Sam Lumpkin
Samuel Edgerton Lumpkin[1] (April 21, 1908 – July 9, 1964) was a United States politician from Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi.[2] A Democrat, he served as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1948 to 1952 under Governor Fielding L. Wright. He was born in Hudsonville in 1908.[3]
Sam Lumpkin | |
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21st Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi | |
In office January 19, 1948 – January 21, 1952 | |
Governor | Fielding Wright |
Preceded by | Fielding Wright |
Succeeded by | Carroll Gartin |
55th Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives | |
In office January 2, 1940 – January 4, 1944 | |
Preceded by | Fielding Wright |
Succeeded by | Walter Sillers Jr. |
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from Lee County | |
In office January 5, 1932 – January 4, 1944 | |
Preceded by | David C. Langston |
Succeeded by | H. A. Boren |
Personal details | |
Born | Samuel Edgerton Lumpkin April 21, 1908 Hudsonville, Mississippi, U.S. |
Died | July 9, 1964 56) Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S. | (aged
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | Cumberland University |
Profession | Lawyer |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Army |
Years of service | 1942–1944 |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Before elevation to Lt. Governor he served in the Mississippi House of Representatives, eventually rising to position of the Speaker of the House in 1940[4]
He was also a delegate to the 1948 Democratic National Convention[2] and was an unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination for governor in 1951.[5]
During the 1952 presidential election he endorsed Republican nominee, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and led so-called "eisencrats" faction in Mississippi.[6]
Lumpkin was found dead of a heart attack at his home's pool in 1964.[7]
References
- White, J.T. (1898). The National cyclopaedia of American biography. J.T. White. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
- Lawrence Kestenbaum. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Ludlum to Lunceford". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
- Sharp, J.R.; Sharp, N.W. (1999). American Legislative Leaders in the South, 1911-1994. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313302138. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
- Jere Nash, Andy Taggart, Mississippi Politics, The Struggle for Power, 1976–2006, Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2006, page 195
- University of Mississippi Libraries - Special Collections
- . JSTOR 2127012. Cite journal requires
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Political offices | ||
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Preceded by Fielding L. Wright |
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi 1948–1952 |
Succeeded by Carroll Gartin |