Eddie Briggs

Eddie Jerome Briggs (born October 14, 1949) is an American politician formerly from De Kalb in Kemper County in eastern Mississippi.

Eddie Jerome Briggs
28th Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
In office
January 14, 1992 – January 16, 1996
GovernorKirk Fordice
Preceded byBrad Dye
Succeeded byRonnie Musgrove
Member of the Mississippi Senate
Personal details
Born (1949-10-14) October 14, 1949
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceMadison, Madison County, Mississippi
ProfessionAttorney

After service in the Mississippi State Senate, Briggs was the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi, a position which he held from 1992 to 1996 under Republican Governor Kirk Fordice. Fordice was the first Republican to have served as governor of Mississippi since Reconstruction, and Briggs is the first Republican to have held the office of Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi since Reconstruction.[1]

Promising a "fresh new face", Briggs defeated 12-year Democratic incumbent Brad Dye in the 1991 general election, 49.5 to 41.5 percent.[2] Former state senator Henry Kirksey, an Independent, claimed 9.0 percent.[3] Briggs ran for second term as lieutenant governor in 1995, but lost to a future governor, Ronnie Musgrove, a Democrat.[4]

Briggs ran for governor in 1999, but he lost to Congressman Mike Parker in a crowded GOP primary.[5] Parker was then defeated by Musgrove. Briggs is currently an attorney in practice in Madison in central Mississippi.

References
  1. Bryant seeks best for Senate spots : DeSoto : Memphis Commercial Appeal
  2. Lamis, Alexander. Southern Politics in the 1990s. ISBN 9780807141816. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  3. Bullock, Charles S.; Rozell, Mark J. (2007). The New Politics of the Old South: an introduction to Southern Politics. ISBN 9780742553446. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  4. Leader Call - Wicker could face old roommate Musgrove in Senate election
  5. Mississippi's gov. race may determine bragging rights for Election '99 - February 25, 1999
Political offices
Preceded by
Brad Dye		 Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
1992–1996		 Succeeded by
Ronnie Musgrove


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