Woody Freeman

Who is Woody Freeman?

Elwood A. Freeman, known as Woody Freeman, is a businessman in Jonesboro, Arkansas, who was the Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1984. He lost 63-37 percent to the incumbent Governor Bill Clinton, the Democrat who eight years later was elected President of the United States. Freeman was the third of four Republicans whom Clinton dispatched in his five successful races for governor.

Freeman is the son of Elwood A. Freeman and Mildred Hout Freeman. The couple divorced, and in 1962, the senior Freeman married the former Elaine E. Stanfield. Woody Freeman is married to the former Lynda Brown.