Marshall Chrisman
American businessman and politician
Marshall Ney Chrisman Jr. (May 3, 1933 – December 5, 2022) was an American businessman from Ozark in Franklin County in northwestern Arkansas. He served from 1969 to 1970 as a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. For a single term, he represented Franklin and neighboring Johnson counties. In 1980 and 1982, Chrisman fell far short in primary bids against Frank D. White for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.
Background
Chrisman was born in Coal Hill in Johnson County to Marshall Chrisman Sr. (1892–1955), a coal miner, and the former Elva Lee Faucett (1898–1979). In 1951, he graduated from Coal Hill High School and then briefly attended what is now the University of the Ozarks. In 1953, he was drafted into the United States Army and served briefly in the Korean War until his discharge in 1955. He returned to Coal Hill, where over the years he has been engaged in principally a sand and gravel company as well as construction, cable television, and coal mining.
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