Andrew Houston Longino (May 16, 1854 – February 24, 1942) was an American politician from
Mississippi
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who served as a
Democrat
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in the
State Senate
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(1880–1884), the U.S. District Attorney's (1888–1890), and
Governor's offices (1900–1904).
He was born in
Lawrence County, Mississippi. He attained education at
Mississippi College
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Histor ...
, where he graduated in 1875, and at the
University of Virginia
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, where he earned a law degree in 1880. He was one of the first Americans of Italian descent to serve as a governor.
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.
It was Governor Longino who invited president
Theodore Roosevelt
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to a bear hunt in the
Mississippi Delta, which became later famous for coining the term
teddy bear
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.
Longino died at age 87 and was interred at
Cedar Lawn Cemetery in
Jackson, Mississippi
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.
References
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Profileat
National Governors Association
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website
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1854 births
1942 deaths
Democratic Party governors of Mississippi
Democratic Party Mississippi state senators
University of Virginia School of Law alumni
Politicians from Jackson, Mississippi
People from Lawrence County, Mississippi
American politicians of Italian descent
American people of Scotch-Irish descent
Mississippi College alumni
Lawyers from Jackson, Mississippi
United States Attorneys for the Southern District of Mississippi
American lawyers and judges of Italian descent