Pratt Remmel

Pratt Remmel
52nd Mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas
In office
January 1952 – December 1955
Preceded bySam M. Wassell
Succeeded byWoodrow Wilson Mann
Personal details
BornPratt Cates Remmel
(1915-10-26)October 26, 1915
Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
DiedMay 14, 1991(1991-05-14) (aged 75)
PartyRepublican
Spouse
Catherine Couch
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(m. 1940)​
Children3+
RelativesHarmon L. Remmel (great-uncle)
Harvey C. Couch (father-in-law)
EducationLittle Rock High School
University of Virginia (BA)
OccupationPolitician

Pratt Cates Remmel (born Little Rock, Arkansas, October 26, 1915; died May 14, 1991) was an American politician, businessman, and public servant. He is best known for serving two terms as the mayor of Little Rock (1952–1956), the first Republican elected to the office since 1887, and for his run for governor of Arkansas in 1954 against Orval Faubus.

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