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Henry Whitfield A Probable Mississippi Governor Candidate
A Jackson News profile notes Henry Lewis Whitfield, state superintendent of education since 1898, as a likely governor candidate. It highlights his long rural school reform drive, broad statewide acquaintance, Democratic affiliation, and deep local roots from Brandon, with family background and career path through Mississippi College and various high schools.
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H. L. Whitfield
Mississippi
McLaurin
Longino
Whitfield
Mary Elizabeth Whitfield
America
England
North Carolina
Virginia
Fannin High School
Rankin County
L. T. Fitzhugh
R. A
Mississippi College
Greenwood, Payne and Baldwin
Westville
Steen
The
Baptist Church
Odd Fellows, Red Men and
Mystic Shrine
Steen’s Creek
Miss
Mary Damper White
William Henry White
Mary Ellen Allen
Brandon