William Garner Burgin Jr. (August 3, 1924 – October 3, 2002) was an American attorney and politician. He served in the

Mississippi State Senate The Mississippi Senate is the upper house of the Mississippi Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Mississippi. The Senate, along with the lower Mississippi House of Representatives, convenes at the Mississippi State Capitol ...

from 1952 to 1960 and from 1964 to 1979, when he was convicted of conspiring to defraud the government.

Biography

William Garner Burgin Jr. was born on August 3, 1924, in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He graduated from Ole Miss in 1947. In April 1952, Burgin was first elected to the

to replace the deceased T. H. Henry. Burgin was re-elected in 1955 and served in the 1956-1960 term. He was re-elected to the Senate in 1964, and was re-elected in 1967, 1971, and 1975. In 1977 Burgin (D) State Senator and Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, was caught in an FBI investigation, for conspiring to defraud the US Government Head Start Program. He was found guilty and sentenced to fourteen months in prison and fined $10,000. Burgin was fined $10,000. Burgin died on October 3, 2002.

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