Thomas Lowry Bailey (January 6, 1888 – November 2, 1946) was an American

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from the

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. He was born in

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and graduated from

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. Bailey was elected to the

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as a Democratic candidate in 1915 and served from 1916 to 1940. He unsuccessfully ran for governor in 1939 but was elected in 1943. Bailey helped in the development of roads and ways to help farmers sell their products. During his term a four-year medical school at the

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was initiated. He died of a

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in 1946 aged 58, in Jackson during his term as governor. He was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Fielding L. Wright.

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