Sam Lumpkin | |
Order1: | 21st |
Office1: | Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi |
Governor1: | Fielding Wright |
Term Start1: | January 19, 1948 |
Term End1: | January 21, 1952 |
Predecessor1: | Fielding Wright |
Successor1: | Carroll Gartin |
Order2: | 55th Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives |
Term Start2: | January 2, 1940 |
Term End2: | January 4, 1944 |
Preceded2: | Fielding Wright |
Succeeded2: | Walter Sillers Jr. |
Order3: | Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from Lee County |
Term Start3: | January 5, 1932 |
Term End3: | January 4, 1944 |
Preceded3: | David C. Langston |
Succeeded3: | H. A. Boren |
Birth Name: | Samuel Edgerton Lumpkin |
Birth Date: | 21 April 1908 |
Birth Place: | Hudsonville, Mississippi, U.S. |
Death Place: | Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S. |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Party: | Democratic |
Alma Mater: | Cumberland University |
Allegiance: | United States |
Branch: | United States Army |
Serviceyears: | 1942–1944 |
Battles: | World War II |
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]
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]