Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 4th district
In office July 7, 1981 – January 3, 1989
Preceded by
Jon Hinson
Succeeded by
Mike Parker
Mayor of McComb, Mississippi
In office 1978–1981
Preceded by
John S. Thompson
Judge of the McComb Municipal Court
In office 1970–1974
Personal details
Born
Charles Wayne Dowdy
(1943-07-27) July 27, 1943 (age 80) Fitzgerald, Georgia, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Susan Dowdy
Education
Millsaps College (BA) Mississippi College (LLB)
Charles Wayne Dowdy (born July 27, 1943) is an American politician, lawyer and jurist from Mississippi. He was first elected in a 1981 special election and served four terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1989. He later served as chairman of the Mississippi Democratic Party.
Charles WayneDowdy (born July 27, 1943) is an American politician, lawyer and jurist from Mississippi. He was first elected in a 1981 special election...
John Dowdy (1912–1995), American politician Kyle Dowdy (born 1993), American baseball player Nancy M. Dowdy, American nuclear physicist WayneDowdy (born...
painful and difficult decision of my life." He was succeeded by Democrat WayneDowdy, who won the special election held in the summer of 1981. After publicly...
Reconstruction that Mississippi had two Republican senators serving concurrently. WayneDowdy, U.S. Representative from McComb since 1981 Dick Molpus, Secretary of...
image (1998). Mike Royko, Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago (1971) G. WayneDowdy, Mayor Crump Don't Like It: Machine Politics in Memphis (Univ. Press...
unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate in 1988, losing the Democratic nomination to WayneDowdy and accruing the third highest campaign debt for any senatorial candidate...
the Senate. House Minority Whip Trent Lott (R) defeated Congressman WayneDowdy by a comfortable margin in the increasingly Republican Mississippi. Montana:...
St. Tammany Parish area. Owned by former Mississippi congressman C. WayneDowdy under the company name North Shore Broadcasting Co., Inc., the station...
Mabus won the Democratic primary, defeating former U.S. Representative WayneDowdy and George "Wagon Wheel" Blair. According to The New York Times, Mabus...
▌3. Sonny Montgomery (D) ▌4. Jon Hinson (R), until April 13, 1981 ▌ WayneDowdy (D), from July 7, 1981 ▌5. Trent Lott (R) ▌1. Bill Clay (D) ▌2. Robert...
Ranking Member: Bill McCollum) Education, Training and Employment (Chair: WayneDowdy; Ranking Member: Chris Smith) Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Lane...
Democratic Chairmen have included Rickey Cole of Ovett, former Congressman WayneDowdy of McComb, Jon Levingston of Clarksdale and State Senator Johnnie Walls...
run for another term. He defeated Democratic 4th District Congressman WayneDowdy by almost eight points. Lott won by running up a 70 percent margin in...
1909–1913", California Historical Quarterly, (1975) 534#1, pp. 37–56. G. WayneDowdy, "'A Business Government by a Business Man': E. H. Crump as a Progressive...
former U.S. Congressman WayneDowdy, who ran with the slogan "Save us from Mabus", and George Blair. Styling himself a populist, Dowdy ran an old-style campaign...
1909–1913," California Historical Quarterly, (1975) 534#1, pp:37–56 G. WayneDowdy, "'A Business Government by a Business Man': E. H. Crump as a Progressive...
April 13, 1981. New member elected July 7, 1981. Democratic gain. ▌Y WayneDowdy (Democratic) 50.4% ▌Liles Williams (Republican) 49.6% Pennsylvania 3...
March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913 Democratic 7th Elected in 1908. Retired. WayneDowdy January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1989 Democratic 4th Elected to finish Hinson's...
Republican Congressman Trent Lott would defeat Democratic Congressman WayneDowdy to replace retiring Senator John Stennis (D-MS). In 1963, Rubel Phillips...
Jamie L. Whitten (D) ▌2. Webb Franklin (R) ▌3. Sonny Montgomery (D) ▌4. WayneDowdy (D) ▌5. Trent Lott (R) ▌1. Bill Clay (D) ▌2. Robert A. Young (D) ▌3....
Garver". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. "DOWDY, Charles Wayne". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. "SMITH, Joseph...
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