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<html> <head> <title>Mississippi State Official</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Mississippi State Official US GOVERNMENT OFFICE <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/843/000121480/">William Allain</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Feb-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Dec-2013</tt></td> <td>Governor of Mississippi, 1984-88</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/069/000126688/">Reuben V. Anderson</a></td> <td><center>Attorney</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Sep-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Partner, Phelps Dunbar</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/779/000120419/">Blanche K. Bruce</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Mar-1841</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1898</tt></td> <td>US Senator, former slave</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/893/000278059/">Phil Bryant</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Dec-1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Governor of Mississippi</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/563/000168059/">George C. Carlson, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-May-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/743/000171230/">Travis Childers</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Mar-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Mississippi, 2008-11</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/624/000168120/">J. P. Coleman</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jan-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Sep-1991</tt></td> <td>Governor of Mississippi, 1956-60</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/561/000168057/">Oliver E. Diaz, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/575/000168071/">Jess H. Dickinson</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/743/000128359/">Wayne Dowdy</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jul-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Mississippi, 1981-89</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/562/000168058/">Charles Easley</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/116/000102807/">Mike Espy</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Nov-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Secretary of Agriculture, 1993-94</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/852/000121489/">Cliff Finch</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Apr-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Apr-1986</tt></td> <td>Governor of Mississippi, 1976-80</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/565/000168061/">James E. Graves, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/622/000168118/">Paul B. Johnson, Sr.</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Mar-1880</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Dec-1943</tt></td> <td>Governor of Mississippi, 1940-43</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/577/000168073/">Ann H. Lamar</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/688/000121325/">Ray Mabus</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Oct-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Secretary of the Navy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/833/000166335/">Mike Moore</a></td> <td><center>Attorney</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Apr-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Attorney General of Mississippi, 1988-2004</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/109/000050956/">John A. Quitman</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Sep-1799</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jul-1858</tt></td> <td>Twice Governor of Mississippi</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/370/000129980/">Ronnie Shows</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jan-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Mississippi, 1999-2003</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/996/000167495/">James W. Smith, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Oct-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Mississippi Chief Justice</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/344/000163852/">Larkin Smith</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jun-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Aug-1989</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Mississippi, 1989</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/621/000164129/">Leslie H. Southwick</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Feb-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>5th Circuit Court of Appeals</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/507/000169997/">Gerald J. St. Pé</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Litton Ship Systems</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/698/000130308/">John C. Stennis</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Aug-1901</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Apr-1995</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Mississippi, 1947-89</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/948/000366847/">Alfred Holt Stone</a></td> <td><center>Scholar</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Oct-1870</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-May-1955</tt></td> <td>Studies in the American Race Problem</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/707/000040587/">Bennie Thompson</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jan-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Mississippi 2nd</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/560/000168056/">William L. Waller, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/853/000121490/">William Lowe Waller</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Oct-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Nov-2011</tt></td> <td>Governor of Mississippi, 1972-76</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/401/000130011/">Jamie L. Whitten</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Apr-1910</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Sep-1995</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Mississippi, 1941-95</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/888/000040768/">Roger Wicker</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jul-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Senator from Mississippi</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/856/000121493/">John Bell Williams</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Dec-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Mar-1983</tt></td> <td>Governor of Mississippi, 1968-72</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/341/000129951/">Arthur Winstead</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jan-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Mar-1995</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Mississippi, 1943-65</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/851/000121488/">William Winter</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Feb-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Governor of Mississippi, 1980-84</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=121322" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2016 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/085/000001082/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/85/1082/s1082.jpg" width=128> Atlanta Corridors of Power</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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