Samuel Edgerton Lumpkin (April 21, 1908 – July 9, 1964) was an American politician from

Tupelo, Mississippi Tupelo () is a city in and the county seat of Lee County, Mississippi, United States. With an estimated population of 38,300, Tupelo is the sixth-largest city in Mississippi and is considered a commercial, industrial, and cultural hub of North M ...

. A Democrat, he served as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1948 to 1952 under Governor

Fielding L. Wright Fielding Lewis Wright (May 16, 1895May 4, 1956) was an American politician who served as the 19th Lieutenant Governor and 49th and 50th Governor of Mississippi. During the 1948 presidential election he served as the vice presidential nominee o ...

. He was born in Hudsonville in 1908. Before elevation to Lt. Governor he served in the

Mississippi House of Representatives The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature, the lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Mississippi. According to the state constitution of 1890, it is to comprise no more than 122 members elected fo ...

, eventually rising to position of the Speaker of the House in 1940 He was also a delegate to the

1948 Democratic National Convention The 1948 Democratic National Convention was held at Philadelphia Convention Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from July 12 to July 14, 1948, and resulted in the nominations of President Harry S. Truman for a full term and Senator Alben W. Ba ...

and was an unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination for governor in 1951. During the 1952 presidential election he endorsed Republican nominee, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and led so-called "eisencrats" faction in Mississippi. Lumpkin was found dead of a heart attack at his home's pool in 1964."Sam Lumpkin Dies At Home In Tupelo", ''The Delta Democrat-Times,'', Friday, July 10, 1964, Greenville, Mississippi, United States Of America

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Lieutenant Governors of Mississippi Speakers of the Mississippi House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives 1908 births 1964 deaths 20th-century American politicians {{Mississippi-politician-stub