W. Arthur Winstead
| William Arthur Winstead | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 4th district |
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In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 |
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| Preceded by | John Bell Williams |
| Succeeded by | Prentiss Walker |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 5th district |
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In office January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1963 |
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| Preceded by | Ross Collins |
| Succeeded by | William M. Colmer |
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January 6, 1904 Philadelphia, Mississippi, USA |
| Died | March 14, 1995 (aged 91) Philadelphia, Mississippi |
| Resting place | Cedar Lawn Cemetery in Philadelphia, Mississippi |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
Clark Memorial College |
| Occupation | Farmer, educator Automobile dealer |
Clark Memorial College
University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
William Arthur Winstead (January 6, 1904 – March 14, 1995) was a farmer and politician, elected as U.S. Representative from Mississippi's 4th congressional district, serving from 1943 to 1965. He surprisingly lost the 1964 election by a substantial margin, when his Republican opponent, Prentiss Walker, benefited by voters supporting Barry Goldwater in his presidential campaign in the state.
Born near Philadelphia, Mississippi, Winstead attended the public schools, Clarke Memorial College in Newton, Mississippi; and the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. He graduated in 1931 from the University of Southern Mississippi, then known as Mississippi Southern College, at Hattiesburg.
Winstead was a farmer. In his first elected office, he became the superintendent of education in his native Neshoba County, serving from 1935 to 1942.
Winstead was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1965). Like nearly other state Democrats, he was an ardent segregationist, and signed the Southern Manifesto after the United States Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) that segregated schools were unconstitutional.
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