Pratt Cates Remmel (born Little Rock, Arkansas, October 26, 1915; died May 14, 1991) was an American politician, businessman, and public servant.
He is best known for serving two terms as the mayor of Little Rock (1952–1956), the first Republican elected to the office since 1887,[1] and for his run for governor of Arkansas in 1954 against Orval Faubus.
[3] His mother Ellen "Nell" (Cates) Remmel (1888–1961) served on the national Republican committee for many years.
Returning to Arkansas, Remmel immediately entered politics, running unsuccessfully for the Little Rock city council in 1938.
After serving as a Navy flight instructor during World War II and building an insurance business after the war, Remmel ran for mayor of Little Rock in 1951 and trounced two-term Democratic mayor Sam Wassell, who had broken local tradition by running for a third term.