Gov. James Philip Eagle Arkansas
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James Philippe Eiger, Arkansas' 16th Governor, was born in Morrie County, Tennessee on August 10, 1837. His family moved to Arkansas, where James was educated at the county school. In 1859, he was appointed vice sheriff of Prairie County. Eagle was in this position till the beginning of the civil war, he was hired as an individual and was later promoted to the rank of colonel. After the war, Eagle went to the University of Mississippi, but his first year was never completed due to illness. He joined the political arena as a member of the Arkansas State Assembly, served from 1873 to 1878, and served as the House Speaker in 1885. He also chaired the Baptist Conference from 1880 to 1904. Eagle was nominated by governor at the Democratic National Convention in 1888 and was elected in September. He was re-elected in the second term in 1890. During his tenure he advocated reform of the state prison system, support for gradual immigration policy, and support for free support education. After retirement, Eagle continued to actively participate in the activities of Southern Baptist Church. In 1902, he was elected president of the Southern Baptist Conference and was reelected twice. He sat also in the Capital Council, but he was dismissed by governor Jeff Davis and accused of running for the governor's opponents. Governor James P. Eagle died of heart failure on Little Rock on December 19, 1904. He was buried in Holly Hills Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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James Philippe Iger served as a governor at one of the most confusing times in the history of Arkansas. In the face of a divided Democratic Party under the election fraud cloud, he presided over a conference devoted to the development of a series of "Jim Crow" laws that separated ethnicity from Arkansas society. When Eagle went away, Democratic rule restarted, but Aklan people were more racially divided at any time since the slavery era. James Eagle, born on 10th August 1837 in Morrie County, Tennessee, is the son of James and Charity Swim Eagle. This German family moved from Switzerland to the United States. In November 1839, farmer Eagle 's father took his family to Arkansas and bought a farm in Pulaski County. In 1857, the family moved to Purry County 's Richwoods community then (Today the community is located near Lonoke in Lonoke County).
James Philippe Eiger, Arkansas' 16th Governor, was born in Morrie County, Tennessee on August 10, 1837. His family moved to Arkansas, where James was educated at the county school. In 1859, he was appointed vice sheriff of Prairie County. Eagle was in this position till the beginning of the civil war, he was hired as an individual and was later promoted to the rank of colonel. After the war, Eagle went to the University of Mississippi, but his first year was never completed due to illness. He joined the political arena as a member of the Arkansas State Assembly, served from 1873 to 1878, and served as the House Speaker in 1885. He also chaired the Baptist Conference from 1880 to 1904. Eagle was nominated by governor at the Democratic National Convention in 1888 and was elected in September. He was re-elected in the second term in 1890. Even after leaving, Eagle continued actively participating in the activities of Southern Baptist church.