Hayes McClerkin Biography

Hayes C. McClerkin (December 16, 1931 – January 6, 2016) was an American politician who served as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1961 to 1970 and as Speaker from 1969 to 1970. He succeeded Speaker Sterling R. Cockrill of Little Rock, who in 1970 switched parties and ran as the unsuccessful Republican nominee for lieutenant governor. McClerkin worked as a commercial and environmental law attorney in Texarkana, Arkansas,