calsfoundation@cals.org
April 2, 2011
Congressman John Paul Hammerschmidt, the first Republican congressman from Arkansas since Reconstruction, is shown here meeting with President Lyndon Johnson in 1968 (David Pryor is in the background). Hammerschmidt served in the U.S. Congress for twenty-six years. His ability to relate to and serve the home population through effective casework management is perhaps his most lasting legacy.