March 16, 2010

Governor Winthrop Rockefeller, pictured here in his official gubernatorial portrait, presented a marked departure from his predecessor in office, Orval Faubus. For instance, Rockefeller held a public ceremony on the steps of the Arkansas State Capitol following the death of Martin Luther King Jr., the only Southern governor to hold such a ceremony. While in office, he also worked to attract business to Arkansas and reform the state’s reprehensible prison system.