Charles L. Sullivan

Charles L. Sullivan (August 20, 1924 – April 18, 1979) was an American politician, attorney and military pilot. He was the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1968 to 1972 and a General in the United States Air National Guard. An Air National Guard facility in Jackson, Mississippi is named after him.^[1]

An attorney from Clarksdale, Mississippi, Sullivan ran in Texas for President of the United States in the 1960 presidential election as the candidate of the Constitution Party.^[2] He and Merritt Curtis (who was a Presidential Candidate in other states) received 18,162 votes in Texas, the only state where he was on the ballot, or 0.79% of the Texas popular vote.^[3] In 1963, Sullivan ran for Governor and lost.^[2]

Sullivan was killed in a plane crash in 1979 at the age of 54.^[4][5]

References

1. ^ "Charles L. Sullivan ANG Facility, Jackson, MS". Waymarking.com. http://www.waymarking.com/wm/details.aspx?f=1&guid=da07d061-0968-4d36-9f3c-8a7a0c1dd31d. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "If You Try & Don't Succeed....". TIME. August 16, 1963. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,894564,00.html. Retrieved 2006-12-02. 
3. ^ "Presidential Elections Statistics > 1960 > Popular Votes for Charles Sullivan (% of total) by state". Statemaster.com. http://www.statemaster.com/graph/pre_1960_pop_vot_for_cha_sul_of_tot-popular-votes-charles-sullivan-total. Retrieved 2006-12-02. 
4. ^ "WHBQ Weekend Newscast 1979". WHBQ. 1979. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YidgqrBHpn8. Retrieved 2007-08-24. 
5. ^ "2008 and Other Political Years". southerncrown.blogspot.com. http://southerncrown.blogspot.com/2005/09/2008-and-other-political-years.html. Retrieved 2006-08-24. 

External links

Biography portal

• Charles L. Sullivan at Find a Grave

Political offices
Preceded by Caroll Gartin	Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi 1968-1972	Succeeded by William F. Winter

Persondata
Name	Sullivan, Charles L.
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	1924-08-20
Place of birth
Date of death	1979-04-18
Place of death