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Lowe was born in Texarkana in Miller County to Jesse Luther Lowe, Sr. (1890–1967), and the former Ruth McKinley (1894–1987), originally from Waldo in Nevada County in southern Arkansas. He graduated from Garland  High School and attended Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia for two years before he received in 1959 his Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural engineering from the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville. He farmed his entire life near the Red River and for a time also raised [[cattle]].​

Lowe was born in Texarkana in Miller County to Jesse Luther Lowe, Sr. (1890–1967), and the former Ruth McKinley (1894–1987), originally from Waldo in Nevada County in southern Arkansas. He graduated from Garland  High School and attended Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia for two years before he received in 1959 his Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural engineering from the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville. He farmed his entire life near the Red River and for a time also raised [[cattle]].​

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Lowe was married to the former Nedra Jean Bledsoe, originally from Boyce in northern Rapides Parish to the north of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] in central [[Louisiana]]. The Bledsoes relocated to Miller County, where Jena's father operated a [[cotton]] gin. Lynn and Jean Lowe have a son, Michael Lynn Lowe (born 1959, also a farmer, and wife, Diana; two daughters, Ruth Evelyn Lowe of Garland City and Martha Lowe Robertson and husband, Chris, of [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]], and three grandchildren. Lynn Lowe had a surviving brother Robert McKinley Lowe of Weems, [[Virginia]], and two sisters Jean Davis of [Mesa, [[Arizona]], and Dot Fisher of Ames, [[Iowa]]. He was predeceased by a brother, Jesse Luther Lowe, Jr. Lowe was long active in the [[Missouri]] Synod of the [[Lutheran Church]] in Texarkana, [[Texas]].<ref name=obit/><ref name=lowe>Billy Hathorn, Interview with A. Lynn Lowe, December 28, 2009.</ref>​

Lowe was married to the former Nedra Jean Bledsoe, originally from Boyce in northern Rapides Parish to the north of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] in central [[Louisiana]]. The Bledsoes relocated to Miller County, where Jena's father operated a [[cotton]] gin. Lynn and Jean Lowe have a son, Michael Lynn Lowe (born 1959, also a farmer, and wife, Diana; two daughters, Ruth Evelyn Lowe of Garland City and Martha Lowe Robertson and husband, Chris, of [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]], and three grandchildren. Lynn Lowe had a surviving brother Robert McKinley Lowe of Weems, [[Virginia]], and two sisters Jean Davis of [Mesa, [[Arizona]], and Dot Fisher of Ames, [[Iowa]]. He was predeceased by a brother, Jesse Luther Lowe, Jr. Lowe was long active in the [[Missouri]] Synod of the [[Lutheran Church]] in Texarkana, [[Texas]].<ref name=obit/><ref name=lowe>Billy Hathorn, Interview with A. Lynn Lowe, December 28, 2009.</ref>​

 

==Congressional race==​

==Congressional race==​

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U.S. Representative [[John Paul Hammerschmidt]], the first Arkansas Republican congressman since [[Reconstruction]], was instrumental in helping his friend Lowe to win in Boone County. Hammerschmidt had also been party chairman for a time before and again after his congressional service.<ref name="Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report 1978"/> He also preceded Lowe as the party's national committeeman. Lowe was a Hammerschmidt donor from 1982 to 1988. He also contributed $1,000 to the Arkansas party organization after he left as chairman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://watchdog.net/contrib/75502/a_lynn_lowe|title=A. Lynn Lowe from Zip Code 75502|publisher=watchdog.net|accessdate=December 27, 2009}}</ref>​

U.S. Representative [[John Paul Hammerschmidt]], the first Arkansas Republican congressman since [[Reconstruction]], was instrumental in helping his friend Lowe to win in Boone County. Hammerschmidt had also been party chairman for a time before and again after his congressional service.<ref name="Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report 1978"/> He also preceded Lowe as the party's national committeeman. Lowe was a Hammerschmidt donor from 1982 to 1988. He also contributed $1,000 to the Arkansas party organization after he left as chairman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://watchdog.net/contrib/75502/a_lynn_lowe|title=A. Lynn Lowe from Zip Code 75502|publisher=watchdog.net|accessdate=December 27, 2009}}</ref>​

 

==Party leader==​

==Party leader==

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Lowe was elected state party chairman in December 1974, when the Arkansas state Senator [[Jim Caldwell]], stepped down from the unpaid position, to which he had been elected in March 1973.<ref>''Arkansas Outlook'' (Republican newsletter), May 1973</ref> Lowe defeated three candidates, Dr. Robert Luther of Arkadelphia, who later served as the party executive director; Marshall Martin of  Benton in Saline County ,party chairman and a former aide to Governor Rockefeller, and Bob Scott of Little Rock, a moderate and former Rockefeller associate.<ref>''Arkansas Outlook,'' December 1974; ''Arkansas Gazette'' (now ''Arkansas Democrat-Gazette''), December 8, 1974.</ref> Though considered a conservative, Lowe was friendly with [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Nelson Rockefeller]], Winthrop Rockefeller's older brother who had been nominated to fill the second slot by President [[Gerald Ford]], upon Ford's accession to the presidency after the resignation of President [[Richard M. Nixon]]. Lowe said that Nelson Rockefeller was popular among Arkansas Republicans because of "the feelings for his brother." Yet, Lowe said that a more conservative running mate might be needed for Ford in 1976, having foreshadowed the replacement of Nelson Rockefeller on the GOP ticket with [[Bob Dole]] of [[Kansas]].<ref>''Arkansas Outlook,'' October 1975.</ref>​

Lowe was elected state party chairman in December 1974, when the Arkansas state Senator [[Jim Caldwell]], stepped down from the unpaid position, to which he had been elected in March 1973.<ref>''Arkansas Outlook'' (Republican newsletter), May 1973</ref> Lowe defeated three candidates, Dr. Robert Luther of Arkadelphia, who later served as the party executive director; Marshall Martin of  Benton in Saline County ,party chairman and a former aide to Governor Rockefeller, and Bob Scott of Little Rock, a moderate and former Rockefeller associate.<ref>''Arkansas Outlook,'' December 1974; ''Arkansas Gazette'' (now ''Arkansas Democrat-Gazette''), December 8, 1974.</ref> Though considered a conservative, Lowe was friendly with [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Nelson Rockefeller]], Winthrop Rockefeller's older brother who had been nominated to fill the second slot by President [[Gerald Ford]], upon Ford's accession to the presidency after the resignation of President [[Richard M. Nixon]]. Lowe said that Nelson Rockefeller was popular among Arkansas Republicans because of "the feelings for his brother." Yet, Lowe said that a more conservative running mate might be needed for Ford in 1976, having foreshadowed the replacement of Nelson Rockefeller on the GOP ticket with [[Bob Dole]] of [[Kansas]].<ref>''Arkansas Outlook,'' October 1975.</ref>​