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'''Pratt Cates Remmel, Sr.''' (October 26, 1915 – May 14, 1991), was the only 20th century Republican elected on a partisan ballot to have served as [[mayor]] of the capital city of [[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]]. Remmel was elected to the first of two two-year terms in 1951, was reelected in 1953, and then defeated in 1955 by the Democrat Woodrow Wilson Mann, who like Remmel was engaged in the [[insurance]] business. In 1954, Remmel was the unsuccessful Republican gubernatorial candidate against the [[Democratic Party|Democrat ]] [[Orval E. Faubus]], who won the first of his six consecutive two-year terms as the state's highest constitutional officer. Remmel's 37 percent of the general election vote was the greatest then attained by a Republican candidate since Reconstruction. In some ways, he paved the beginning of a long route that would bring fellow Republican [[Winthrop Rockefeller]] to the governorship in 1967. Rockefeller moved into the state only a year before Remmel ran for governor.  

'''Pratt Cates Remmel, Sr.''' (October 26, 1915 – May 14, 1991), was the only 20th century Republican elected on a partisan ballot to have served as [[mayor]] of the capital city of [[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]]. Remmel was elected to the first of two two-year terms in 1951, was reelected in 1953, and then defeated in 1955 by the Democrat Woodrow Wilson Mann, who like Remmel was engaged in the [[insurance]] business. In 1954, Remmel was the unsuccessful Republican gubernatorial candidate against the [[Democratic Party|Democrat ]] [[Orval E. Faubus]], who won the first of his six consecutive two-year terms as the state's highest constitutional officer. Remmel's 37 percent of the general election vote was the greatest then attained by a Republican candidate since Reconstruction. In some ways, he paved the beginning of a long route that would bring fellow Republican [[Winthrop Rockefeller]] to the governorship in 1967. Rockefeller moved into the state only a year before Remmel ran for governor.  

==Family, education, military==

==Family, education, military==

The Little Rock election caught the eye of Republican [[U.S. Senato]]r [[Robert A. Taft]] of [[Ohio]] who told an audience in Biloxi, [[Mississippi]], that he hoped Remmel's victory would be "indicative of a new trend in the South."[13]At the 1952 Republican convention in [[Chicago]], Remmel first favored a largely ceremonial choice, General [[Douglas MacArthur]], a fellow Little Rock native whom he had hosted when the general visited the city.[14] Delegates Remmel, his mother "Nell" Remmel, National Committeeman [[Wallace Townsend]] and state GOP chairman [[Osro Cobb]] all voted at the convention for Taft. The Arkansas delegation split 6-4 for Taft, and an eleventh delegate abstained.[15] When the nomination went to [[Dwight Eisenhower]]], a [[Texas]] native who grew up in [[Kansas]], Remmel  Remmel worked for the national ticket, but the [[Adlai Stevenson]]-[[John Sparkman]] electors still won in Arkansas, a traditional Democratic political bastion at that time.  

The Little Rock election caught the eye of Republican [[U.S. Senato]]r [[Robert A. Taft]] of [[Ohio]] who told an audience in Biloxi, [[Mississippi]], that he hoped Remmel's victory would be "indicative of a new trend in the South."[13]At the 1952 Republican convention in [[Chicago]], Remmel first favored a largely ceremonial choice, General [[Douglas MacArthur]], a fellow Little Rock native whom he had hosted when the general visited the city.[14] Delegates Remmel, his mother "Nell" Remmel, National Committeeman [[Wallace Townsend]] and state GOP chairman [[Osro Cobb]] all voted at the convention for Taft. The Arkansas delegation split 6-4 for Taft, and an eleventh delegate abstained.[15] When the nomination went to [[Dwight Eisenhower]]], a [[Texas]] native who grew up in [[Kansas]], Remmel  Remmel worked for the national ticket, but the [[Adlai Stevenson]]-[[John Sparkman]] electors still won in Arkansas, a traditional Democratic political bastion at that time.  

==Reelection as mayor, 1953==

==Reelection as mayor, 1953==

Remmel announced that his second campaign would not accent the party issue, and the GOP declined even to offer an aldermanic slate. Remmel claimed that his record had been "fair to all and partial to none." [16] He spent some $15,000 in his second race and, in a technological innovation, linked six Little Rock radio stations to carry a simultaneous rally.  

Remmel announced that his second campaign would not accent the party issue, and the GOP declined even to offer an aldermanic slate. Remmel claimed that his record had been "fair to all and partial to none." [16] He spent some $15,000 in his second race and, in a technological innovation, linked six Little Rock radio stations to carry a simultaneous rally.  

In the 1954 gubernatorial race, Remmel conceded that "some folks have said that Remmel is too religious, but that's exactly why Remmel has a chance at all."[24] While campaigning for governor, Remmel sought the prayers of ministers he met, carried his Bible in his hip pocket, and read five chapters daily.[25]  

In the 1954 gubernatorial race, Remmel conceded that "some folks have said that Remmel is too religious, but that's exactly why Remmel has a chance at all."[24] While campaigning for governor, Remmel sought the prayers of ministers he met, carried his Bible in his hip pocket, and read five chapters daily.[25]  

==1954 gubernatorial resu208, 121 262.1 to 37.9 percent. The turnout was forty thousand fewer than in the Democratic runoff. Faubus polled just 16,793 more votes against Remmel than he had against Cherry. Theoretically, large numbers of Cherry supporters either stayed home in the general election or voted for Remmel. The Republican won six counties: Arkansas, Pulaski, Sebastian, Garland, Searcy, and Newton. He received at least 40 percent in five other counties, including Jefferson, Union, and Washington. He carried the cities of Fayetteville, El Dorado, and Brinkley though he lost the respective counties.[26]  

==1954 gubernatorial results==

 

Faubus prevailed, 208,121 262.1 to 37.9 percent. The turnout was forty thousand fewer than in the Democratic runoff. Faubus polled just 16,793 more votes against Remmel than he had against Cherry. Theoretically, large numbers of Cherry supporters either stayed home in the general election or voted for Remmel. The Republican won six counties: Arkansas, Pulaski, Sebastian, Garland, Searcy, and Newton. He received at least 40 percent in five other counties, including Jefferson, Union, and Washington. He carried the cities of Fayetteville, El Dorado, and Brinkley though he lost the respective counties.[26]  

Faubus in his memoirs recalled Remmel as "a most gracious loser. The day following the election, he and his brother, Roland (Roland R. Remmel, September 26, 1917 – July 2, 2006), came ... to congratulate me on my victory and to wish me well. Their attitude made a strong, favorable impression on me which I never forgot."[27]  

Faubus in his memoirs recalled Remmel as "a most gracious loser. The day following the election, he and his brother, Roland (Roland R. Remmel, September 26, 1917 – July 2, 2006), came ... to congratulate me on my victory and to wish me well. Their attitude made a strong, favorable impression on me which I never forgot."[27]