Fielding L. Wright Politician

Fielding Lewis Wright (May 16, 1895 – May 4, 1956) was a Democratic politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1944 to 1946, then as Governor after the incumbent, Thomas L. Bailey, died in office in 1946. Wright was elected Governor in his own right in 1947 and served a full four-year term. In 1948 Wright was nominated as the vice-presidential candidate of the States' Rights Democratic Party (Dixiecrats), running alongside South Carolina's Governor Strom Thurmond.

Personal facts

Birth dateMay 16, 1895
Birth place
Rolling Fork Mississippi
Religion
Methodism
Date of deathMay 04, 1956
Place of death
Jackson Mississippi

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Politician

governor
officeLieutenant Governor of Mississippi
party
Dixiecrat
Democratic Party (United States)
successor
Sam Lumpkin

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Fielding L. Wright on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/features/feature48/governors/wright.htm
  2. http://uncpress.unc.edu/chapters/frederickson_dixiecrat.html
  3. http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/scores.html#1948
  4. http://www.mscode.com/free/statutes/37/115/0035.htm