Ronnie Musgrove
| Ronnie Musgrove | |
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| 62nd Governor of Mississippi | |
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In office January 11, 2000 – January 13, 2004 |
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| Lieutenant | Amy Tuck |
| Preceded by | Kirk Fordice |
| Succeeded by | Haley Barbour |
| 29th Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi | |
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In office January 16, 1996 – January 11, 2000 |
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| Governor | Kirk Fordice |
| Preceded by | Eddie Briggs |
| Succeeded by | Amy Tuck |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
David Ronald Musgrove July 29, 1956 , Mississippi, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
Melanie Ballard (1977-2001) Melody Bounds (2007-present) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater |
Northwest Mississippi Community College University of Mississippi, Oxford |
| Religion | United Methodist |
Melanie Ballard (1977-2001)
David Ronald "Ronnie" Musgrove (born July 29, 1956) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi who had served as the 29th Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from January 16, 1996 to January 11, 2000 and as the 62nd Governor of Mississippi from January 11, 2000 to January 13, 2004. He was defeated by incumbent Senator Roger Wicker in a 2008 special election for one of Mississippi's seats in the U.S. Senate. Gov. Musgrove is a Principal at the public affairs consulting firm Company.Politics. In 2014, he became founding partner of a new law firm in Jackson, Mississippi, Musgrove/Smith Law.
A native of , Musgrove grew up in the nearby city of Batesville. When Musgrove was seven years old, his father, a road crew worker with the Mississippi Highway Department, caught pneumonia while laboring during a record snowstorm and died. His mother worked at a Fruit of the Loom factory, tended a garden of 0.5 acres (2,000 m2) and raised him and his four siblings by herself.
After attending Northwest Mississippi Junior College, now Northwest Mississippi Community College and the University of Mississippi, Musgrove went to the University of Mississippi School of Law, where he became friends with fellow law student, future Mississippi House of Representatives member and future author John Grisham. Grisham would later campaign for Musgrove in each of his races for lieutenant governor, governor and the U.S. Senate.
Before being elected governor, Musgrove was a two-term state senator and lieutenant governor under Kirk Fordice.
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