John Ellis Martineau was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas, U.S. , from 1927 to 1928. John Ellis Martineau was born in Clay County, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1896 and obtained his law degree there in 1899. After graduation he served as a school administrator. From 1902 to 1905 he served as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. He was appointed chancellor of the First Chancery Court in 1907 and served in that capacity until 1927.

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  • John Ellis Martineau was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas, U.S. , from 1927 to 1928. John Ellis Martineau was born in Clay County, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1896 and obtained his law degree there in 1899. After graduation he served as a school administrator. From 1902 to 1905 he served as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. He was appointed chancellor of the First Chancery Court in 1907 and served in that capacity until 1927. While serving in that court he issued a writ of habeas corpus for defendants in the criminal prosecutions arising out of the Elaine Race Riot. Although the Arkansas Supreme Court later vacated that order, it allowed the defendants enough time to avoid execution and to seek habeas corpus relief in federal court. Their guilty verdicts were eventually reversed by the United States Supreme Court in its groundbreaking decision in Moore v. Dempsey. Martineau was elected Governor of Arkansas in the 1926 election. The Martineau administration established a Confederate pensions board and authorized state aid to cities for highway construction through the Martineau Road Plan. In 1927, Martineau was forced to deal with a major crisis when the Mississippi River broke free of its banks and covered 13% of the state during the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. Martineau was named president of the Tri-State Flood Commission. In the May of 1927, Martineau called out the National Guard in response to the lynching of an African-American prisoner by a mob of 2,000 to 5,000 people in Little Rock. The crime gained national notoriety. Martineau resigned from office on 2 March 1928 to accept an appointment to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, where he served until his death in 1937 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Martineau is buried at the Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Little Rock.
  • John Ellis Martineau war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und zwischen 1927 und 1928 Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Arkansas.
  • John Ellis Martineau oli yhdysvaltalainen demokraattisen puolueen poliitikko. Hän toimi Arkansas'n osavaltion kuvernöörinä vuosina 1927–1928. Martineau syntyi Missourissa Sarah Hetty Lambin ja Gregory Martineaun pojaksi. Hän valmistui Arkansas'n yliopistosta ja muutti vuonna 1897 Little Rockiin. Poliittisen uransa ohessa hän vaikutti lakialalla. Martineau meni 24. huhtikuuta 1909 naimisiin Ann H. Mitchellin kanssa. Vaimo kuoli kuuden vuoden kuluttua, ja Martineau meni vuonna 1919 uusiin naimisiin Mabel Erwin Pittman Thomasin kanssa. Martineau oli ehdolla kuvernööriksi ensimmäistä kertaa vuonna 1924. Häntä edelsi Tom Jefferson Terral ja seurasi Harvey Parnell. Martineaun kuoleman 63-vuotiaana aiheutti influenssaepidemia. Hänet on haudattu Little Rockiin.
  • John Ellis Martineau, född 2 december 1873 i Clay County, Missouri, död 6 mars 1937 i Little Rock, Arkansas, var en amerikansk demokratisk politiker och jurist. Han var den 28:e guvernören i Arkansas 1927-1928. Martineau avlade 1896 sin grundexamen vid University of Arkansas. Han studerade därefter juridik och inledde 1899 sin karriär som advokat i Arkansas. Han var ledamot av Arkansas House of Representatives, underhuset i delstatens lagstiftande församling, 1902-1905. Martineau arbetade från och med 1907 som domare. Han gifte sig 1909 med Ann E. Mitchell. Hustrun dog sex år senare och Martineau gifte 1919 om sig med Mabel Erwin Pittman Thomas. Martineau blev trea i demokraternas primärval inför 1924 års guvernörsval. Två år senare besegrade han ämbetsinnehavaren Tom Jefferson Terral i primärvalet. Han vann lätt själva guvernörsvalet. Lynchningen av John Carter i Little Rock 4 maj 1927 av en pöbel på åtminstone 2 000 personer fick Martineau att kalla in nationalgardet för att lugna situationen. Martineau var emot lynchningar och hans snabba agerande fick honom berömmelse. Han hade redan som domare blivit känd för sin rättvisa och sin principfasta syn på även svarta medborgares rätt till en ordentlig process. Han avgick 1928 som guvernör i och med att han blev utnämnd till en federal domstol. Martineaus grav finns på begravningsplatsen Roselawn Memorial Park i Little Rock.
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  • John Ellis Martineau was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas, U.S. , from 1927 to 1928. John Ellis Martineau was born in Clay County, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1896 and obtained his law degree there in 1899. After graduation he served as a school administrator. From 1902 to 1905 he served as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. He was appointed chancellor of the First Chancery Court in 1907 and served in that capacity until 1927.
  • John Ellis Martineau war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und zwischen 1927 und 1928 Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Arkansas.
  • John Ellis Martineau oli yhdysvaltalainen demokraattisen puolueen poliitikko. Hän toimi Arkansas'n osavaltion kuvernöörinä vuosina 1927–1928. Martineau syntyi Missourissa Sarah Hetty Lambin ja Gregory Martineaun pojaksi. Hän valmistui Arkansas'n yliopistosta ja muutti vuonna 1897 Little Rockiin. Poliittisen uransa ohessa hän vaikutti lakialalla. Martineau meni 24. huhtikuuta 1909 naimisiin Ann H. Mitchellin kanssa.
  • John Ellis Martineau, född 2 december 1873 i Clay County, Missouri, död 6 mars 1937 i Little Rock, Arkansas, var en amerikansk demokratisk politiker och jurist. Han var den 28:e guvernören i Arkansas 1927-1928. Martineau avlade 1896 sin grundexamen vid University of Arkansas. Han studerade därefter juridik och inledde 1899 sin karriär som advokat i Arkansas. Han var ledamot av Arkansas House of Representatives, underhuset i delstatens lagstiftande församling, 1902-1905.
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