- Andrew H. Longino
Infobox Governor
name= Andrew Houston Longino
party= Democratic
order= 35th
title=Governor of Mississippi
term_start=January 16 ,1900
term_end=January 19 ,1904
lieutenant=James T. Harrison
predecessor=Anselm J. McLaurin
successor=James K. Vardaman
date of birth= birth date|1854|5|16|mf=y
place of birth=Lawrence County, Mississippi
date of death= death date and age|1942|2|24|1854|5|16|mf=y
place of death=Jackson, Mississippi
religion=Baptist
profession = Lawyer
spouse= Marion BuckleyAndrew Houston Longino (
May 16 ,1854 –February 24 ,1942 ) was aMississippi politician who served as a Democrat in the State Senate (1880-1884), the U.S. District Attorney's (1888-1890), and Governor's offices (1900-1904).Longino was born in
Lawrence County, Mississippi . He attained education atMississippi College , where he graduated in 1875, and at theUniversity of Virginia , where he earned a law degree in 1880.During his term as Governor, Longino began a campaign to attract new industry to the state and supervised the design and building of a new state capitol still in use today. Also of note, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History was created and a new penitentiary at Parchman Farm was constructed during his administration. [cite news |first=David G. |last=Sansing |authorlink= |quote= |title=Andrew Houston Longino Thirty-fifth Governor of Mississippi: 1900-1904 |url=http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/features/feature48/governors/longino.htm |publisher=Mississippi History Now |work= |date=January 2004]
It was Governor Longino who invited president
Theodore Roosevelt to a bear hunt in theMississippi Delta , which became later famous for coining the termteddy bear . [cite news |first=Douglas |last=Brinkley |authorlink= |quote= |title=The Great Bear Hunt |url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/05/0501_river6.html |publisher=National Geographic News |work= |date=2001-05-05]Longino is buried at
Cedar Lawn Cemetery inJackson, Mississippi .References
External links
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12892848 Andrew Houston Longino's grave] at
Find-A-Grave
* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=e32f0646cf307010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD Profile] atNational Governors Association website
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