Sam Lumpkin

Samuel Edgerton Lumpkin was an American politician from Tupelo, Mississippi. A Democrat, he served as the 21st Governor of Mississippi">Governor of Mississippi">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.