Finding Aid for the Sam Lumpkin Collection

Authors

Document Type

Finding Aid

Publication Date

2026

Collection Date

1927-1984 (bulk 1931-1964)

Identifier

MUM00141

General Physical Description Note

8 boxes (12 linear feet)

Description

Papers, photographs, and scrapbooks of Sam Lumpkin of Tupelo, Mississippi.  He served as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1932 to 1942 and as Speaker of the House from 1940-1942.  Lumpkin was Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1948 to 1952.  During the 1952 presidential election, he led the faction of Democrats who supported Republican presidential nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Recommended Citation

Sam Lumpkin Collection, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries.