To win his state House seat , Patrick defeated in both 1966 and 1968 the Democrat F. A. " Pat " Teague ( 1904 – 1975 ) , a turkey farmer from Berryville in Carroll County in the newly formed District 2 for Madison and Carroll counties . The previous incumbent for Carroll County , Teague , who formerly called himself a " Faubus Republican " , was sixty-two years old in the 1966 race against the 25-year-old Patrick . Before he switched to Democrat affiliation , Teague had been an Arkansas delegate to the 1952 Republican National Convention , which met in Chicago , Illinois , to nominate the Eisenhower-Nixon ticket . Arkansans , however , voted for the Stevenson-Sparkman slate of presidential electors . The first Republican representative elected in Madison and Carroll counties , Patrick defeated Teague by thirty-three votes in 1966 and by some three hundred ballots in 1968 . In 1970 , when Rockefeller dropped below 40 percent in his bid for a third term , Patrick , then twenty-nine , was toppled by the Democrat Stephen A. Smith ( born 1949 ) , who polled 54 percent of the vote . In 1966 , Patrick became the youngest person ever elected to the Arkansas legislature , one of only three Republicans in the Arkansas House during Rockefeller 's first term ; there were ninety-seven Democrats . Four years later , 21-year-old Stephen Smith not only unseated Patrick but took the " youngest-legislator " designation for himself . In the campaign , Smith had questioned Patrick for having been " absent or not voting " on 263 recorded roll calls during the past legislative session . Smith later explained that this issue was " a cheap shot , but an effective one . His voting record was probably about average for all legislators , and most of the missed votes were on minor amendments or budget bills that had passed without opposition . " Smith estimated that the Rockefeller-backed Patrick outspent him possibly as much as 80 – 1
1952 Republican National Convention
1952 Republican National Convention
Danny Patrick (politician)