Ralph H. Doxey

Ralph Hindman Doxey was born on December 7, 1950, in Memphis, Tennessee.[1] He is a grandson of Wall Doxey, who was a U. S. Senator from Mississippi.[2] He graduated from the University of Mississippi with a B.B.A.[1] and from the university's law school with a J.D. Doxey is affiliated with Phi Delta Theta, Delta Sigma Pi and Phi Alpha Delta. He is a member of Ducks Unlimited and the National Rifle Association.[1]

Doxey served as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1976[1][3] until 1988. In 2003, a hiatus of 16 years, Doxey was elected to the Senate, where he was chairman of the Corrections Committee and vice chairman of the Judiciary, Division A committee. He also served on the Fees, Salaries & Administration; Finance; Highways & Transportation and Labor committees. One year after being elected, he switched political parties (from Democrat to Republican).[2] This was not a popular move with his constituency, where there had been a Democratic Senator since Reconstruction. He served there from 2004 until 2008, when he was defeated in the 2007 general election by Bill Stone, a Democrat from Ashland, Mississippi.[4] In 2008, he was hired by Governor Haley Barbour to be the Senate Liaison to the Governor, where he still serves.

Doxey is married to Jean Hutchinson.[1] They have four children. He is a Presbyterian.[1]

• Ralph Doxey at the Mississippi Senate
• Mississippi State Senate