Russell Elrod Explained

Office1:Arkansas Senate
Term Start1:1945
Term End1:1968
Office2:President Pro Tempore of the Arkansas Senate
Term Start2:1953
Term End2:1954
Birth Date:30 November 1904
Birth Place:Mosley Prairie, Oklahoma
Party:Democratic

Russell Elrod (November 30, 1904 - December 3, 1985) was a lawyer and long-serving state legislator in Arkansas. He served in the Arkansas Senate including as President Pro Tempore of the Arkansas Senate in 1953.[1]

He was born at Moseley Prairie in Delaware County, Oklahoma and schooled in Siloam Springs, Arkansas.[2] He worked as a lawyer in Siloam Springs.[3] He gained the nickname the "Little Fox" of Benton County.[4] Elrod served from 1945 until 1968,[5] [6] when he was succeeded by Jim Caldwell. Elrod also served as Siloam Springs city attorney for 12 years. He is pictured in composite photographs of the Arkansas Senate in 1951 and 1965.[7] [8]

Elrod died December 3, 1985 aged 81.[9] [10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arkansas Senate Pro Tempores. Arkansas Senate.
  2. Book: Hinshaw, Jerry E.. Call the Roll: The First One Hundred Fifty Years of the Arkansas Legislature. December 23, 1986. Rose Publishing Company. 9780914546665 . Google Books.
  3. Web site: The Arkansas Hand-book. December 23, 1949. Christian Associations of the University of Arkansas. Google Books.
  4. News: Siloam's Russell Elrod: 'The Little Fox' . 29 March 2024 . Northwest Arkansas Times . 5 January 1967 . 16.
  5. Web site: Daniels . Charlie . Historical report of the secretary of state 2008. 29 March 2024.
  6. News: Elrod Seeking Re-Election to State Senate . 29 March 2024 . Northwest Arkansas Times . 20 April 1968 . 2.
  7. 1951 Senate composite photo of the Fifty-Eighth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas. December 31, 1951. Arkansas General Assembly Composite Images, 1866-2023.
  8. 1965 Senate composite photo of the Sixty-Fifth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas. December 31, 1965. Arkansas General Assembly Composite Images, 1866-2023.
  9. News: Siloam Springs, Russell Elrod 81 dies . 29 March 2024 . Tulsa World . 4 December 1985 . 44.
  10. News: Russell Elrod Obituary . 29 March 2024 . newspaperarchive.com . en.