Thomas Lowry Bailey was a politician

Politician

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 from the state

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 of Mississippi

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Biography

Bailey was born in Webster County, Mississippi

Webster County, Mississippi

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 10,294 people, 3,905 households, and 2,877 families residing in the county. The population density was 24 people per square mile . There were 4,344 housing units at an average density of 10 per square mile...

 and graduated from Millsaps College

Millsaps College

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. Bailey was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives

Mississippi House of Representatives

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 as a democratic candidate in 1915 and served from 1916 to 1940. He unsuccessfully ran for governor in 1939 but was elected in 1943. Bailey helped in the development of roads and ways to help farmers sell their products. During his term a four-year medical school at the University of Mississippi

University of Mississippi

The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1844, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven as well as the...

 was initiated.

He died of a stroke

Stroke

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 in Mississippi Governor's Mansion

Mississippi Governor's Mansion

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 in 1946 aged 58, in Jackson during his term as governor. He was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Fielding L. Wright

Fielding L. Wright

Fielding Lewis Wright 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...

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External links

• Thomas L. Bailey's grave at Find-A-Grave
• Profile at National Governors Association
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