Earl Evans Jr.

Earl Evans Jr.
c. 1949
President pro tempore of the Mississippi State Senate
In office
January 1956 – January 1960
Preceded byJ. O. Clark
Succeeded byGeorge Yarbrough
Member of the Mississippi State Senate
from the 18th district
In office
January 1940 – January 1964
Preceded byG. B. Herring
Succeeded byFrank Leftwich
Personal details
Born(1906-06-20)June 20, 1906
Canton, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedOctober 1976(1976-10-00) (aged 70)
Political partyDemocratic

Earl Evans Jr. (June 20, 1906 – October 1976)[1] was an American Democratic politician and public official in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi Senate[2] including as President Pro Tempore.

Evans served in the Mississippi Senate, representing the 18th District (Madison County), from 1940 to 1964.[3] He was the Senate's President Pro Tempore from 1956 to 1960.[3][4] He had been a special agent with the FBI. He lived in Canton, Mississippi and represented Madison County, Mississippi. He was also a businessman and farmer. He married.[5]

A staunch segregationist, he was a leader in the "states rights" movement.[6] He served on the segregationist Legal Educational Advisory Committee (LEAC)[7] and the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission that worked to thwart civil rights campaigning and preserve segregation.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Earl Evans in Social Security Death Index". Fold3. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  2. ^ Images, Historic. "1966 Press Photo Earl Evans, Jr., Mississippi's new ABC Board director". Historic Images.
  3. ^ a b Mississippi. Legislature (1960-01-01). "Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1960]". Mississippi Legislature Hand Books.
  4. ^ "2020-2024 Mississippi Blue Book | Michael Watson Secretary of state". sos.ms.gov. p. 554. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  5. ^ https://egrove.olemiss.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=sta_leghb
  6. ^ Bartley, Numan V. (July 1, 1999). The Rise of Massive Resistance: Race and Politics in the South During the 1950's. LSU Press. ISBN 9780807124192 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Katagiri, Yasuhiro (September 18, 2009). The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission: Civil Rights and States' Rights. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781496801258 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "Mississippi Legislature" (PDF). crmvet.org. Retrieved 23 July 2023.



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