Mickey Dale "Mike" Beebe was born near Amagon, Jackson County, Arkansas, on December 28, 1946. Raised by his mother, he lived in several states before returning to Arkansas and graduating from Newport High School.
Beebe earned a B.A. in political science from Arkansas State University and a J.D. from the University of Arkansas School of Law. Additionally, he served in the United States Army Reserves.
Beebe began practicing law in Searcy in 1972 and was named the Outstanding Trial Lawyer in Arkansas in 1981. Beebe, a Democrat, served twenty years in the Arkansas state senate until he became the attorney general of Arkansas in 2002. He was elected the 45th governor of Arkansas in 2006 and reelected in 2010.
Beebe and his wife, Ginger, have three children.
#1: Combined image of early photo of Mike Beebe and still frame from Pryor Center video interview
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#2: Portrait of Mike Beebe at two years old
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#3: Mike Beebe with his cousin, Barbara Edwards Mathis
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#4: Mike Beebe with his mother, Maedean Beebe; north of Tuckerman, Arkansas
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#5: Mike Beebe as a child; north of Tuckerman, Arkansas
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#6: Mike Beebe riding a pony with his uncle, Toy Huskey; north of Tuckerman, Arkansas
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#7: Four generations of Mike Beebe's family: Mike Beebe; mother, Maedean Beebe; grandmother, Madge Kaminski; great-grandmother, Maudie Junior
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#8: Mike Beebe with his cousin, Ron Huskey; north of Tuckerman, Arkansas
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#9: Mike Beebe (right) with his aunt, Dane Huskey Giles, and his cousin, Jerry Huskey
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#10: Mike Beebe (left) with cousins, Jerry (center) and Ron Huskey; north of Tuckerman, Arkansas
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#11: Mike Beebe's birthplace and home of his great-aunt, Ila Junior Edwards Adcox; Amagon, Arkansas
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#12: Madge Kaminski, grandmother of Mike Beebe
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#13: Mike Beebe's aunt, Dane Huskey Giles, with his mother, Maedean Beebe, standing in the doorway of a structure that used to be a railroad house for travelers; Amagon, Arkansas
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#14: Mike Beebe's aunt, Dane Huskey Giles; his great-aunt, Ila Junior Edwards Adcox; and his mother, Maedean Louise Quattlebaum Beebe
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#15: Mike Beebe's uncle, Gene Junior; cousin, Laverl Edwards; and Laverl's father, Marvin Eugene Edwards, sitting in front of Mike Beebe's birthplace; Amagon, Arkansas
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#16: Mike Beebe with his cousins and a friend; (front row) cousins, Jerry Huskey and Laverl Edwards; (back row) cousin, Ron Huskey; Mike Beebe; friend, Don Adcox; cousin, Barbara Edwards Mathis; Edwards residence, north of Tuckerman, Arkansas
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#17: Mike Beebe with his cousins and a friend; (front row) cousin, Barbara Edwards Mathis; friend, Don Adcox; Mike Beebe; (back row): cousins, Ron Huskey, Laverl Edwards, Jerry Huskey; Edwards residence, north of Tuckerman, Arkansas
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#18: Mike Beebe with his cousin, Barbara Edwards Mathis; north of Tuckerman, Arkansas
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#19: Mike Beebe
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#20: "Elect Mike Beebe State Senator" business card
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#21: Mike and Ginger Beebe approach the podium in front of the Arkansas State Capitol the day after the gubernatorial election
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#22: Governor-elect Mike Beebe at the podium in front of the Arkansas State Capitol the day after the gubernatorial election
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#23: Mike Beebe with his aunt, Dane Huskey Giles, the day after he won the gubernatorial election
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#24: Ila Junior Edwards Adcox at the banquet the night after Mike Beebe won the gubernatorial election
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#25: Barbara Edwards Mathis, Mike Beebe, Ron Huskey, and Laverl Edwards the day after the gubernatorial election
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#26: Mike Beebe with his cousin, Barbara Edwards Mathis
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#27: Mike Beebe with his great-aunt, Ila Junior Edwards Adcox, the day after he won the gubernatorial election
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#28: Governor Mike Beebe at a 2008 Political Animals Club event
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#29: Governor Mike Beebe at a 2008 Political Animals Club event
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#30: Governor Mike Beebe at a 2008 Political Animals Club event
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#31: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Governor Mike Beebe at the Governor's Mansion; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2008
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#32: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Governor Mike Beebe at the Governor's Mansion; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2008
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#33: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Governor Mike Beebe at the Governor's Mansion; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2008
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#34: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Governor Mike Beebe at the Governor's Mansion; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2008
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