Ed Bethune received the Juris Doctor degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1963 and was admitted to the Arkansas bar that same year.
14 Facts About Ed Bethune
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Ed Bethune was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.
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In 1972, Ed Bethune was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Arkansas attorney general against the Democrat James Guy Tucker Jr.
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Ed Bethune was chosen in 1979 as the president of the US House Republican freshman class.
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Once in the House, Ed Bethune made federal taxes and spending his chief concern.
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Ed Bethune opposed Reagan's proposal to sell AWACS fighter planes to Saudi Arabia, which was against the advice of Israel.
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Ed Bethune joined Senators Bumpers and Pryor to veto a proposal to override Arkansas' 10 percent interest ceiling for retail loans.
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In 1982, a year of widespread election of Democrats, Ed Bethune had a harder race.
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Ed Bethune did not begin campaigning until the final three weeks of the contest, as he had been confident of winning a third term.
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Ed Bethune's opponent was the Democratic former state Senator Charles Lindbergh George Sr.
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Ed Bethune survived the challenge and gained re-election: 96,775 to George's 82,913.
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In 1984, Ed Bethune sought the Senate seat against the incumbent Senator Pryor.
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Ed Bethune was decisively defeated, with Pryor receiving 502,341 votes to Bethune's 373,615.
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Ed Bethune resisted suggestions that he run for governor in 1986, and the nomination went to Frank White.