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December 22, 1915
Max Howell was born in Lonoke (Lonoke County). Howell was a politician who served in the Arkansas legislature longer than anyone in history, accumulating power rivaling that of the nine governors with whom he served. In his forty-six years in the legislature, forty-two of which were in the Senate, Howell sponsored more than 700 bills, altering the course of higher education and the judicial system and sharply expanding the state’s services for the disabled and mentally ill.