(1920-09-04)September 4, 1920 Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S.
Died
December 23, 2007(2007-12-23) (aged 87) near Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Alma mater
Mississippi Southern College
University of Mississippi School of Law
Profession
Attorney
Edythe Evelyn Gandy (September 4, 1920 – December 23, 2007) was an American attorney and politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1976 to 1980. A Democrat who held several public offices throughout her career, she was the first woman elected to a statewide constitutional office in Mississippi. Born in Hattiesburg, she attended the University of Mississippi School of Law as the only woman in her class. Following graduation, she took a job as a research assistant for United States Senator Theodore Bilbo. She briefly practiced law before being elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, where she served from 1948 to 1952. Defeated for re-election, she worked as director of the Division of Legal Services in the State Department of Public Welfare and Assistant Attorney General of Mississippi until she was elected State Treasurer of Mississippi in 1959.
Following an unsuccessful campaign for the office of lieutenant governor in 1963, Gandy was appointed State Welfare Board commissioner. She was re-elected state treasurer and served again in that role from 1968 to 1972. She subsequently became insurance commissioner, and in that capacity she investigated false advertising, lobbied for the passage of a no-fault insurance law, pushed for stronger licensing requirements for insurance agents, and restructured the Mississippi Insurance Department. In 1975 she ran a successful campaign to be elected lieutenant governor, thus becoming the first woman to serve in that role in Mississippi and in the Southern United States. Following unsuccessful gubernatorial campaigns in 1979 and 1983, Gandy returned to the practice of law. She remained publicly active in women's organizations and state Democratic politics until her death in 2007.
Edythe EvelynGandy (September 4, 1920 – December 23, 2007) was an American attorney and politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from...
votes, and black voters proved key to his victory. In the same election, EvelynGandy won the lieutenant governorship, and Democrats retained control of the...
Lieutenant Governor William Winter, who defeated Lieutenant Governor EvelynGandy. In the Republican primary, businessman and 1975 nominee Gil Carmichael...
Governor of Mississippi. He entered a runoff in the Democratic primary with EvelynGandy and lost. He was president of Jackson Savings and Loan Association from...
served as one of the first black lieutenant governors in the country. EvelynGandy, who served as lieutenant governor from 1976 to 1980, was the first woman...
(1927–1986) January 20, 1976 – January 22, 1980 (term-limited) Democratic 1975 EvelynGandy 58 William F. Winter (1923–2020) January 22, 1980 – January 10, 1984...
sororities Traditions and alumni Southern Miss To The Top People Brett Favre EvelynGandy Courtney Blades Clarence Weatherspoon Robert Hyatt Trishelle Cannatella...
S. Highway 11 in Forrest County, just outside Petal is known as the EvelynGandy Parkway. MS 42 begins in Lawrence County at the border with Simpson County...
Brown (1997) in 2013 First female: Lynn Fitch in 2020 First female: EvelynGandy (1947) in 1959 First female: Felicia C. Adams in 2011 First female: Euple...
signed as exits 67A (south) and 67B (north) 69.6 112.0 69 MS 42 east (EvelynGandy Parkway) – Petal North end of MS 42 concurrency 73.1 117.6 73 Monroe...
Minnesota: Alec G. Olson (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi: EvelynGandy (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Missouri: William C. Phelps (Republican)...
Ranger – Company "D", 2016–2018, 2023 - Present, Company “B”, 2018 – 2023 EvelynGandy – first woman to serve in several Mississippi state governmental positions...
sororities Traditions and alumni Southern Miss To The Top People Brett Favre EvelynGandy Courtney Blades Clarence Weatherspoon Robert Hyatt Trishelle Cannatella...
Minnesota: Alec G. Olson (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi: EvelynGandy (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Missouri: William C. Phelps (Republican)...
Attorney General William Allain, who defeated former Lieutenant Governor EvelynGandy. In the campaign, the private detective Rex Armistead, formerly with...
sororities Traditions and alumni Southern Miss To The Top People Brett Favre EvelynGandy Courtney Blades Clarence Weatherspoon Robert Hyatt Trishelle Cannatella...
collision. Donald Chant, 79, Canadian biologist and environmental advocate. EvelynGandy, 87, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi (1976–1980)...
(Vicksburg) Webb Franklin (born 1941), U.S. representative (Greenwood) EvelynGandy (1920–2007), lieutenant governor (Hattiesburg James Z. George (1826–1897)...
sororities Traditions and alumni Southern Miss To The Top People Brett Favre EvelynGandy Courtney Blades Clarence Weatherspoon Robert Hyatt Trishelle Cannatella...
sororities Traditions and alumni Southern Miss To The Top People Brett Favre EvelynGandy Courtney Blades Clarence Weatherspoon Robert Hyatt Trishelle Cannatella...
sororities Traditions and alumni Southern Miss To The Top People Brett Favre EvelynGandy Courtney Blades Clarence Weatherspoon Robert Hyatt Trishelle Cannatella...
cuts to his hand on April 20, 1993, the day after Gandy was killed. The male DNA found under Gandy's fingernails indicate she fought with her attacker...
including businessman Mike Sturdivant and former lieutenant governor EvelynGandy. While Gandy was the most well-known of the three, Allain benefitted from press...
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