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George Washington Hays was born in Camden, Arkansas . He attended public schools in Camden and worked as a farmer. Hays studied law at Washington And Lee University in Lexington, Virginia . Hays was probate and county judge for Ouachita County, Arkansas between 1900 and 1905 . Hays served as a judge with the 13th Circuit Court from 1906 to 1913 . When Governor Joseph Taylor Robinson resigned in 1913 , a special election was held and Hays was elected governor. His administration focused on road improvement and enactment of a statewide Prohibition law. The Hays administration also enacted a Child Labor law and completed construction of the new state capitol building. Hays won reelection in a contested election in 1914 . Hays returned to private law practice after his term. George Washington Hays died in Little Rock, Arkansas of Influenza and Pneumonia and is buried in Camden, Arkansas .
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