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Mississippi Delegation to the 1940 Democratic National Convention Delegates (may be incomplete!) At-Large: Theodore G. Bilbo, Poplarville - Margie Cook, Clarksdale - Pat Harrison - Herbert Holmes, Senatobia - Paul B. Johnson - Oscar G. Johnston, Scott - Earl Richardson, Philadelphia - Ellen S. Woodward 1st District: L. W. Brown, Starkville - E. J. Gilmore, Amory - Frank Hughes, Corinth - Birney Imes, Columbus - John E. Rankin, Tupelo - R. W. Reed, Tupelo - E. C. Sharp, Booneville - Paul D. P. Spearman 2nd District: R. E. Aldridge, Michigan City - Dean Belk, Holly Springs - Paul Bowdre, Hernando - Gerald Chatham, Hernando - Lesley Darden, New Albany - Wall Doxey, Holly Springs - Ernst Long, New Albany - James McClure, Sardis - Ira Morgan, Oxford - T. L. Potts, Crenshaw - R. C. Pugh, Senatobia - Greek L. Rice, Jackson - Phil Stone, Oxford - R. X. Williams, Oxford 3rd District: Hazel Brannon, Durant - J. W. Hopkins, Clarksdale - William M. Whittington, Greenwood - W. T. Wynn, Greenville 4th District: James Plemon Coleman, Ackerman - Aaron Lane Ford - N. S. Fox, West Point - D. H. Glass, Kosciusko - Alvis M. Mitchell, Pontotoc - Ed Terry - Edgar Underwood, Grenada - Mrs. Ed Whitehead, Winona 5th District: Charles B. Cameron, Jackson - James McLendon, Quitman - S. T. Roebuck, Newton - Will White, Union 6th District: John Backstrom, Leakesville - Mundell M. Bush, Hattiesburg - Ed Fairley, Saucier - Walter Gex, Bay St. Louis - S. O. Harrington, Mt. Olive - Henry Hilbun, Laurel - Heber Ladner, Lumberton - Eustis McManus, Gulfport 7th District: Walter P. Abbott, Natchez - Jesse Adams, Gloster - William H. Barbour, Yazoo City - Maurice R. Black, Flora - T. P. Brady, Jackson - J. J. Brent, McComb - J. T. Brown, Jackson - Josie Burns, Jackson - T. Burns, Jr., Jackson - Mary Cain, Summit - M. C. Calcote, Hamburg - J. W. Cassedy, Brookhaven - Robert W. Collins, Jackson - Clay Daley, Brookhaven - Willia DePrater, Jackson - Joseph F. Dixon, Natchez - J. O. Emmerich, McComb - Earl Evans, Jr., Canton - Jack Ewing, Liberty - Dan Fenn, Jackson - Russell L. Fox, Pattison - J. Ed Franklin, Jackson - Mrs. Seth Ginn, Tylertown - C. N. Harris, Canton - H. P. Hearn, Jackson - W. A. Henry, Yazoo City - Hyde R. Jenkins, Natchez - R. L. Jones, Brookhaven - R. M. Kelly, Vicksburg - Xavier A. Kramer, McComb - E. C. Lane, Flora - Dan R. McGehee, Meadville - Edgar Misterfeldt, Jackson - Mrs. Breed O. Mounger, Tylertown - George Paulette, Natchez - M. Potter, Jackson - W. W. Ramsey, Vicksburg - E. H. Reber, Fayette - J. G. Roach, McComb - Sim G. Salter, Hazlehurst - Ed Simmons, Tylertown - Paul Stephenson, Flora - W. L. Tatum, Gloster - Landman Teller, Vicksburg - J. D. Thames, Mendenhall - Glen Thompson - Hugh V. Wall, Brookhaven - Mrs. George Wallace, Jackson - J. P. Walsh, Liberty - David Williams, Vicksburg - John Sharp Williams, Jr., Yazoo City - J. S. Wise, Hazlehurst - Sherwood Wise, Hazlehurst - J. W. Young, Liberty Alternates (may be incomplete!) At-Large: J. M. Kuykendall, Charleston - J. W. Latham, Lexington - Mrs. D. C. Lea, Jackson - Margaret K. Thompson, Yazoo City 3rd District: C. H. Acree, Jr., Cleveland - S. V. Anderson, Greenville - Richard Denman, Greenwood - Irby Turner, Belzoni 5th District: Sid Hopkins, Meridian - W. F. Latham, Quitman - Roy Nichols, Forest - A. M. Warwick, Carthage 6th District: Harold Gautier, Pascagoula - Stanton A. Hall, Hattiesburg - Hiram Patterson, Monticello - Jesse Shanks, Sumrall

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