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<div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American politician (1942–2019)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For others with a similar name, see <a href="/wiki/William_McCoy_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="William McCoy (disambiguation)">William McCoy (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">William J. McCoy</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:House_Speaker_Billy_McCoy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/House_Speaker_Billy_McCoy.jpg/220px-House_Speaker_Billy_McCoy.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/House_Speaker_Billy_McCoy.jpg/330px-House_Speaker_Billy_McCoy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/House_Speaker_Billy_McCoy.jpg/440px-House_Speaker_Billy_McCoy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="804" data-file-height="960" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">McCoy in 2011</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">60th Speaker of the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_House_of_Representatives" title="Mississippi House of Representatives">Mississippi House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 6, 2004 – January 3, 2012</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Ford_(politician)" title="Tim Ford (politician)">Tim Ford</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Gunn" title="Philip Gunn">Philip Gunn</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_House_of_Representatives" title="Mississippi House of Representatives">Mississippi House of Representatives</a></span><br />from the 3rd district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 1980 – January 3, 2012</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Don_Chambliss&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Don Chambliss (page does not exist)">Don Chambliss</a><sup id="cite_ref-book_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-book-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Ralph_H._Doxey" title="Ralph H. Doxey">Ralph H. Doxey</a><sup id="cite_ref-book_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-book-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gene_Manning&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gene Manning (page does not exist)">Gene Manning</a><sup id="cite_ref-book_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-book-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Tracy_Arnold" title="William Tracy Arnold">William Tracy Arnold</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">August 14, 1942<br /><a href="/wiki/Booneville,_Mississippi" title="Booneville, Mississippi">Booneville, Mississippi</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">November 12, 2019<span style="display:none">(2019-11-12)</span> (aged 77)<br /><a href="/wiki/Tupelo,_Mississippi" title="Tupelo, Mississippi">Tupelo, Mississippi</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Mississippi_Community_College" title="Northeast Mississippi Community College">Northeast Mississippi Community College</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_State_University" title="Mississippi State University">Mississippi State University</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William J. McCoy</b> (August 14, 1942 – November 12, 2019) was an American <a href="/wiki/Farmer" title="Farmer">farmer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">politician</a> from <a href="/wiki/Rienzi,_Mississippi" title="Rienzi, Mississippi">Rienzi, Mississippi</a>. He was the <a href="/wiki/Speaker_(politics)" title="Speaker (politics)">Speaker</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_House_of_Representatives" title="Mississippi House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">State of Mississippi</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_J._McCoy_(Mississippi_politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McCoy was born August 14, 1942, in <a href="/wiki/Booneville,_Mississippi" title="Booneville, Mississippi">Booneville</a>, attended <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Mississippi_Junior_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeast Mississippi Junior College">Northeast Mississippi Junior College</a>, and graduated from <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_State_University" title="Mississippi State University">Mississippi State University</a>. He has worked as a <a href="/wiki/Vocational_agriculture" class="mw-redirect" title="Vocational agriculture">vocational agriculture</a> teacher and as a <a href="/wiki/Loan_officer" title="Loan officer">loan officer</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Farmers_Home_Administration" title="Farmers Home Administration">Farmers Home Administration</a>, as well as a school <a href="/wiki/Auditor" title="Auditor">auditor</a> for the Mississippi State Department of Audit. He also farmed.<sup id="cite_ref-Votesmart_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Votesmart-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="House_of_Representatives">House of Representatives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_J._McCoy_(Mississippi_politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McCoy became a member of the House in 1980, and was elected Speaker in 2004. In 2008, he faced (and beat) a challenge by conservative fellow Democrat, later Republican <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Smith_(Mississippi_politician)" title="Jeff Smith (Mississippi politician)">Jeff Smith</a> of <a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Mississippi" title="Columbus, Mississippi">Columbus</a>, who was supported by the Republicans in the House and by Republican governor <a href="/wiki/Haley_Barbour" title="Haley Barbour">Haley Barbour</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 25, 2011, McCoy announced that he would not seek re-election to the State House.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_J._McCoy_(Mississippi_politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McCoy married Edith Leatherwood. He was a <a href="/wiki/Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist">Baptist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Freemason" class="mw-redirect" title="Freemason">Freemason</a>, and a member of the <a href="/wiki/Farm_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="Farm Bureau">Farm Bureau</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Votesmart_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Votesmart-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Trustees" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of Trustees">Board of Trustees</a> of <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Mississippi_Community_College" title="Northeast Mississippi Community College">Northeast Mississippi Community College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MS_House_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MS_House-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died on November 12, 2019, at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. He was 77 years old.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_J._McCoy_(Mississippi_politician)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/McCoy.xml">Home page</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=69853">Project VoteSmart: "Representative William J. 'Billy' McCoy (MS)"</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_J._McCoy_(Mississippi_politician)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-book-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-book_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-book_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-book_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMississippi._Legislature1976" class="citation journal cs1">Mississippi. Legislature (1976-01-01). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://egrove.olemiss.edu/sta_leghb/14">"Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1976]"</a>. <i>Mississippi Legislature Hand Books</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Mississippi+Legislature+Hand+Books&rft.atitle=Hand+book+%3A+biographical+data+of+members+of+Senate+and+House%2C+personnel+of+standing+committees+%5B1976%5D&rft.date=1976-01-01&rft.au=Mississippi.+Legislature&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fegrove.olemiss.edu%2Fsta_leghb%2F14&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+J.+McCoy+%28Mississippi+politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Votesmart-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Votesmart_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Votesmart_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=69853">"Representative William J. 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