Bob Cowley Riley (September 18, 1924 – February 16, 1994) was an American politician. He served as

lieutenant governor of Arkansas The lieutenant governor of Arkansas presides over the Arkansas Senate with a Casting vote, tie-breaking vote, serves as acting governor of Arkansas when the governor is out of state and assumes the governorship in cases of impeachment, removal from ...

from 1971 to 1975.

Life and career

Riley was born in

Little Rock, Arkansas (The Little Rock, The "Little Rock") , government_type = council-manager government, Council-manager , leader_title = List of mayors of Little Rock, Arkansas, Mayor , leader_name = Frank Scott Jr. , leader_ ...

. Riley served in the

Arkansas House of Representatives The Arkansas State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Arkansas. The House is composed of 100 members elected from an equal amount of constituencies across the ...

from 1947 to 1950. In 1970, Riley was elected to the Arkansas lieutenant governorship, serving under

Dale Bumpers Dale Leon Bumpers (August 12, 1925 – January 1, 2016) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas (1971–1975) and in the United States Senate (1975–1999). He was a member of the Democratic Party. Prio ...

. He served until 1975, when he was elected to complete Bumpers's term as

Governor of Arkansas A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political r ...

. Riley died in February 1994, at the age of 69.

References

1924 births 1994 deaths Politicians from Little Rock, Arkansas Acting Governors of Arkansas Democratic Party governors of Arkansas Lieutenant Governors of Arkansas Members of the Arkansas House of Representatives 20th-century American politicians {{Arkansas-politician-stub