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|image=Ken Coon of Arkansas.JPG
|image=Ken Coon of Arkansas.JPG
|birth_date=October 14, 1935
|birth_date=October 14, 1935
|birth_place=Marshall, Harrison County, [[Texas]], USA
|birth_place=Marshall, Harrison County, [[Texas]]
|death_date=
|death_date=
|death_place=
|death_place=
|party=[[Arkansas]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] gubernatorial nominee, 1974; nominee, for lieutenant governor, 1972; Republican state chairman, 1988-1990
|party=[[Arkansas]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] gubernatorial nominee, 1974; nominee, for lieutenant governor, 1972; Republican state chairman, 1988-1990
|residence=[[Little Rock]], Arkansas
|residence=[[Little Rock]], Arkansas
|religion=[[Church of Christ]]
|spouse= Sue Lynn Thompson Coon (born 1938, married 1956)<br>
|spouse= Sue Lynn Thompson Coon (born 1938, married 1956)<br>
Two children:<br>
Two children:<br>
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'''Kenneth Lloyd Coon, Sr.''', known as '''Ken Coon''' (October 14, 1935 – December 8, 2022), was a [[psychologist]] in [[Little Rock]] and a pioneer in the development of the [[Republican Party]] in [[Arkansas]]. He was the GOP state chairman from 1988 to 1990. Earlier, he was the party's nominee for lieutenant governor in 1972, its executive director from 1973 to 1976, and its candidate for [[governor]] in 1974. He also ran for the [[United States House of Representatives]] in 1996 but lost in the [[primary]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/obituaries/mns054376|title=Dr. Kenneth Lloyd "Ken" Coon, Sr., obituary|publisher=''[[Monroe News Star]]''|date=December 10, 2022|accessdate=December 11, 2022}}</ref>
'''Kenneth Lloyd Coon, Sr.''', known as '''Ken Coon''' (October 14, 1935 – December 8, 2022), was a [[psychologist]] in [[Little Rock]] and a pioneer in the development of the [[Republican Party]] in [[Arkansas]]. He was the GOP state chairman from 1988 to 1990. Earlier, he was the party's nominee for lieutenant governor in 1972, its executive director from 1973 to 1976, and its candidate for [[governor]] in 1974. He also ran for the [[United States House of Representatives]] in 1996 but lost in the [[primary]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/obituaries/mns054376|title=Dr. Kenneth Lloyd "Ken" Coon, Sr., obituary|publisher=''[[Monroe News Star]]''|date=December 10, 2022|accessdate=December 11, 2022}}</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
==Jaycees state president==
==Jaycees state president==
After receipt of the graduate degree in Utah, Coon took a job with a federal agency, the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, in Dumas in Desha County in southeastern Arkansas. He then worked for a farmer in Tuckerman in Jackson County and in 1968 was president of the American Fish Farmers .
After receipt of the graduate degree in Utah, Coon took a job with a federal agency, the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, in Dumas in Desha County in southeastern Arkansas. He then worked for a farmer in Tuckerman in Jackson County and in 1968 was president of the American Fish Farmers. While in Dumas, Coon joined the Arkansas Jaycees. He was charter president of the Tuckerman Jaycees from 1966 to 1967. The group is now known as the Junior Chamber International. From 1971 to 1972, while living in [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]], Coon became the Arkansas state Jaycee president.
While in Dumas, Coon joined the Arkansas Jaycees. He was charter president of the Tuckerman Jaycees from 1966 to 1967. The group is now known as the Junior Chamber International. From 1971 to 1972, while living in [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]], Coon became the Arkansas state Jaycee president.
==Running for lieutenant governor, 1972==
==Running for lieutenant governor, 1972==