- Xenophon Overton Pindall
Xenophon Overton Pindall (
21 August 1873 -2 January 1935 ) was a Democratic governor of theU.S. state ofArkansas .Xenophon Overton Pindall was born at Middle Grove in
Monroe County, Missouri . He attended Central College inMissouri and earned his law degree from theUniversity of Arkansas in 1896. He was a member of Kappa Sigma Xi chapter at the University of Arkansas.Pindall served as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1902 to 1906. He ran unsuccessfully for the post of Arkansas Attorney General in 1906 and later that year was elected to the Arkansas Senate.
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11 February 1907 , Arkansas GovernorJohn Sebastian Little resigned his office due to an emotional breakdown.John Isaac Moore was president of the Senate and replaced him as governor. At the end of the legislative session in May, Pindall was chosen as the new president pro tempore and ascended to the Governor's office.Pindall served as Governor until
11 January 1909 , when his Senate term expired. Pindall's successor wasJesse M. Martin , who served as acting governor for three days.During Pindall's administration, a pure food and drug law was passed, the
Ozark National Forest was created, and laws against price discrimination were enacted.After leaving office Pindall won renown as a criminal lawyer. Xenophon Pindall died on
2 January 1935 . He is buried inArkansas City, Arkansas . The town ofPindall, Arkansas is named for him. His law office in Arkansas Cityis on theNational Register of Historic Places .External links
* Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture entry: [http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2753 Xenophon Overton Pindall]
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