Ex-congressman John Paul Hammerschmidt dies; he led effort for Buffalo River National Park
KY3 TV News SPRINGDALE, Ark. –Former Republican U.S. Rep. John Paul Hammerschmidt died Wednesday at age 92 at Regency Hospital. His son, John Arthur Hammerschmidt, announced his death. In the 1960s, Hammerschmidt was chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party, which was then a predominately Democratic state. He also operated a […]