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Sam Lumpkin
21st Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
In office January 19, 1948 – January 21, 1952
Governor	Fielding Wright
Preceded by	Fielding Wright
Succeeded by	Carroll Gartin
55th Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives
In office January 2, 1940 – January 4, 1944
Preceded by	Fielding Wright
Succeeded by	Walter Sillers Jr.
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from Lee County
In office January 5, 1932 – January 4, 1944
Preceded by	David C. Langston
Succeeded by	H. A. Boren
Personal details
Born	Samuel Edgerton Lumpkin (1908-04-21)April 21, 1908 Hudsonville, Mississippi, U.S.
Died	July 9, 1964(1964-07-09) (aged 56) Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Cumberland University
Profession	Lawyer
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1942–1944
Battles/wars	World War II

Samuel Edgerton Lumpkin (April 21, 1908 – July 9, 1964) was an American politician from Tupelo, Mississippi. 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.

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

He was also a delegate to the 1948 Democratic National Convention and was an unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination for governor in 1951.

During the 1952 presidential election he endorsed Republican nominee, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and led so-called "eisencrats" faction in Mississippi.

Lumpkin was found dead of a heart attack at his home's pool in 1964.

References

1. White, J.T. (1898). The National cyclopaedia of American biography. J.T. White. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
2. ^ Lawrence Kestenbaum. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Ludlum to Lunceford". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
3. Sharp, J.R.; Sharp, N.W. (1999). American Legislative Leaders in the South, 1911-1994. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313302138. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
4. Jere Nash, Andy Taggart, Mississippi Politics, The Struggle for Power, 1976–2006, Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2006, page 195
5. University of Mississippi Libraries – Special Collections
6. Strong, Donald S. (1955). "The Presidential Election in the South, 1952". The Journal of Politics. 17 (3): 343–389. doi:10.1017/S0022381600091064. JSTOR 2127012. S2CID 154634842.
7. "Sam Lumpkin Dies At Home In Tupelo", The Delta Democrat-Times,, Friday, July 10, 1964, Greenville, Mississippi, United States Of America

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