Former Arkansas Sen. Kaneaster Hodges, Who Served Just Over a Year, Dies

Former Arkansas U.S. Sen. Kaneaster Hodges Jr. in an undated photo. Courtesy of U.S. Senate Historical Office

NEWPORT, Ark.—Former Arkansas U.S. Sen. Kaneaster Hodges Jr., who served just more than one year in office in the 1970s, has died.

Hodges died of natural causes Wednesday, according to Jackson Funeral Home in his hometown of Newport. He was 83.