Nate Coulter was born in Nashville, Arkansas, in 1959. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Coulter returned to Little Rock, Arkansas, where he worked for the Wright, Lindsey, & Jennings law firm and clerked for Federal Judge Tom Eisele. While working for the Wright firm, Coulter served as assistant legal counsel to Governor Clinton from 1988-1992 and worked as campaign director for Senator Dale Bumpers’ re-election campaign in 1992. In 1993, Coulter ran for lieutenant governor as a Democrat and lost in a close election to Mike Huckabee. Since 2016, he has served as the Executive Director of the Central Arkansas Library System.
#1: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Nate Coulter; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2012
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#2: Nate Coulter at 16 months old; February 1, 1961
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#3: Nate Coulter with his father, Don Coulter, at the Peach Festival; July 1, 1961
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#4: Nate Coulter at nine years old; March 28, 1969
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#5: Nate Coulter (right) with Nashville High School football teammate, Sid Steel; Nashville, Arkansas, November 1976
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#6: Nate Coulter speaking at his Nashville High School junior-senior banquet, Nashville, Arkansas
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#7: Nate Coulter as valedictorian, Nashville High School; Nashville, Arkansas, May 1978
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#8: Nate Coulter (right) with his friend
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#9: Nate Coulter campaigning for Arkansas lieutenant governor, 1993
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#10: Nate Coulter, 1993
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#11: Nate Coulter, 1993
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#12: Nate Coulter with his children (l-r) Nathan, Caroline, and Tom
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#13: Nate Coulter (left) with unidentified woman and Bill Clinton
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#14: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Nate Coulter; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2012
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#15: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Nate Coulter; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2012
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