Орен Харрис: от фермера в Хемпстеде до федерального судьи Арканзаса

El Dorado, 1964: Oren Harris was born on a farm in Hempstead County in 1903. He financed his education, in part, by picking peaches and playing semi-pro baseball before entering law practice in El Dorado. He represented Arkansas in Congress from 1941 to 1966, when he was appointed to a federal judgeship. He died in 1997. Send questions or comments to Arkansas Postcard Past, P.O. Box 2221, Little Rock, AR 72203 Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. El Dorado, 1964: Oren Harris was born on a farm in Hempstead County in 1903. He financed his education, in part, by picking peaches and playing semi-pro baseball before entering law practice in El Dorado. He represented Arkansas in Congress from 1941 to 1966, when he was appointed to a federal judgeship. He died in 1997. Send questions or comments to Arkansas Postcard Past, P.O. Box 2221, Little Rock, AR 72203 El Dorado, 1964: Oren Harris was born on a farm in Hempstead County in 1903. He financed his education, in part, by picking peaches and playing semi-pro baseball before entering law practice in El Dorado. He represented Arkansas in Congress from 1941 to 1966, when he was appointed to a federal judgeship. He died in 1997. Send questions or comments to Arkansas Postcard Past, P.O. Box 2221, Little Rock, AR 72203 Ray Hanley is a retired health care and IT executive, historian, producer of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's "Postcard Past" feature and author of 20 Arkansas history books. × You're one step away from the full story. Log in or create an account to continue reading. Email Address * Password * Phone Sign up for our Morning NewsletterOpt in for newsroom text updates