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]
^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.
^"Sam Lumpkin Dies At Home In Tupelo", The Delta Democrat-Times,, Friday, July 10, 1964, Greenville, Mississippi, United States Of America
lumpkin, samuel, edgerton, lumpkin, april, 1908, july, 1964, american, politician, from, tupelo, mississippi, democrat, served, 21st, lieutenant, governor, mississippi, from, 1948, 1952, under, governor, fielding, wright, born, hudsonville, 1908, 21st, lieuten. 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 Lumpkin21st Lieutenant Governor of MississippiIn office January 19 1948 January 21 1952GovernorFielding WrightPreceded byFielding WrightSucceeded byCarroll Gartin55th Speaker of the Mississippi House of RepresentativesIn office January 2 1940 January 4 1944Preceded byFielding WrightSucceeded byWalter Sillers Jr Member of theMississippi House of Representativesfrom Lee CountyIn office January 5 1932 January 4 1944Preceded byDavid C LangstonSucceeded byH A BorenPersonal detailsBornSamuel Edgerton Lumpkin 1908 04 21 April 21 1908Hudsonville Mississippi U S DiedJuly 9 1964 1964 07 09 aged 56 Tupelo Mississippi U S Political partyDemocraticAlma materCumberland UniversityProfessionLawyerMilitary serviceAllegiance United StatesBranch serviceUnited States ArmyYears of service1942 1944Battles 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 edit White J T 1898 The National cyclopaedia of American biography J T White Retrieved 2015 01 04 a b Lawrence Kestenbaum The Political Graveyard Index to Politicians Ludlum to Lunceford politicalgraveyard com Retrieved 2015 01 04 Sharp J R Sharp N W 1999 American Legislative Leaders in the South 1911 1994 Greenwood Press ISBN 9780313302138 Retrieved 2015 01 04 Jere Nash Andy Taggart Mississippi Politics The Struggle for Power 1976 2006 Univ Press of Mississippi 2006 page 195 University of Mississippi Libraries Special Collections permanent dead link 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 Sam Lumpkin Dies At Home In Tupelo The Delta Democrat Times Friday July 10 1964 Greenville Mississippi United States Of America Party political offices Preceded byFielding L Wright Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi1947 Succeeded byCarroll Gartin Political offices Preceded byFielding L Wright Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi1948 1952 Succeeded byCarroll Gartin nbsp This article about a Mississippi politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sam Lumpkin amp oldid 1130524307, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
