Lynn Lowe

Lynn Lowe
Lowe in undated photograph
Chair of the Arkansas Republican Party
In office
December 1974 – June 1980
Preceded byJim R. Caldwell
Succeeded byJeraldine D. Pruden (interim)
Harlan "Bo" Holleman
Republican National Committeeman from Arkansas
In office
June 1980 – 1988
Preceded byJohn Paul Hammerschmidt
Succeeded byRobert "Bob" Leslie
Personal details
Born
Aylmer Lynn Lowe

(1936-03-06)March 6, 1936
Texarkana, Miller County
Arkansas, U.S.
DiedAugust 14, 2010(2010-08-14) (aged 74)
Garland, Miller County, U.S.
Resting placeLowe farm in Miller County
Political partyRepublican
SpouseNedra Jean Bledsoe
ChildrenMichael Lynn Lowe

Evelyn Ruth Lowe

Martha Elizabeth Lowe Robertson
Parent(s)Luther and Ruth McKinley Lowe
Residence(s)Garland, Arkansas
Alma materGarland City (Arkansas) High School

Southern Arkansas University

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
OccupationFarmer; 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),[1][2] was an American businessman and politician from Garland near Texarkana in Miller County in southwestern Arkansas, who was a major figure in the Arkansas Republican Party. He was the Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1978 against the Democrat Bill Clinton, served as state party chairman from 1974 to 1980, and was the GOP candidate in Arkansas's 4th congressional district in 1966, having been defeated by the Democrat David Pryor, then a state representative and a future governor and U.S. Senator, originally from Camden in Ouachita County in south Arkansas.

  1. ^ "Social Security Death Index". ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns: Lowe, Lynn". ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved December 27, 2009.