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Evelyn Gandy

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American politician

United StatesPoliticiansLived 1920 to 2007 · aged 87
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Edythe Evelyn Gandy was an American attorney and politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1976 to 1980. A Democrat who held several public offices throughout her career, she was the first woman elected to a statewide constitutional office in Mississippi.

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Gandy as State Treasurer, c. 1961Gandy as State Treasurer, c. 1961Gandy (center) with Governor Cliff Finch (right). Her main opponent in the 1979 gubernatorial campaign attempted to link her to problems in Finch's administration.Gandy (center) with Governor Cliff Finch (right). Her main opponent in the 1979 gubernatorial campaign attempted to link her to problems in Finch's administration.

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1997Margaret Brent Award

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Edythe Evelyn Gandy was an American attorney and politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1976 to 1980. A Democrat who held several public offices throughout her career, she was the first woman elected to a statewide constitutional office in Mississippi. Born in Hattiesburg, she attended the University of Mississippi School of Law as the only woman in her class. Following graduation, she took a job as a research assistant for United States Senator Theodore Bilbo. She briefly practiced law before being elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, where she served from 1948 to 1952. Defeated for re-election, she worked as director of the Division of Legal Services in the State Department of Public Welfare and Assistant Attorney General of Mississippi until she was elected State Treasurer of Mississippi in 1959.

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United States
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Politician
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deceased
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Lived 1920 to 2007 · aged 87
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