Bill Walters (Arkansas politician)

{{short description|American politician}}

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| state_senate1 = Arkansas

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| term_start1 = 1983

| term_end1 = 2000

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1943|4|17}}

| birth_place = Paris, Arkansas, U.S.

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| death_place = Greenwood, Arkansas

| party = Republican (before 2008)

Democratic (2008)

| spouse = Shirley Ann Walters

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| education = University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (BA)
University of Arkansas School of Law (JD)

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Bill Walters (April 17, 1943 – March 5, 2013) was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician.

Born in Paris in Logan County in western Arkansas, Walters received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and his Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas School of Law. He practiced law in Greenwood in Sebastian County and was a prosecuting attorney, municipal judge, and was engaged in the real estate business. He served from 1983 to 2000 in the Arkansas State Senate as a Republican. His wife, Shirley Ann Walters, served from 2003 to 2008 in the Arkansas House of Representatives as a Republican.{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/electionresults/index.php?ac:show:contest_statewide=1&elecid=130&contestid=146|title=State Representative District 062 – Certified, 2006|publisher=sos.arkansas.gov|accessdate=January 15, 2014}}

Walters ran in 2008 as a Democrat to succeed his wife in the Arkansas House, but he was defeated by Republican nominee Terry Rice of Waldron.{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/electionresults/index.php?ac:show:contest_statewide=1&elecid=181&contestid=125|title=State Representative District 062 – Certified, 2012|publisher=sos.arkansas.gov|accessdate=January 15, 2014}}

Walters died at the age of sixty-nine in Greenwood, Arkansas.[http://www.martindale.com/Bill-Walters/64085-lawyer.htm Bill Walters][http://arkansasnews.com/sections/news/arkansas/former-state-senator-dies.html Obituary]

Walters appeared on the television series "America's Youth Wants To Know" in 1956. Walters is the 13 year old asking John von Neumann a question about the capacity of operators for mechanical instruments and scholarships for said operators. In the video, Walters tells von Newmann he plans to get into law.