Sam Lumpkin

Samuel Edgerton Lumpkin[1] (April 21, 1908 – July 9, 1964) was an American politician from Tupelo, Mississippi.[2] A Democrat, he served as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1948 to 1952 under Governor Fielding L. Wright. He was born in Hudsonville in 1908.[3]

Sam Lumpkin
21st Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
In office
January 19, 1948 – January 21, 1952
GovernorFielding Wright
Preceded byFielding Wright
Succeeded byCarroll Gartin
55th Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives
In office
January 2, 1940 – January 4, 1944
Preceded byFielding Wright
Succeeded byWalter Sillers Jr.
Member of the
Mississippi House of Representatives
from Lee County
In office
January 5, 1932 – January 4, 1944
Preceded byDavid C. Langston
Succeeded byH. A. Boren
Personal details
Born
Samuel Edgerton Lumpkin

(1908-04-21)April 21, 1908
Hudsonville, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedJuly 9, 1964(1964-07-09) (aged 56)
Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materCumberland University
ProfessionLawyer
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Years of service1942–1944
Battles/warsWorld War II

Before elevation to Lt. Governor he served in the Mississippi House of Representatives, eventually rising to position of the Speaker of the House in 1940[4]

He was also a delegate to the 1948 Democratic National Convention[2] and was an unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination for governor in 1951.[5]

During the 1952 presidential election he endorsed Republican nominee, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and led so-called "eisencrats" faction in Mississippi.[6]

Lumpkin was found dead of a heart attack at his home's pool in 1964.[7]

References
  1. White, J.T. (1898). The National cyclopaedia of American biography. J.T. White. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
  2. Lawrence Kestenbaum. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Ludlum to Lunceford". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
  3. Sharp, J.R.; Sharp, N.W. (1999). American Legislative Leaders in the South, 1911-1994. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313302138. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
  4. Jere Nash, Andy Taggart, Mississippi Politics, The Struggle for Power, 1976–2006, Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2006, page 195
  5. University of Mississippi Libraries – Special Collections
  6. Strong, Donald S. (1955). "The Presidential Election in the South, 1952". The Journal of Politics. 17 (3): 343–389. doi:10.1017/S0022381600091064. JSTOR 2127012. S2CID 154634842.
  7. "Sam Lumpkin Dies At Home In Tupelo", The Delta Democrat-Times,, Friday, July 10, 1964, Greenville, Mississippi, United States Of America


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