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Fulbright was the president of the [[University of Arkansas]] in Fayetteville and a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] for Arkansas' 3rd congressional district.  
 
Fulbright was the president of the [[University of Arkansas]] in Fayetteville and a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] for Arkansas' 3rd congressional district.  
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Fulbright was elected to the Senate in 1944, when he unseated incumbent Hattie Carraway, the first woman ever elected to the U.S. Senate. He became a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1949 and served as chairman from 1959 to 1974 — the longest-serving chair in that committee's history. In his last Senate election in 1972 for a term that he did not complete, he defeated [[Republican]] [[Charles T. Bernard]], a farmer and businessman from Earle in Crittenden County. Fulbright resigned on December 31st, 1974 after losing to former [[Governor]] [[Dale Bumpers]] in the primaries, caused in part due to his [[liberal]] beliefs unpopular with his more [[conservative]] Arkansas constituents.
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Fulbright was elected to the Senate in 1944, when he unseated incumbent Hattie Carraway, the first woman ever elected to the U.S. Senate. He became a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1949 and served as chairman from 1959 to 1974 — the longest-serving chair in that committee's history. In his last Senate election in 1968 for a term that he did not complete, he defeated [[Republican]] [[Charles T. Bernard]], a farmer and businessman from Earle in Crittenden County. Fulbright resigned on December 31st, 1974 after losing to former [[Governor]] [[Dale Bumpers]] in the primaries, caused in part due to his [[liberal]] beliefs unpopular with his more [[conservative]] Arkansas constituents.
    
In an attempt by liberal elites to throw him down the memory hole, a committee at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville recommended the removal of his statue and that his name be stripped from the university's arts and sciences college in 2021.<ref>https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2021/apr/29/fulbright-statue-designation-at-ua-need-to-go/</ref>
 
In an attempt by liberal elites to throw him down the memory hole, a committee at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville recommended the removal of his statue and that his name be stripped from the university's arts and sciences college in 2021.<ref>https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2021/apr/29/fulbright-statue-designation-at-ua-need-to-go/</ref>
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