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|residence= Benton, Arkansas ​

|residence= Benton, Arkansas ​

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Two children:<br>​

|children=Janis Ricketts Volkamer<br/>​

Janis Ricketts Volkamer<br/>​

Glenn R. "Rick" Ricketts​

Glenn R. "Rick" Ricketts​

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Ricketts was a former president of the Arkansas Junior Chamber of Commerce, a national Jaycees director, and a member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce International. He was affiliated with the Fayetteville Exchange Club for Men, the Arkansas Pharmaceutical Association, and the [[Salvation Army]].<ref name=obit/>

Ricketts was a former president of the Arkansas Junior Chamber of Commerce, a national Jaycees director, and a member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce International. He was affiliated with the Fayetteville Exchange Club for Men, the Arkansas Pharmaceutical Association, and the [[Salvation Army]].<ref name=obit/>

​==Political life==

==Political life==

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At the time of his gubernatorial bid, Ricketts, a 37-year-old [[pharmacist]], operated with his father Ricketts Drug Store in Fayetteville] in Washington County in northwestern Arkansas.<ref>''[[The New York Times]]'', November 3, 1962.</ref> Ricketts polled 82,349 votes (26.7 percent) to Faubus' 225,743 (73.3 percent). Faubus won all seventy-five counties; Ricketts ran best with 42 percent in Baxter County in the far northern part of the state.<ref>Election Statistics, 1962, Little Rock: Secretary of State; ''Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections,'' 1962 gubernatorial results.</ref>  

At the time of his gubernatorial bid, Ricketts, a 37-year-old [[pharmacist]], operated with his father Ricketts Drug Store in Fayetteville] in Washington County in northwestern Arkansas.<ref>''[[The New York Times]]'', November 3, 1962.</ref> Ricketts polled 82,349 votes (26.7 percent) to Faubus' 225,743 (73.3 percent). Faubus won all seventy-five counties; Ricketts ran best with 42 percent in Baxter County in the far northern part of the state.<ref>Election Statistics, 1962, Little Rock: Secretary of State; ''Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections,'' 1962 gubernatorial results.</ref>