Marion Humphrey, Speech Writer and retired Judge

Marion Humphrey was born in Pinebluff, Arkansas, where he went to public school before he was accepted to the Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire.  Upon graduating from there he completed his undergraduate degree from Princeton University, in Politics.  Thereafter he returned home to Arkansas, where he worked for a year at the Pinebluff Commercial Newspaper, during which time he went to law school at the University of Arkansas.  After taking a leave of absence from law school, Humphrey went to the Divinity School at Harvard University and eventually returned to Arkansas where he completed law school. He recently retired from his position as a Circuit Judge in Little Rock, Arkansas and is now considering running for a newly created Congressional district in Little Rock. While a student at Princeton he interned for the Joint Center for Political Studies and was assigned to work in the Congressional office of Shirley Chisholm.  While an intern he worked on various constituency and citizen issues, answered correspondences and wrote responses to inquiries that people made.  He also began writing speeches for Chisholm and attended conferences. 

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