Andrew H. Longino
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Andrew Houston Longino (May 16, 1855–February 24, 1942) was a Mississippi politician who served as a Democrat in the state senate (1880-1884), the U.S. District Attorney's (1888-1890), and Governor's offices (1900-1904).
During his term as Governor, Longino began a campaign to attract new industry to the state and supervised the design and building of a new state capitol still in use today. Also of note, the Department of Archives and History was created and a new penitentary at Parchman Farm was constructed during his administration [1].
[edit] References
- Sansing, David G. (Jan., 2004) Andrew Houston Longino Thirty-fifth Governor of Mississippi: 1900-1904. Mississippi History Now.
| Preceded by Anselm J. McLaurin |
Governor of Mississippi 1900-1904 |
Succeeded by James K. Vardaman |
| Governors of Mississippi |  |
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| Holmes • Poindexter • Leake • Brandon • Holmes • Brandon • Scott • Lynch • Runnels • Quitman • Lynch • McNutt • Tucker • Brown • Matthews • Quitman • Guion • J. Whitfield • Foote • Pettus • McRae • McWillie • Pettus • Clark • Sharkey • Humphreys • Ames • Alcorn • Powers • Ames • Stone • Lowry • Stone • McLaurin • Longino • Vardaman • Noel • Brewer • Bilbo • Russell • H. Whitfield • Murphree • Bilbo • Conner • White • Johnson • Murphree • Bailey • Wright • White • Coleman • Barnett • Johnson Jr. • Williams • Waller • Finch • Winter • Allain • Mabus • Fordice • Musgrove • Barbour |
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