Kim Hendren | |
Birth Name: | Kim Dexter Hendren |
Birth Date: | 8 February 1938 |
Birth Place: | Gravette, Arkansas, U.S. |
Office1: | Member of the Arkansas Senate from the 6th district |
Term Start1: | January 8, 1979 |
Term End1: | January 10, 1983 |
Preceded1: | Jim Caldwell |
Office2: | Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 1st district |
Term Start2: | January 8, 2001 |
Term End2: | January 13, 2003 |
Preceded2: | Jim Hendren |
Succeeded2: | David Haak |
Office3: | Member of the Arkansas Senate from the 9th district |
Term Start3: | January 13, 2003 |
Term End3: | January 2013 |
Preceded3: | Brenda Gullett |
Succeeded3: | Bruce Holland |
Office4: | Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 92nd district |
Term Start4: | January 2015 |
Term End4: | 2019 |
Preceded4: | Mary Lou Slinkard |
Succeeded4: | Gayla Hendren McKenzie |
Office5: | Minority Leader of the Arkansas Senate |
Term Start5: | 2000s |
Term End5: | 2010s |
Preceded5: | Denny Altes |
Succeeded5: | John Burris |
Party: | Democratic Republican |
Spouse: | Marylea Hendren |
Children: | 4; including Gayla, Hope and Jim Hendren |
Relatives: | Tim Hutchinson (brother-in-law) Asa Hutchinson (brother-in-law) Donna Hutchinson (sister-in-law) Jeremy Hutchinson (nephew) Timothy Chad Hutchinson (nephew) |
Alma Mater: | University of Arkansas |
Occupation: | Engineer |
Kim Dexter Hendren (born February 6, 1938)[1] is an American engineer and politician. He served as a Democratic and Republican member for the 6th and 9th districts of the Arkansas Senate.[2] Hendren also served a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for the 1st and 92nd districts.[3]
Hendren was born in Gravette, Arkansas, and attended Gravette High School.[4] He then attended at the University of Arkansas, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering in 1960.[4] Hendren worked as an engineer. He established and owned the company Hendren Plastics Inc.[5] He was also a colonel in the Arkansas Air National Guard.
In 1979 Hendren was elected for the 6th district of the Arkansas Senate, serving until 1983. In 2001, he was elected for the 1st district of the Arkansas House of Representatives, succeeding his son Jim. He was then a Republican politician.
In 2003, Hendren was elected for the 9th district of the Arkansas Senate, where he served until 2013. In 2015, he was elected for the 92nd district of the Arkansas House of Representatives.[6] In 2019, he was succeeded by his daughter Gayla.
In his career, Hendren had served as the minority leader of the Arkansas Senate.[7]