Cecil L. Alexander

Cecil Lewis Alexander (born August 2, 1935) is a former influential Democratic politician and lobbyist in Arkansas.

He graduated from Heber Springs High School before attending Hendrix College, where he played football and studied business.

[9] In the House, Alexander focused on the tourism industry of the Greers Ferry Lake region in the Ozarks.

He won his first election in 1963 by four votes to represent Cleburne County and was seated in the 64th Arkansas General Assembly.

[9] Alexander, who had attended horseraces at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1965, owned a racehorse in the 1980s.