Cliff Hoofman was born in Judsonia, Arkansas, on June 23, 1943. He received a BS from the State College of Arkansas (now University of Central Arkansas) in 1968, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas Law School in 1972. A Democrat, he represented North Little Rock in the State House of Representatives from 1975-1983, and served in the Arkansas State Senate from 1983-2003, when he retired due to the imposition of term limits on state legislators. After his retirement from the legislature, Hoofman served as legislative liaison for attorney general and later governor Mike Beebe. Governor Beebe appointed Hoofman to the Arkansas Highway Commission in 2007, and to a seat on the Arkansas Court of Appeals in 2011. In 2013, Beebe named Hoofman to a seat on the Arkansas Supreme Court, a position he held until December 2014.
#1: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Cliff Hoofman; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2012
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#2: Cliff Hoofman as a child at his grandparents' house on Honey Hill Road, Searcy, Arkansas
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#3: Cliff Hoofman (2nd from right) with friends Hardy, Joey, and Mike; Searcy, Arkansas
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#4: Cliff Hoofman, school photo
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#5: Cliff Hoofman, school photo, 1958
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#6: Cliff Hoofman, Searcy, Arkansas, 1961
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#7: Cliff Hoofman with his grandparents, J. W. and Clara West
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#8: Representative Cliff Hoofman (left) with page, Greg Yielding, and Bill Clinton, 1979
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#9: Cliff Hoofman (3rd from left) with Henry Gray, Paul Revere, Bill Clinton, Jimmie Lou Fisher, and Steve Clark; Arkansas, 1980
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#10: Cliff Hoofman (center) at a campaign event with Orville Faubus (left) and Aubrey Blanks, North Little Rock alderman, Ward 1; 1982
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#11: Cliff Hoofman with his daughter, Ragan Hoofman (Milner), ca. 1989
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#12: Cliff Hoofman (3rd from right) with Governor Bill Clinton
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#13: Cliff Hoofman (left) with Governor Jim Guy Tucker as he signs bill funding Alltel Arena; March 20, 1995
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#14: Cliff Hoofman; senate cochair of the Arkansas Legislative Council
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#15: Cliff Hoofman (center) with his wife, Carole Merritt Hoofman, and Bill Clinton
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#16: Cliff Hoofman (right) with Bill Clinton; Inscription: "To Cliff - with thanks for all our years of friendship - Bill Clinton"
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#17: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Cliff Hoofman; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2012
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#18: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Cliff Hoofman; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2012
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#19: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Cliff Hoofman; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2012
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#20: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Cliff Hoofman; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2012
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