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The governor of Mississippi in 1956 was James P. Coleman. From Ackerman in Choctaw County, he had a distinguished career in law. After servig as governor he was elected to the State House of Representatives and was later appointed to the 5th Curcuit Court of Appeals.
He wrote a book, "Chronicals," about his beloved Ackerman County and eventually retired there. He suffered a stroke and died in 1991.
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Who was the Mississippi Governor during the Great Depression?
Fielding L. Wright (born May 16, 1895 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi; died May 4, 1956 in Jackson, Mississippi) succeeded Thomas L. Bailey as the forty-ninth Governor of Mississippi, serving between November 2, 1946 and January 22, 1952, including the whole of 1950.
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*James Meredith
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Type your answer here... William Charles Cole Claiborne, the highest-ranking official in the vicinity.
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Hugh L. White (born August 19, 1881 near McComb, Mississippi; died September 20, 1965 in McComb, Mississippi) succeeded Fielding L. Wright as the fiftieth Governor of Mississippi, serving between January 20, 1952 and January 17, 1956. Following the end of White's term as Governor, James P. Coleman (born January 9, 1914 in Ackerman, Mississippi; died September 28, 1991 in Ackerman, Mississippi) became the fifty-first Governor of Mississippi, serving between January 17, 1956 and January 19, 1960.
Who was the Governor of Mississippi in 1952?
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Who was the Governor of Mississippi in 2001?
Ronnie Musgrove (born July 29, 1956 in Tocowa, Mississippi) succeeded Kirk Fordice as the sixty-second Governor of Mississippi, serving between January 11, 2000 and January 13, 2004, including the whole of 2001.
Who was the Governor of Mississippi in 2003?
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Who was the Governor of Mississippi in 2004?
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Who was the Governor of Mississippi in 1953?
Hugh L. White (born August 19, 1881 near McComb, Mississippi; died September 20, 1965 in McComb, Mississippi) succeeded Fielding L. Wright as the fiftieth Governor of Mississippi, serving between January 20, 1952 and January 17, 1956, including the whole of 1953.
Who was the Governor of Mississippi in 1959?
James P. Coleman (born January 9, 1914 in Ackerman, Mississippi; died September 28, 1991 in Ackerman, Mississippi) succeeded Hugh L. White as the fifty-first Governor of Mississippi, serving between January 17, 1956 and January 19, 1960, including the whole of 1959.
Who was the Governor of Mississippi in 1954?
Hugh L. White (born August 19, 1881 near McComb, Mississippi; died September 20, 1965 in McComb, Mississippi) succeeded Fielding L. Wright as the fiftieth Governor of Mississippi, serving between January 20, 1952 and January 17, 1956, including the whole of 1954.
Who was the Governor of Mississippi in 1958?
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Who was the first Governor of Mississippi?
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Who was the Governor of Mississippi in 1948?
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Who was the Governor of Mississippi in 1949?
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