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Andrew H. Longino

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Andrew H. Longino
35th Governor of Mississippi
In office
January 16, 1900 – January 19, 1904
LieutenantJames T. Harrison
Preceded byAnselm J. McLaurin
Succeeded byJames K. Vardaman
Member of the Mississippi Senate
In office
1880-1884
Personal details
Born(1854-05-16)May 16, 1854
Lawrence County, Mississippi
DiedFebruary 24, 1942(1942-02-24) (aged 87)
Jackson, Mississippi
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMarion Buckley
ProfessionLawyer

Andrew Houston Longino (May 16, 1854 – February 24, 1942) was an American politician from Mississippi who served as a Democrat in the Mississippi State Senate (1880–1884), the U.S. District Attorney's (1888–1890), and Governor's offices (1900–1904).

Early life and education

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Longino was born in Lawrence County, Mississippi. He attained education at Mississippi College, where he graduated in 1875, and at the University of Virginia, where he earned a law degree in 1880.

The surname Longino is of Italian origin, although his family had resided in the American South since the eighteenth century.[1] He has been identified as the third U.S. governor of Italian-American descent, after Caesar Rodney and William Paca who held office in the 18th century and had distant Italian ancestry.[2]

Political career and death

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During his term as governor, Longino began a campaign to attract new industries to the state. He supervised designing and building a new Mississippi State Capitol still in use today. Also of note, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History was created and a new penitentiary at Parchman Farm was constructed during his administration.[3]

Governor Longino invited president Theodore Roosevelt to a bear hunt in the Mississippi Delta, an event which inspired the creation of the teddy bear.[4]

Longino died at age 87 and was interred at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in Jackson, Mississippi.

References

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  1. ^ "Italians".
  2. ^ Cavaioli, Frank J. "Italian-American Governors". Italian Americana. 25 (2): 133–159.
  3. ^ Sansing, David G. (January 2004). "Andrew Houston Longino Thirty-fifth Governor of Mississippi: 1900-1904". Mississippi History Now.
  4. ^ Brinkley, Douglas (2001-05-05). "The Great Bear Hunt". National Geographic News. Archived from the original on June 18, 2003.
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Party political offices
Preceded by Democratic nominee for Governor of Mississippi
1899
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Governor of Mississippi
1900-1904
Succeeded by