Arnould served his ninth and final term as state representative for District 44.
[2] His father, also named Robert, was a plumber, and his mother, Gertrude Bloom, was a computer programmer who worked for the Rock Island Arsenal for 25 years.
[5] Arnould served as chairman of the Scott County Democratic Party from 1976 to 1978.
On December 13, 1977, he succeeded Thomas J. Higgins as the state representative from District 82.
[5] Arnould subsequently settled in El Dorado Hills, California,[3][4] and remarried,[5] to Marilyn.