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Philip Gunn

Philip Gunn
Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives
Assumed office
January 3, 2012
Preceded by William McCoy
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the 56th district
Assumed office
January 2004
Preceded by Jep Barbour
Personal details
Born (1963-01-27) January 27, 1963 (age 54)
Clinton, Mississippi, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Lisa Gunn
Children 4
Alma mater Baylor University
University of Mississippi, Oxford
Website Official website

Philip A. Gunn (born January 27, 1963) is an American politician from the state of Mississippi. A member of the Republican Party, Gunn is the Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives, and represents the 56th district. He has served in the Mississippi House since 2004, and became Speaker in 2012. Gunn is the first Republican to serve as Speaker of the Mississippi House since 1876.

Gunn graduated from high school in Clinton, Mississippi. He attended Baylor University, where he was a walk-on for the Baylor Bears football team. He graduated from Baylor with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1985.

Gunn worked as a waiter for a year, and then attended the University of Mississippi School of Law, where he graduated with a juris doctor. He served as president of the student government while attending law school.

Gunn was encouraged to run for election to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 2003, due to redistricting that hurt Clinton. He faced incumbent fellow Republican Jep Barbour, the nephew of Haley Barbour. Gunn lost the primary election by 17 votes, but found an error in how the districts were drawn, disenfranchising some voters. A re-vote was scheduled, and Gunn won by 155 votes. Barbour appealed the re-vote to the Mississippi Supreme Court, which ruled in Gunn's favor in April 2004.


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