Earl Evans Jr. Explained

Birth Date:20 June 1906
Birth Place:Canton, Mississippi, U.S.
State Senate1:Mississippi State
District1:18th
Term Start1:January 1940
Term End1:January 1964
Party:Democratic
Office:President pro tempore of the Mississippi State Senate
Predecessor:J. O. Clark
Successor:George Yarbrough
Term Start:January 1956
Term End:January 1960
Predecessor1:G. B. Herring
Successor1:Frank Leftwich

Earl Evans Jr. (June 20, 1906 – October 1976)[1] was an American Democratic politician and public official in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi Senate[2] including as President Pro Tempore.

Evans served in the Mississippi Senate, representing the 18th District (Madison County), from 1940 to 1964.[3] He was the Senate's President Pro Tempore from 1956 to 1960.[4] He had been a special agent with the FBI. He lived in Canton, Mississippi and represented Madison County, Mississippi. He was also a businessman and farmer. He married.[5]

A staunch segregationist, he was a leader in the "states rights" movement.[6] He served on the segregationist Legal Educational Advisory Committee (LEAC)[7] and the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission that worked to thwart civil rights campaigning and preserve segregation.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Earl Evans in Social Security Death Index . 2022-11-04 . Fold3 . en.
  2. Web site: 1966 Press Photo Earl Evans, Jr., Mississippi's new ABC Board director.. Historic. Images. Historic Images.
  3. Mississippi. Legislature . 1960-01-01 . Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1960] ]. Mississippi Legislature Hand Books.
  4. Web site: 2020-2024 Mississippi Blue Book Michael Watson Secretary of state . 2024-06-24 . sos.ms.gov . 554.
  5. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=sta_leghb
  6. Book: Bartley, Numan V.. The Rise of Massive Resistance: Race and Politics in the South During the 1950's. July 1, 1999. LSU Press. 9780807124192 . Google Books.
  7. Book: Katagiri, Yasuhiro. The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission: Civil Rights and States' Rights. September 18, 2009. Univ. Press of Mississippi. 9781496801258 . Google Books.
  8. Web site: Mississippi Legislature. crmvet.org. 23 July 2023.