Ray Thornton

Ray Thornton
Associate Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
In office
1997–2004
Preceded byRobert H. Dudley
Succeeded byJim Gunter
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Arkansas's 2nd district
In office
January 3, 1991 – January 1, 1997
Preceded byTommy F. Robinson
Succeeded byVic Snyder
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Arkansas's 4th district
In office
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979
Preceded byDavid Pryor
Succeeded byBeryl Anthony Jr.
48th Attorney General of Arkansas
In office
January 12, 1971 – January 9, 1973
GovernorDale Bumpers
Preceded byJoe Purcell
Succeeded byJim Guy Tucker
Personal details
Born
Raymond Hoyt Thornton Jr.

(1928-07-16)July 16, 1928
Conway, Arkansas, U.S.
DiedApril 13, 2016(2016-04-13) (aged 87)
Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materYale University

Raymond Hoyt Thornton Jr. (July 16, 1928 – April 13, 2016)[1][2][3] was an American attorney and politician. He was a Democratic U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1973 to 1979 and the 2nd district from 1991 to 1997.[2] He served as an associate justice on the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1997 to 2004.[4]

  1. ^ Jacob Kauffman, Chris Hickey (April 13, 2016). "Former Congressman Ray Thornton Of Arkansas Dies".
  2. ^ a b "Raymond (Ray) Hoyt Thornton Jr. (1928–) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas".
  3. ^ Arkansas Courts, A Self-Guided Tour of Justice Building Portraits (2016), p. 11.
  4. ^ "Encyclopedia of Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved February 23, 2024.