Russell Elrod

Russell Elrod
Arkansas Senate
In office
1945–1968
President Pro Tempore of the Arkansas Senate
In office
1953–1954
Personal details
Born(1904-11-30)November 30, 1904
Mosley Prairie, Oklahoma
DiedDecember 3, 1985(1985-12-03) (aged 81)
Political party Democratic

Russell Elrod (November 30, 1904 - December 3, 1985)[1] 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.[2]

He was born at Moseley Prairie in Delaware County, Oklahoma and schooled in Siloam Springs, Arkansas.[1] He worked as a lawyer in Siloam Springs.[3][4] He gained the nickname the "Little Fox" of Benton County.[3] 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.[7] He is pictured in composite photographs of the Arkansas Senate in 1951 and 1965.[8][9]

Elrod died December 3, 1985 aged 81.[10] [7]

References

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