B. G. Hendrix | |
Office: | Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives |
Term: | 1962–1996 |
Office2: | Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives |
Term2: | 1989–1991 |
Predecessor2: | Ernest Cunningham |
Successor2: | John Lipton |
Party: | Democratic |
Birth Name: | Bert Garrett Hendrix Jr. |
Birth Date: | 16 December 1922 |
Birth Place: | Jenny Lind, Arkansas, U.S. |
Death Place: | Greenwood, Arkansas, U.S. |
Occupation: | politician |
Residence: | Fort Smith, Arkansas |
Bert Garrett Hendrix Jr. (December 16, 1922 – March 21, 2020), known as B. G. "Beagle" Hendrix, was an American politician from Arkansas.
Hendrix was born at Jenny Lind, Arkansas in 1922.[1] He served for 34 years in the Arkansas House of Representatives for the Fort Smith[2] district, and was Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1989 to 1991.[3] He was elected initially to the House in 1962.[4] He also served as the Arkansas Attorney General for a brief period of time before retiring from the house in the 1990s.[5] Hendrix died on March 21, 2020.[6]