Ben T. Laney papers, 1945-1948.

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Ben T. Laney papers, 1945-1948.

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Departmental correspondence is organized by department or person's name and by date within the folder. The file is thought to be incomplete. The individual correspondence is organized by person's name.

6 cubic ft.

Arkansas History Commission, Department of Archives and History

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SNAC Resource ID: 8076797

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Laney, Benjamin Travis, 1896-1977

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Arkansas. Governor (1945-1949 : Laney)

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Arkansas governor. Benjamin Travis Laney was born in Ouchita County, Ark., on 25 Nov. 1896. He attended college at Hendrix College and Arkansas State Teachers College, where he earned his degree after World War I. He taught one year prior to entering the U.S. Navy in 1917. He began his career in Conway, Ark., but later moved back to Camden, Ark. He was drafted in 1935 as a candidate for mayor of Camden and re-elected in 1937. He retired as mayor in 1939. He was elected g...