Charles L. Sullivan
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Charles L. Sullivan (c. 1925 - 1979) was an American politician, attorney and military pilot. He was 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].
[edit] References
- ^ "Charles L. Sullivan ANG Facility, Jackson, MS", Waymarking.com.
- ^ a b "If You Try & Don't Succeed....", TIME magazine, August 16, 1963. Retrieved on 2006-12-02.
- ^ Presidential Elections Statistics > 1960 > Popular Votes for Charles Sullivan (% of total) by state. Statemaster.com. Retrieved on 2006-12-02.
- ^ "WHBQ Weekend Newscast 1979", WHBQ, 1979. Retrieved on 2007-08-24.
- ^ 2008 and Other Political Years. southerncrown.blogspot.com. Retrieved on 2006-08-24.
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| Preceded by Caroll Gartin |
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi 1968-1972 |
Succeeded by William F. Winter |
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