- Henry Espy
Henry Espy is the current Mayor of
Clarksdale, Mississippi . He is the brother of former U.S.Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy and father of Mississippi State RepresentativeChuck Espy (D — Clarksdale) .Biography
Henry W. Espy, Jr. is the son of Henry Espy and Willie Jean Huddleston of
Yazoo City, Mississippi .In 1993, when his brother Congressman Mike Espy was appointed U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Espy ran unsuccessfully in a special election to fill his brother's open seat. Three years later, Espy was indicted by a
grand jury on charges of making false statements to obtain bank loans to pay off debts from that campaign. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980CE7DA1139F933A25754C0A960958260 New York Times, "Brother of Ex-Agriculture Chief Is Indicted by Federal Grand Jury," July 10, 1996] . In March of the following year, a Federal District Court inOxford, Mississippi , dismissed the last of the six charges against him. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9506E6D91330F935A35750C0A961958260 New York Times, "Charges Dismissed Against Henry Espy," March 6, 1997] . Currently, Espy serves as Mayor of Clarksdale, Mississippi.Espy's children include a son Henry "Chuck" Espy, who currently serves on the Mississippi State Legislature, representing the 26th District.
References
*Phelps, Shirelle (editor), "Who's Who Among African Americans", Gale Research, Detroit; London, 1998 (Eleventh Edition)
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