Bob C. Riley

Bob Cowley Riley[1] (September 18, 1924 – February 16, 1994) was an American politician. He served as lieutenant governor of Arkansas from 1971 to 1975.[2][3]

Bob C. Riley
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
In office
1947–1950
12th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas
In office
January 12, 1971 – January 3, 1975
GovernorDale Bumpers
Preceded byMaurice Britt
Succeeded byJoe Purcell
Acting Governor of Arkansas
In office
January 3, 1975 – January 12, 1975
Preceded byDale Bumpers
as Governor
Succeeded byDavid Pryor
as Governor
Personal details
Born(1924-09-18)September 18, 1924
Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
DiedFebruary 16, 1994(1994-02-16) (aged 69)
Political partyDemocratic

Life and career

Riley was born in Little Rock, Arkansas.[2]

Riley served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1947 to 1950.[3]

In 1970, Riley was elected to the Arkansas lieutenant governorship,[4] serving under Dale Bumpers.[5] He served in that office until January 1975, when he took office as Governor of Arkansas from January 3, 1975 - January 12, 1975 to complete Bumpers's term as Governor of Arkansas.[6] Bumpers resigned as governor to take his seat in the United States Senate. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1974.

Riley was the nation's first blind governor.[7]

Riley died on February 16, 1994,[3] at the age of 69.

References
  1. Chan, Sewell (March 14, 2008). "First Legally Blind Governor? Not Quite". The New York Times. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  2. "History of Office". Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas Website. Archived from the original on April 20, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2023 – via Wayback Machine.
  3. "Riley". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  4. Olstrom, Clifford (July 10, 2012). Undaunted by Blindness, 2nd Edition. Ebookit.com. p. 220. ISBN 9780982272190 – via Google Books.
  5. Stewart, James (November 20, 2012). Blood Sport: The Truth Behind the Scandals in the Clinton White House. Simon & Schuster. p. 35. ISBN 9781476711805 – via Google Books.
  6. Politics in America, Congressional Quarterly, 1979
  7. https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/first-legally-blind-governor-not-quite/


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