H. Kemp Toney | |
State House: | Arkansas |
District: | Jefferson County |
Term Start: | January 12, 1931[1] |
Term End: | January 10, 1949[2] |
Predecessor: | Clarance B. Craig[3] |
Successor: | Edward W. Brockman Jr[4] |
Office2: | 49th Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives |
Term Start2: | January 9, 1933[5] |
Term End2: | January 14, 1935[6] |
Predecessor2: | Irving C. Neale[7] |
Successor2: | Harve B. Thorn[8] |
State Senate3: | Arkansas |
District3: | Eleventh |
Term Start3: | January 9, 1905[9] |
Term End3: | January 13, 1913[10] |
Predecessor3: | Creed Caldwell[11] |
Successor3: | Thomas C. White[12] |
Office4: | President of the Arkansas Senate |
Term Start4: | January 12, 1911[13] |
Term End4: | January 13, 1913[14] |
Predecessor4: | Jesse Martin[15] |
Successor4: | William K. Oldham[16] |
Birth Date: | 2 March 1875 |
Birth Place: | near Oxford, Mississippi |
Death Place: | White Hall, Arkansas |
Children: | Elizabeth Toney |
Profession: | Lawyer, politician |
Residence: | Jefferson County, Arkansas |
Party: | Democratic |
Hardin Kimbrough "Kemp" Toney (March 2, 1876 – March 9, 1955) was a Democratic politician from Jefferson County, Arkansas. He represented the county in the Arkansas Senate from 1905 to 1913, and the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1931 to 1949.[17] [18]
He served as President of the Senate of the 38th Arkansas General Assembly, and as Speaker of the House of the 49th Arkansas General Assembly.[19] [20]
Toney was born to William Lunsford Toney and Martha Clarinda (Kimbrough) near Oxford, Mississippi in 1875. He attended the University of Mississippi. He served as the first president of the Pine Bluff Rotary Club.[21]