Rex Armistead

Rex Armistead
Born(1930-02-23)February 23, 1930
DiedDecember 24, 2013(2013-12-24) (aged 83)
Alma materMemphis State University
Occupation(s)Deputy sheriff

State police officer

Private investigator
Known forMississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Arkansas Project
Political partyRepublican
SpouseSarah Dawn Goodwin Armistead (married 1950-2011, her death)

Rex Armistead (February 23, 1930 December 24, 2013) was a private detective, Mississippi Highway Patrol officer, and the leading operative for the since disbanded Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission. Later, he was heavily involved as an investigator for the Arkansas Project, a co-ordinated attempt in the 1990s to investigate then U.S. President Bill Clinton. The project was funded by conservative media billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife.