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A native of Brawley in Imperial County in far southern [[California]], Cohee was one of three sons of Russell Cohee and the former Pearl Taylor. He served in the [[United States Navy]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/services.asp?locid=&page=odetail&id=30218|title=Robert "Bob" L. Cohee|publisher=Rollerfuneralhomes.com|accessdate=May 26, 2014}}</ref>
A native of Brawley in Imperial County in far southern [[California]], Cohee was one of three sons of Russell Cohee and the former Pearl Taylor. He served in the [[United States Navy]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/services.asp?locid=&page=odetail&id=30218|title=Robert "Bob" L. Cohee|publisher=Rollerfuneralhomes.com|accessdate=May 26, 2014}}</ref>
Cohee was the owner and former operator of Cohee Realty Company in Midway in Baxter County. He served as county judge for Baxter County and was a former director of the Arkansas Racing Commission. He was president of the interest group, Citizens for Clean Water.<ref name=obit/>
Cohee was the owner and former operator of Cohee Realty Company in Midway in Baxter County. He served as county judge for Baxter County and was a former director of the Arkansas Racing Commission. He was president of the interest group, Citizens for Clean Water.<ref name=obit/>
The nomination of Arnold was made by state Representative Carolyn Joan Pollan of [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]], a backer of the late Governor [[Winthrop Rockefeller]], who called Arnold "a bringer-together, a unifier" who would offer "stroan eadership." In accepting the chairmanship, Arnold said he would "call Bill Clinton out if he fails to keep his promises." A native of [[Texarkana, Texas|Texarkana]], [[Texas]]. Arnold said that he would keep his law professorship at the William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and serve as a part-time chairman. He vowed to seek [[African-American]] support but said the task would be difficult because of Clinton's black voter base.<ref>''Arkansas Gazette'', November 14, 1982, December 5, 1982; ''Arkansas Democrat'', December 5, 1982.</ref>Arnold resigned as chairman after only a year in the position. He was subsequently appointed by President [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] as a judge of the United States Court of Appeal for the Eighth Circuit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=7485|title=Morris Sheppard "Buzz" Arnold|publisher=''Encyclopedia of Arkansas''|accessdate=May 26, 2014}}</ref>
The nomination of Arnold was made by state Representative Carolyn Joan Pollan of [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]], a backer of the late Governor [[Winthrop Rockefeller]], who called Arnold "a bringer-together, a unifier" who would offer "stroan eadership." In accepting the chairmanship, Arnold said he would "call Bill Clinton out if he fails to keep his promises." A native of [[Texarkana, Texas|Texarkana]], [[Texas]]. Arnold said that he would keep his law professorship at the William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and serve as a part-time chairman. He vowed to seek [[African-American]] support but said the task would be difficult because of Clinton's black voter base.<ref>''Arkansas Gazette'', November 14, 1982, December 5, 1982; ''Arkansas Democrat'', December 5, 1982.</ref>Arnold resigned as chairman after only a year in the position. He was subsequently appointed by President [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] as a judge of the United States Court of Appeal for the Eighth Circuit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=7485|title=Morris Sheppard "Buzz" Arnold|publisher=''Encyclopedia of Arkansas''|accessdate=May 26, 2014}}</ref>
As Cohee left the chairmanship without fanfare, the party named William Thomas "Tom" Kelly, Jr. (1942-2011) of Little Rock as its treasurer. Kelly had been an unsuccessful [[Moderate Republican]] nominee for the [[U.S. Senate]] in 1978 against the Democrat David Hampton Pryor. In that race, Kelly had lost all seventy-five counties.<ref>Arkansas Secretary of State, Election results, November 7, 1978.</ref> His father, William "Bill" Kelly, Sr., would later become another in a string of short-term Arkansas state party chairmen during a time when the GOP continued to lose most elections. He stepped down in favor of another party regular, Len Everette Blaylock, Sr. (1918-2012), the 1972 [[governor|gubernatorial]] nominee from Perry County, who had been badly defeated by [[Dale Bumpers]].
As Cohee left the chairmanship, the party named William Thomas "Tom" Kelly, Jr. (1942-2011) of Little Rock as its treasurer. Kelly had been an unsuccessful [[Moderate Republican]] nominee for the [[U.S. Senate]] in 1978 against the Democrat David Hampton Pryor. In that race, Kelly had lost all seventy-five counties.<ref>Arkansas Secretary of State, Election results, November 7, 1978.</ref> His father, William "Bill" Kelly, Sr., would later become another in a string of short-term Arkansas state party chairmen during a time when the GOP continued to lose most elections. He stepped down in favor of another party regular, Len Everette Blaylock, Sr. (1918-2012), the 1972 [[governor|gubernatorial]] nominee from Perry County, who had been badly defeated by [[Dale Bumpers]].
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