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Governor William A. Allain
(LLB '50)
- Governor of Mississippi, 1984-88
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Judge Reuben Anderson
(JD '67)
- First African-American Mississippi Supreme Court Justice
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Governor Haley Barbour (JD '73)
- Governor of Mississippi, 2004-present
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Congressman Ed Bryant (BA '70; JD '72)
- United States Representative for Tennessee, 1995-2003
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Senator Thad Cochran
(BA '59; JD '65)
- United States Senator for Mississippi, 1978-present
- Chair of Senate Agricultural Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee
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Dr. Winfield Dunn (BBA '50)
- Governor of Tennessee, 1971-75
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Senator James O. Eastland ('25)
- United States Senator for Mississippi, 1943-79
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Governor Cliff Finch (LLB '58)
- Governor of Mississippi, 1976-80
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Lt. Governor Evelyn Gandy (LLB '43)
- Lt. Governor of Mississippi, 1976-80
- First female elected to statewide office in Mississippi
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Congressman Kenny Hulshof (JD '83)
- United States Representative for Missouri, 1996-present
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Governor Paul B. Johnson, Jr.
(LLB '40)
- Governor of Mississippi, 1964-68
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Senator Trent Lott (BPA '63; JD '67)
- United States Senator for Mississippi, 1988-2007
- Former Senate Majority Leader
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Florence L. Mars (BSC '44)
- Author of Witness in Philadelphia about the 1964 killings of three civil rights workers in Philadelphia, Mississippi
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James Meredith
(BA '63)
- First African-American student to attend The University of Mississippi
- Pivotal figure in the American Civil Rights Movement
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Governor Ronnie Musgrove
(BBA '78; JD '81)
- Governor of Mississippi, 2000-04
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Congressman Chip Pickering
(BBA '86)
- United States Representative for Mississippi, 1997-present
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Lenore Prather
(JD '55)
- First female Mississippi Supreme Court Justice
- Former Chief Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court
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Richard Scruggs
(BA '69; JD '76)
- Plaintiff's attorney known nationally for class action lawsuits against asbestos manufacturers and the tobacco industry
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Governor Jeanne Shaheen
(MSS '73)
- Governor of New Hampshire, 1996-2002
- Director, Harvard University’s Institute of Politics
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Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit (BA '97)
- Prime minister of Dominica
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Governor William Waller
(LLB '50)
- Governor of Mississippi, 1972-76
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Congressman Jamie Lloyd Whitten
('32)
- United States Representative for Mississippi, 1941-95
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Congressman Roger Wicker (BA '73; JD '75)
- United States Representative for Mississippi, 1995-present
- Deputy Minority Whip in the House
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Governor William F. Winter (BA '43; LLB '49)
- Governor of Mississippi, 1980-84
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