deaths
July 15, 1965
Francis Cherry, American lawyer and politician, 35th Governor of Arkansas (born 1908)
Francis Cherry (governor)
Francis Adams Cherry was an American judge and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as probate judge of the Twelfth Chancery District Court of Arkansas in 1942 and again from 1944 to 1952 and as governor of Arkansas from 1953 to 1955.
Governor of Arkansas
The governor of Arkansas is the head of government of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The governor is the head of the executive branch of the Arkansas government and is charged with enforcing state laws.