Rock (JD ) |
Edward Sheffield Nelson (born April 23, 1941) is an American
Nelson was born in Keevil near Brinkley in Monroe County in eastern Arkansas. He graduated from Brinkley High School and thereafter received his undergraduate degree in mathematics education from the University of Central Arkansas at Conway, where he was the student body president. He obtained a Juris Doctor degree in 1969 from the William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Prior to his foray into politics, he was from 1973 through 1984 the CEO of a
In 1990, Nelson won the Republican gubernatorial nomination in a divisive race against
Nelson has remained a prominent part of Arkansas' political scene, promoting a proposal to raise the natural gas severance tax to fund highway improvements and openly attacking the attempts of the Game and Fish Commission to exempt itself from the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act in regard to fiscal matters.
In 2015, Nelson was named by Governor
Nelson and his wife, Mary Lynn McCastlain, an artist originally from Brinkley, reside in Little Rock. They have two daughters and thirteen grandchildren. He is currently a partner in the Little Rock law firm of Jack Nelson Jones & Bryant.