Evelyn Gandy
| Evelyn Gandy | |
|---|---|
| 26th Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi | |
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In office January 20, 1976 – January 22, 1980 |
|
| Governor | Cliff Finch |
| Preceded by | William Winter |
| Succeeded by | Brad Dye |
| 9th Insurance Commissioner of Mississippi | |
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In office January 18, 1972 – January 20, 1976 |
|
| Governor | Bill Waller |
| Preceded by | Walter Dell Davis |
| Succeeded by | George Dale |
| 44th and 46th State Treasurer of Mississippi | |
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In office January 16, 1968 – January 18, 1972 |
|
| Governor | John Bell Williams |
| Preceded by | William Winter |
| Succeeded by | Brad Dye |
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In office January 19, 1960 – January 21, 1964 |
|
| Governor | Ross Barnett |
| Preceded by | Robert D. Morrow, Sr. |
| Succeeded by | William Winter |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 4, 1920 Hattiesburg, Mississippi |
| Died | December 23, 2007 (aged 87) |
| Political party | Democratic |
Edythe Evelyn Gandy (September 4, 1920 – December 23, 2007) was an American politician who was the first female elected to a statewide office in Mississippi– that of Treasurer for the State of Mississippi. Later, she was elected insurance commissioner and 26th Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi.
Born in Hattiesburg, Gandy attended the University of Southern Mississippi and studied law at the University of Mississippi School of Law in Oxford. As the only woman in her 1943 law school class, she won the state oratorical contest. She was also the first woman editor of the Mississippi Law Journal and the first woman to be elected president of the law school student body.
Following graduation from law school, Gandy served as secretary and campaign assistant to segregationist Mississippi Governor and United States Senator Theodore Bilbo. After Bilbo's death in 1947, Gandy returned to Hattiesburg to practice law.
A Democrat, Gandy was elected in 1947 to the Mississippi House of Representatives from Forrest County. Gandy earned a more progressive record in the statehouse, having supported legislation that favored increased funding for education and improved access to human services. Gandy also co-authored legislation that would create the University of Mississippi Medical Center, the state's only medical school and teaching hospital at the time.
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