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'''Leona Anderson Troxell Dodd''', known politically as '''Leona Troxell''' (April 22, 1913 – July 26, 2003), was a [[New York]]-born [[politician]] who became a pioneer in the development of the [[Republican Party]] in her adopted state of [[Arkansas]]. She was president of the National Federation of Republican Women from 1963 to 1967, during which time she became involved in the [[Governor|gubernatorial]] campaigns of [[Winthrop Rockefeller]], originally from [[New York City]]. She was also a former [[Republican National Committee|Republican national committeewoman]]. For a time, she was director of the Arkansas Employment Security Division in the Rockefeller administration.
'''Leona Anderson Troxell Dodd''', known politically as '''Leona Troxell''' (April 22, 1913 – July 26, 2003), was a [[New York]]-born [[politician]] who became a pioneer in the development of the [[Republican Party]] in her adopted state of [[Arkansas]]. She was president of the National Federation of Republican Women from 1963 to 1967, during which time she became involved in the [[Governor|gubernatorial]] campaigns of [[Winthrop Rockefeller]], originally from [[New York City]]. She was also a former [[Republican National Committee|Republican national committeewoman]]. For a time, she was director of the Arkansas Employment Security Division in the Rockefeller administration.
==Biography==
===Early life===
Leona Troxell was born to Frank and Clara Anderson in Johnstown in Fulton County, New York.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.arkansas.gov/esd/About/Legacy/Directors/Troxell.htm|title=Arkansas Department of Workforce Services|website=www.arkansas.gov|access-date=2018-11-01}}</ref> She was the dean of women at Drake University in [[Des Moines]], [[Iowa]], before she married Nolan Troxell (1904–1971) and moved to [[rural]] Rose Bud in White County, north of the state capital of [[Little Rock]]
==Biography==
===Political career===
=== Early life ===
In 1968, when Rockefeller was re-elected to his second and last two-year term as governor, Troxell was the unsuccessful candidate for state treasurer. She was defeated by the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[incumbent]] Nancy J. Hall (1904–1991). Troxell polled 218,804 votes (37.4 percent) to Hall's 365,540 (62.6 percent). Troxell won five of the seventy-five Arkansas counties: Searcy, Baxter, Benton, Carroll, and Washington, but she did not prevail in her own White County. Hall, the wife of the late Secretary of State C.G. "Crip" Hall, was first elected treasurer in 1962 and served until 1981. Nancy Hall was also the first woman ever elected to statewide constitutional office in Arkansas.
In 1968, when Rockefeller was re-elected to his second and last two-year term as governor, Troxell was the unsuccessful candidate for state treasurer. She was defeated by the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[incumbent]] Nancy J. Hall (1904–1991). Troxell polled 218,804 votes (37.4 percent) to Hall's 365,540 (62.6 percent). Troxell won five of the seventy-five Arkansas counties: Searcy, Baxter, Benton, Carroll, and Washington, but she did not prevail in her own White County. Hall, the wife of the late Secretary of State C.G. "Crip" Hall, was first elected treasurer in 1962 and served until 1981. Nancy Hall was also the first woman ever elected to statewide constitutional office in Arkansas.