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'''David Hampton Pryor''' (born August 29, 1934) is a retired [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] from the U.S. state of [[Arkansas]].
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=David Hampton Pryor
|image=David Pryor of AR.jpg
|office=[[United States Senator]] for [[Arkansas]]
|term_start=January 3, 1979
|term_end=January 3, 1997
|predecessor=Kaneaster Hodges Jr. (interim for [[John L. McClellan]])
|successo=[[Tim Hutchinson]]
|office2=Secretary of the<br> Senate Democratic Conference
|leader2=[[George J. Mitchell]]
|term_start2=January 3, 1989
|term_end2=January 3, 1995
|predecessor2=[[Daniel Inouye]]
|successor2=[[Barbara Mikulski]]
|office3=Chairman of the Senate Aging Committee
|term_start3=January 3, 1989
|term_end3=January 3, 1995
|predecessor3=[[John Melcher]]
|successor3=[[William Cohen]]
|office4=[[Governor]] of Arkansas
|lieutenant4=Joe Purcell
|term_start4=January 14, 1975
|term_end4=January 3, 1979
|predecessor4=Bob C. Riley (acting)
|successor4=Joe Purcell (acting)
|office5=[[United States Representative]] for Arkansas' 4th congressional district
||term_start5=November 8, 1966
|term_end5=January 3, 1973
|predecessor5=Oren Harris
|successor5==Ray Thornton
|office6=Arkansas State Representative for Ouachita County
|term_start6=January 9, 1961
|term_end6=November 8, 1966
|predecessor6=William S. Andrews
|successor6=None (Redistricting)
|office7=Chairman of the Arkansas [[Democratic Party]]
|term_start7=September 5, 2008
|term_end7=January 28, 2009
|predecessor7=Bill Gwatney
|successor7=Todd Turner
|birth_date=August 29, 1934
|birth_plac=Camden, Ouachita County, Arkansas
|death_date=
|death_place=
|party=Democrat
|spouse=Barbara Lunsford
|children=[[Mark Pryor]]
|alma_mater=Henderson State University (BA)<br>
[[University of Arkansas]] School of Law<br>
(Fayetteville) (LLB)
}}
'''David Hampton Pryor''' (born August 29, 1934) is a retired [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] from the U.S. state of [[Arkansas]]. He held numerous state and federal positions.
Pryor is a native of [[Camden, Arkansas|Camden]] in Ouachita County in south Arkansas, and a lawyer who graduated from the [[University of Arkansas]] in Fayetteville. He served prior to 1966 as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. From 1966 to 1973, he was a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from Arkansas' 4th congressional district. He ran unsuccessfully for the [[United States Senate]] in the 1972 Democratic primary, having been defeated by the long-term incumbent [[John McClellan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/P000556|title=Pryor, Davis Hamppton|publisher=bioguide.congress.gov|accessdate=March 6, 2021}}</ref>
Pryor is a native of [[Camden, Arkansas|Camden]] in Ouachita County in south Arkansas, and a lawyer who graduated from the [[University of Arkansas]] in Fayetteville. He served prior to 1966 as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. From 1966 to 1973, he was a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from Arkansas' 4th congressional district. He ran unsuccessfully for the [[United States Senate]] in the 1972 Democratic primary, having been defeated by the long-term incumbent [[John McClellan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/P000556|title=Pryor, Davis Hamppton|publisher=bioguide.congress.gov|accessdate=March 6, 2021}}</ref>