Education
A native of Gravette in Benton County, Hendren graduated in 1984 with a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
A native of Gravette in Benton County, Hendren graduated in 1984 with a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
He resides in Sulphur Springs in Benton County in northwestern Arkansas. From 1984 to 1992, he served in the United States Air Force. A former F-15 fighter pilot, he flew in six intercepts of planes of the former Soviet Union over the Bering Sea.
Since 2003, he has been a senior offensive duty guard in the Arkansas Air National Guard.
He owns Hendren Plastics Company. He is Baptist.
Hendren was elected to the Gravette School Board in 1992.
He served on the school board until 1997. Hendren defeated Representative Railey Steele for the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1994.
He served from 1994 until 2000.
He passed several pro-life pieces of legislation, including a ban on Paritlal Birth Abortions in 1996 and the Fetal Protection Law in 1999. In 2003, Hendren returned to military service joining the Missouri Air National Guard. In 2012, Hendren ran unopposed for the state Senate.
His four-year term expires on December 31, 2016.
He serves on the Education Facilities Oversight Committee and the Arkansas Legislative Council. Hendren passed legislation exempting All Active Duty and National Guard Personnel from State Income Tax in 2013.
He was also appointed chairman of a Joint Task Force charged with reforming Public School and Arkansas State Employee Insurance programs.
He still is a member of the 157 AOG and has the rank of Lieutenant Colonel
He is also a member of four other Senate committees: Budget, Children & Youth, Education, and Energy. His father, Kim Hendren, is also a former member of the Arkansas Senate and in a second stint in office a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from at least 2015 to 2017.