Haley Barbour

Haley Barbour
63rd Governor of Mississippi
In office
January 13, 2004 – January 10, 2012
LieutenantAmy Tuck
Phil Bryant
Preceded byRonnie Musgrove
Succeeded byPhil Bryant
Chair of the Republican National Committee
In office
January 29, 1993 – January 17, 1997
Preceded byRichard Bond
Succeeded byJim Nicholson
Personal details
Born
Haley Reeves Barbour

(1947-10-22) October 22, 1947 (age 77)
Yazoo City, Mississippi, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1971)​
EducationUniversity of Mississippi, Oxford (BA, JD)
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Haley Reeves Barbour[1] (born October 22, 1947) is an American politician.[2] He was the governor of Mississippi from 2004 to 2012. He was mentioned as a possible candidate for President of the United States in the 2012. In April 2011, Barbour said he will not run for president.

Early years

Barbour was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi, where he was raised as the youngest of three sons of Grace LeFlore (née Johnson) and Jeptha Fowlkes Barbour, Jr.[3] Haley's father, a lawyer, died when Barbour was two years old.[4] Barbour's father who was a Circuit Judge had an inmate to assist him when Judge Barbour became ill. Leon Turner, who was given a posthumous pardon by Barbour in the closing days of his administration, had helped to raise him.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Graham, Judith; Schick, Elizabeth A.; Young, Gray; Claggett, Hilary D.; Helbok, Miriam, eds. (December 1996). Current Biography Yearbook 1996. H.W. Wilson. p. 16. ISBN 978-0824209087.
  2. ↑ Library, C. N. N. (18 February 2013). "Haley Barbour Fast Facts". CNN.
  3. ↑ Lawrence Kestenbaum. "Index to Politicians: Barbour". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
  4. ↑ Huey-Burns, Caitlin (February 14, 2011). "10 Things You Didn't Know About Haley Barbour". U.S News & World Report. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  5. ↑ Freeland, Tom. "Gov. Barbour press conference on pardons issues". Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved January 15, 2012.

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