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]