Hugh L. White

Hugh White
45th and 51st Governor of Mississippi
In office
January 22, 1952 – January 17, 1956
LieutenantCarroll Gartin
Preceded byFielding L. Wright
Succeeded byJames P. Coleman
In office
January 21, 1936 – January 16, 1940
LieutenantJacob Buehler Snider
Preceded byMartin Sennet Conner
Succeeded byPaul B. Johnson Sr.
Personal details
Born
Hugh Lawson White

(1881-08-19)August 19, 1881
near McComb, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedSeptember 20, 1965(1965-09-20) (aged 84)
McComb, Mississippi, U.S.[citation needed]
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJudith Wier Sugg
EducationSoule Business College
University of Mississippi, Oxford

Hugh Lawson White (August 19, 1881 – September 20, 1965) was an American politician from Mississippi and a member of the Democratic Party.[1][2] He served two non-consecutive terms as the governor of Mississippi (1936–1940, 1952–1956).[1][2]

  1. ^ a b "Hugh Lawson White". National Governors Association. January 10, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Sansing, David (January 2004). "Hugh Lawson White: Forty-fifth and Fifty-first Governor of Mississippi: 1936-1940; 1952-1956 -". Mississippi History Now. Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Retrieved March 13, 2022.