Bob C. Riley

Bob Cowley Riley (September 18, 1924–February 16, 1994) was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas for eleven days in 1975.

Riley was born in Little Rock, the son of Columbus Allen Riley and the former Winnie Mae Craig. He attended public schools in Little Rock. He dropped out of high school after Pearl Harbor to enlist in the United States Marine Corps.

Riley served as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Pulaski County (Little Rock) from 1946 to 1950. Riley taught at Little Rock University from 1951 to 1955. He served as lieutenant governor of Arkansas from 1971 to 1975. Riley became governor of Arkansas in 1975 to serve the final days of the unexpired term of then Senator-elect Bumpers.

Riley is interred in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens in Arkadelphia.

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