Andrew H. Longino

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Andrew Houston Longino (May 16, 1855–February 24, 1942) was a Mississippi 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).

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 Department of Archives and History was created and a new penitentary at Parchman Farm was constructed during his administration [1].

[edit] References

• Sansing, David G. (Jan., 2004) Andrew Houston Longino Thirty-fifth Governor of Mississippi: 1900-1904. Mississippi History Now.

Preceded by Anselm J. McLaurin

Governor of Mississippi 1900-1904

Succeeded by James K. Vardaman

Governors of Mississippi

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