Dale Bumpers Autographs
Dale Leon Bumpers (August 12, 1925 – January 1, 2016) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 38th governor of Arkansas (1971–1975) and in the United States Senate (1975–1999). He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was counsel at the Washington office of law firm Arent Fox LLP, where his clients included Riceland Foods and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Bumpers was born August 12, 1925, in Charleston in Franklin County, in west central Arkansas, near the larger city of Fort Smith, the son of William Rufus Bumpers, who served in the Arkansas House of Representatives in the early 1930s, and the former Lattie Jones (1889–1949). Bumpers's brother, Raymond J. Bumpers, died of dysentery. Another older brother, Carroll Bumpers, was born in 1921. He also had a sister named Margaret. Bumpers's parents died five days apart in March 1949 of injuries sustained in an automobile accident; the couple are interred at Nixon Cemetery in Franklin County.
Bumpers attended public schools and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1943 to 1946 during World War II. Bumpers graduated from Northwestern University Law School in Chicago, in 1951. From his time in Illinois, he became a great admirer of Adlai Stevenson, II, the Democratic presidential candidate in 1952 and 1956. Bumpers was admitted to the Arkansas bar in 1952 and began practicing law in his hometown that same year. He was from 1952 to 1970 the Charleston city attorney. While serving as city attorney, he convinced the school board to accept the Brown v. Board of Education ruling integrating public schools. Charleston was the first School District in the former Confederate South to fully integrate, an accomplishment that Bumpers was very proud of. He served as special justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court in 1968.
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Traded items with a signature of Dale Bumpers
The most expensive item with a signature of Dale Bumpers (Signed! Re-Elect Dale Bumpers Senator Arkansas Cardboard Campaign Sign 1992) was sold in September 2025 for $149.99 while the cheapest item (Democratic Arkansas Senator Dale Bumpers Hand Signed Autograph Card) found a new owner for $0.25 in March 2015. The month with the most items sold (2) was May 2025 with an average selling price of $16.99 for an autographed item of Dale Bumpers. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2026 with $87.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $5.99 was May 2026. In average, an autographed item from Dale Bumpers is worth $10.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Dale Bumpers were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Dale Bumpers - The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town HC, 2003, Signed 1st Ed-READ | $10.00 |  |
| Dale Bumpers - The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town HC, 2003, Signed 1st Ed-READ | $10.00 | |
| Dale Bumpers - The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town HC, 2003, Signed 1st Ed-READ | $10.00 | |
| Dale Bumpers - The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town HC, 2003, Signed 1st Ed-READ | $10.00 | |
| Dale Bumpers - The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town HC, 2003, Signed 1st Ed-READ | $10.00 | |
| DALE BUMPERS-The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town-SIGNED-2003 H/C DJ Inscribed. | $87.00 | |
| DALE BUMPERS-The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town-SIGNED-2003 H/C DJ Inscribed. | $87.00 | |
| The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town by Dale Bumpers SIGNED - 1st Ed HC 2003 | $5.99 | |
| The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town by Dale Bumpers SIGNED - 1st Ed HC 2003 | $5.99 | |
 | The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town by Dale Bumpers SIGNED 1st Ed HC DJ 2003 | $15.00 | |
| The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town by Dale Bumpers SIGNED 1st Ed HC DJ 2003 | $15.00 | |
 | The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town by Dale Bumpers SIGNED 1st Ed HC DJ 2003 | $22.99 | |
| The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town by Dale Bumpers SIGNED 1st Ed HC DJ 2003 | $22.99 | |
| The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town by Dale Bumpers SIGNED 1st Ed HC DJ 2003 | $15.00 | |
| The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town by Dale Bumpers SIGNED 1st Ed HC DJ 2003 | $15.00 | |
