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James Eastland

American politician (1904–1986)

  • Fame51.0
  • Momentum1.1
  • Wikipedia4.1K
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Lived 1904–1986, aged 82United States
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    1904–1986
    Aged 82
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Updated 2026-07-17

James Oliver Eastland was an American attorney, plantation owner, and politician from Mississippi. A Democrat, he served in the United States Senate in 1941 and again from 1943 until his resignation in late 1978. Eastland was a segregationist who led the Southern resistance against racial integration during the civil rights movement, often speaking of African Americans as "an inferior race". Eastland has been called the "Voice of the White South" and the "Godfather of Mississippi Politics".

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