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'''Ellis Barkett Bodron''' (October 25, 1923 &ndah; February 18, 1997) was a veteran [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of both houses of the [[Mississippi]] state legislature between 1948 and 1984. He was legally blind.

'''Ellis Barkett Bodron''' (October 25, 1923 – February 18, 1997) was a veteran [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of both houses of the [[Mississippi]] state legislature between 1948 and 1984. He was legally blind.

Bodron practiced law for a half century in his native Vicksburg in Warren County in western Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1948 to 1952 and in the Mississippi State Senate from 1952 to 1984. He was named Senate Finance Committee chairman in 1964 by then Lieutenant Governor Carroll Gartin (1913-1966). He continued as chairman until he left the Senate in 1984 after losing a bid for re-election the preceding year.<ref name=obit/> Like his House colleague, [[H. L. Merideth]] of Greenville, Bodron was widely considered to have a photographic memory and could recite in detail passages from legislative matters under consideration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Ex-lawmaker-who-helped-usher-in-Mississippi-12180040.php|title=Ex-lawmaker who helped usher in Mississippi casinos dies|publisher=''Laredo (Texas) Morning Times''|date=September 7, 2017|accessdate=September 11, 2017}}</ref>

Bodron practiced law for a half century in his native Vicksburg in Warren County in western Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1948 to 1952 and in the Mississippi State Senate from 1952 to 1984. He was named Senate Finance Committee chairman in 1964 by then Lieutenant Governor Carroll Gartin (1913-1966). He continued as chairman until he left the Senate in 1984 after losing a bid for re-election the preceding year.<ref name=obit/> Like his House colleague, [[H. L. Merideth]] of Greenville, Bodron was widely considered to have a photographic memory and could recite in detail passages from legislative matters under consideration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Ex-lawmaker-who-helped-usher-in-Mississippi-12180040.php|title=Ex-lawmaker who helped usher in Mississippi casinos dies|publisher=''Laredo (Texas) Morning Times''|date=September 7, 2017|accessdate=September 11, 2017}}</ref>