What is Dale Bumpers?
{{Infobox Officeholder |birthname = Dale Leon Bumpers |nationality = American |image = Dale Bumpers.jpg |imagesize = 175px |jr/sr = United States Senator |state = [[Arkansas]] |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |term_start = January 3, 1975 |term_end = January 3, 1999 |preceded = [[William Fulbright]] |succeeded = [[Blanche L. Lincoln]] |order2 = 38th [[Governor of Arkansas]] |term_start2 = January 12, 1971 |term_end2 = January 3, 1975 |lieutenant2 = [[Bob C. Riley]] |preceded2 = [[Winthrop Rockefeller]] |succeeded2 = [[Bob C. Riley]] <br><small>as Acting Governor</small> |birth_date = {{birth date|1925|08|12}} |birth_place = [[Charleston, Arkansas|Charleston]], [[Arkansas]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|1|1|1925|8|12}} |death_place = [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]], Arkansas, U.S. |spouse = [[Betty Bumpers]] |alma_mater = [[University of Arkansas]]<br/>[[Northwestern University Law School]] |branch = [[United States Marine Corps]]<ref name=CongressionalBio>{{cite web |access-date=2007-04-22 |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001057 |title=Bumpers, Dale (1925– ) |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}}</ref> |serviceyears = 1943-1946 }} '''Dale Leon Bumpers''' (August 12, 1925 &ndash; January 1, 2016) was an [[Americans|American]] [[politician]]. He served as the 38th [[Governor of Arkansas]] from 1971 to 1975. Bumpers served in the [[United States Senate]] from 1975 until his [[retirement]] in January 1999. After his retirement from the Senate, Bumpers, a self-declared close friend of President Clinton, acted as defense attorney during [[Impeachment of Bill Clinton|Clinton's impeachment trial]]. He gave an impassioned closing argument during the Se