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==Notable people from Mississippi==
==Notable people from Mississippi==
*[[Roscoe Conkling Simmons]], lifelong black GOP leader from Greenview, Missisippi
*[[Perry Wilbon Howard, II]], Republican political leader who led the state's "black and tan" delegation in 1952 supporting [[Robert Taft]]<ref>Apple, Jr., R.W. (August 31, 2004). [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/30/us/republicans-convention-new-york-apple-s-almanac-father-southern-strategy-76-here.html THE REPUBLICANS: THE CONVENTION IN NEW YORK -- APPLE'S ALMANAC; Father of the Southern Strategy, at 76, Is Here for His 11th Convention]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 14, 2021.</ref>
*[[Perry Wilbon Howard, II]], Republican political leader who led the state's "black and tan" delegation in 1952 supporting [[Robert Taft]]<ref>Apple, Jr., R.W. (August 31, 2004). [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/30/us/republicans-convention-new-york-apple-s-almanac-father-southern-strategy-76-here.html THE REPUBLICANS: THE CONVENTION IN NEW YORK -- APPLE'S ALMANAC; Father of the Southern Strategy, at 76, Is Here for His 11th Convention]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 14, 2021.</ref>
*[[Ellis Bodron]], member of both houses of the Mississippi state legislature from 1948 to 1984; lost U. S. House race in 1972 to [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Thad Cochran]].
*[[Ellis Bodron]], member of both houses of the Mississippi state legislature from 1948 to 1984; lost U. S. House race in 1972 to [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Thad Cochran]].