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20 Dec 2018

Tilghman Mayfield Tucker

TILGHMAN M. TUCKER, the thirteenth governor of Mississippi, was born near Lime Stone Springs, North Carolina on February 5, 1802. His early education was attained in the common schools of…

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18 Dec 2018

Joseph W. Matthews

JOSEPH W. MATTHEWS, the fifteenth governor of Mississippi, was born near Huntsville, Alabama in 1812. His education was attained in the common schools of his native state. After moving to…

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17 Dec 2018

John Anthony Quitman

JOHN A. QUITMAN, the tenth and sixteenth governor to serve Mississippi, was born in Rhinebeck, New York on September 1, 1798. His education was attained at Hartwick Seminary, where he…

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16 Dec 2018

John Isaac Guion

JOHN I. GUION, the seventeenth governor of Mississippi, was born in Adams County, Mississippi on November 18, 1802. He studied law in Lebanon, Tennessee and then established a successful practice…

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15 Dec 2018

James Whitfield

  JAMES WHITFIELD, the eighteenth governor of Mississippi, was born in Elbert County, Georgia on December 15, 1791. His education was limited and attained in the common schools of his…

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14 Dec 2018

Henry Stuart Foote

HENRY S. FOOTE, the nineteenth governor of Mississippi, was born in Fauquier County, Virginia on September 20, 1800. His education was attained at Washington and Lee University, where he graduated…

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13 Dec 2018

John Jones Pettus

JOHN J. PETTUS, the twentieth and the twenty-third governor to serve Mississippi, was born in Wilson County, Tennessee on October 9, 1813. His education was limited and attained in the…

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12 Dec 2018

John Jones McRae

JOHN J. MCRAE, the twenty-first governor of Mississippi, was born in Sneedsboro, North Carolina on January 10, 1815. His education was attained at Miami University in Ohio, where he graduated…

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11 Dec 2018

William McWillie

WILLIAM MCWILLIE, the twenty-second governor of Mississippi, was born in Kershaw District, South Carolina on November 17, 1795. His education was attained at South Carolina College, where he graduated in…

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09 Dec 2018

Charles Clark

CHARLES CLARK, the twenty-fourth governor of Mississippi, was born near Cincinnati, Ohio on February 19, 1810. His education was attained at Augusta College, where he graduated in 1831. After moving…

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08 Dec 2018

William Lewis Sharkey

WILLIAM L. SHARKEY, the twenty-fifth governor of Mississippi, was born near Muscle Shoals, Tennessee on July 12, 1798. His education was attained at a college in Greenville, Tennessee. He studied…

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07 Dec 2018

Benjamin Grubb Humphreys

BENJAMIN G. HUMPHREYS, the twenty-sixth governor of Mississippi, was born in Claiborne County, Mississippi on August 26, 1808. His early education was attained in the common schools of his native…

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