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Knox Nelson

Knox Nelson

Arkansas politician

Knox Nelson (April 3, 1926 – June 4, 1996) was a politician in Arkansas. He served as President of the Arkansas Senate.[1]

He served in the South Pacific during World War II. He was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1956 and served two terms. He voted to lift rate limits on Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company and was rewarded financially by the company. He was elected to the Arkansas Senate in 1960 and won re-election until he was defeated by Jay Bradford in 1990. He and Max Howell were powerful long-serving state senators in Arkansas.[2] He chaired the Southwest Regional Energy Council.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Arkansas Senate Pro Tempores". Arkansas Senate.
  2. [2]
    "Encyclopedia of Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  3. [3]
    Mandatory energy conservation and gasoline and diesel fuel rationing: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy Regulation of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1979.


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