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Ranchino was one of five children born in Herrin in Williamson County in southern [[Illinois]] to Angelo "Comp" Ranchino (1908-1988), of [[Italy|Italian]] descent, and the former Esther Verna.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://williamson.illinoisgenweb.org/marriage.html|title=Williamson County Marriage Project|publisher=Williamson.illinoisgenweb.org|accessdate=September 1, 2013}}</ref> His siblings were three sisters, Alma Joy Hise (1928-2010) of Herrin,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meredithwaddell.com/p/whatNew.php?whatnewID=177 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130902171706/http://www.meredithwaddell.com/p/whatNew.php?whatnewID=177 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=September 2, 2013 |title=Alma Joy Hise |publisher=meredithwaddell.com |accessdate=September 1, 2013 }}</ref> Mariann R. Hunt (1933-2010), of [[Des Moines]], [[Iowa]],<ref name=hunt>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilesfuneralhomes.com/obituary/Mariann-Hunt/Des-Moines-IA/856869|title=Mariann Hunt|publisher=ilesfuneralhomes.com|accessdate=September 1, 2013}}</ref> and Cheryl Ranchino Trench, a newspaper columnist in Herrin,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herrinillinois.com/?page_id=653|title=Cheryl Ranchino Trench|publisher=herrinillinois.com|accessdate=September 1, 2013}}</ref> and a brother, John Edward Ranchino, who died in infancy.<ref name=hunt/> Ranchino and his wife, Veda, had two children, Tony A. Ranchino (born 1969), a photojournalist for KATV, where his father collapsed, and Nicole "Niki" R. Jackson (born 1971), who was seven at the time of her father's death and operates a children's camp. After her husband's early death, Veda continued to live in Clark County and the next year married local prosecuting attorney Henry Morgan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2008/apr/06/frontampcenter-niki-jackson-20080406/|title=Spencer Watson, Niki Jackson, April 6, 2008|publisher=arkansasonline.com|accessdate=September 1, 2013}}</ref>​

Ranchino was one of five children born in Herrin in Williamson County in southern [[Illinois]] to Angelo "Comp" Ranchino (1908-1988), of [[Italy|Italian]] descent, and the former Esther Verna.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://williamson.illinoisgenweb.org/marriage.html|title=Williamson County Marriage Project|publisher=Williamson.illinoisgenweb.org|accessdate=September 1, 2013}}</ref> His siblings were three sisters, Alma Joy Hise (1928-2010) of Herrin,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meredithwaddell.com/p/whatNew.php?whatnewID=177 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130902171706/http://www.meredithwaddell.com/p/whatNew.php?whatnewID=177 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=September 2, 2013 |title=Alma Joy Hise |publisher=meredithwaddell.com |accessdate=September 1, 2013 }}</ref> Mariann R. Hunt (1933-2010), of [[Des Moines]], [[Iowa]],<ref name=hunt>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilesfuneralhomes.com/obituary/Mariann-Hunt/Des-Moines-IA/856869|title=Mariann Hunt|publisher=ilesfuneralhomes.com|accessdate=September 1, 2013}}</ref> and Cheryl Ranchino Trench, a newspaper columnist in Herrin,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herrinillinois.com/?page_id=653|title=Cheryl Ranchino Trench|publisher=herrinillinois.com|accessdate=September 1, 2013}}</ref> and a brother, John Edward Ranchino, who died in infancy.<ref name=hunt/> Ranchino and his wife, Veda, had two children, Tony A. Ranchino (born 1969), a photojournalist for KATV, where his father collapsed, and Nicole "Niki" R. Jackson (born 1971), who was seven at the time of her father's death and operates a children's camp. After her husband's early death, Veda continued to live in Clark County and the next year married local prosecuting attorney Henry Morgan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2008/apr/06/frontampcenter-niki-jackson-20080406/|title=Spencer Watson, Niki Jackson, April 6, 2008|publisher=arkansasonline.com|accessdate=September 1, 2013}}</ref>​

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Ranchino graduated in 1954 from Herrin High School. In 1961, he received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] from [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]], a [[conservative]] institution  in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], [[Louisiana]].<ref name="obu-bulletin">[https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1034&context=catalogs ''Ouachita Baptist University General Bulletin 1969–1970''], Ouachita Baptist University, p. 17.</ref> In 1963 or 1964, he received his [[Master of Arts]] in history from [[Texas Christian University]] in [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]]; his thesis is entitled "The Work and Thought of a Jeffersonian in the Populist Movement: James Harvey 'Cyclone' Davis" and is a study of the [[Populism|populist]] organizer and Democratic [[U.S. Representative]] James "Cyclone" Davis of Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625065305/http://clio.missouristate.edu/wrmiller/Populism/Texts/Documents/Bibliography/biography.htm|archivedate=June 25, 2010}}</ref> He studied graduate political science and also history from 1963 to 1965 under the [[liberal]] historian [[William Appleman Williams]],<ref name=rmoore>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Da-Ali-Show-Compleet-Seereez/dp/B002OID4WM|title=By Robert Moore - Published on Amazon.com|publisher=amazon.co.uk|accessdate=September 1, 2013}}</ref> during his time at the [[University of Wisconsin]] in the capital city of [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]], [[Wisconsin]].<ref name="obu-bulletin"/> Despite his Louisiana College experience, Ranchino was described as a "campus radical".<ref name=amarcus>{{cite web|url=https://www.questia.com/library/1G1-229834253/bill-clinton-in-arkansas-generational-politics-the|title=Alan Marcus, Bill Clinton in Arkansas: Generational Politics, the Technology of Political Communication and the Permanent Campaign|publisher=''The Historian'' (Vol. 72, No. 2)|accessdate=September 1, 2013}}</ref>​

Ranchino graduated in 1954 from Herrin High School. In 1961, he received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] from [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]], a [[conservative]] institution  in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], [[Louisiana]].<ref name="obu-bulletin">[https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1034&context=catalogs ''Ouachita Baptist University General Bulletin 1969–1970''], Ouachita Baptist University, p. 17.</ref> In 1963 or 1964, he received his [[Master of Arts]] in history from [[Texas Christian University]] in [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]]; his thesis is entitled "The Work and Thought of a Jeffersonian in the Populist Movement: James Harvey 'Cyclone' Davis" and is a study of the [[Populism|populist]] organizer and Democratic [[U.S. Representative]] James "Cyclone" Davis of Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625065305/http://clio.missouristate.edu/wrmiller/Populism/Texts/Documents/Bibliography/biography.htm|title=James "Cyclone Davis|archivedate=June 25, 2010}}</ref> He studied graduate political science and also history from 1963 to 1965 under the [[liberal]] historian William Appleman Williams,<ref name=rmoore>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Da-Ali-Show-Compleet-Seereez/dp/B002OID4WM|title=By Robert Moore - Published on Amazon.com|publisher=amazon.co.uk|accessdate=September 1, 2013}}</ref> during his time at the [[University of Wisconsin]] in the capital city of [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]], [[Wisconsin]].<ref name="obu-bulletin"/> Despite his Louisiana College experience, Ranchino was described as a "campus radical".<ref name=amarcus>{{cite web|url=https://www.questia.com/library/1G1-229834253/bill-clinton-in-arkansas-generational-politics-the|title=Alan Marcus, Bill Clinton in Arkansas: Generational Politics, the Technology of Political Communication and the Permanent Campaign|publisher=''The Historian'' (Vol. 72, No. 2)|accessdate=September 1, 2013}}</ref>​

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==Academic and political career==​

==Academic and political career==​