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'''Theodore Gilmore Bilbo, Sr.''' (October 13, 1877 – August 21, 1947), known as "The Man,"<ref name=msencyclopediabio>Sansing, David G. (July 10, 2017). [https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/theodore-gilmore-bilbo/ Theodore Gilmore Bilbo]. ''Mississippi Encyclopedia''. Retrieved June 16, 2023.</ref> was a [[Klansman]] and longtime [[Democratic Party]] politician from [[Mississippi]] who served as a governor of the state from 1916–20 and 1928–32, and as a U.S. senator from 1935–47. A towering ''de facto'' leader among [[white supremacist]] circles, he was infamous for praising [[Nazi]] racial philosophy and known for extreme, inflammatory rhetoric.

'''Theodore Gilmore Bilbo, Sr.''' (October 13, 1877 – August 21, 1947), known as "The Man,"<ref name=msencyclopediabio>Sansing, David G. (July 10, 2017). [https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/theodore-gilmore-bilbo/ Theodore Gilmore Bilbo]. ''Mississippi Encyclopedia''. Retrieved June 16, 2023.</ref> was a [[Klansman]] and longtime [[Democratic Party]] politician from [[Mississippi]] who served as a governor of the state from 1916–20 and 1928–32, and as a U.S. senator from 1935–47. A towering ''de facto'' leader among [[white supremacist]] circles, he was infamous for praising [[Nazi]] racial philosophy and known for extreme, inflammatory rhetoric.

Inspired by the [[Progressive Movement]], Bilbo's political career was marked with demagoguery characterized by left-wing attacks against capitalist interests and racial bigotry against ethnic minorities. His solid support for the [[New Deal]] garnered the endearment and admiration of the Democratic establishment (which disregarded his naked racism) during the 1930s at the national level, though eventually was widely denounced as the aftermath of the [[World War II]] years resulted in an awakening of the consequences of unchecked racial demagoguery; national Democrats soon expediently sought to avoid the discrediting of their own reputations for their long-held, entrenched ties with Bilbo.

Inspired by the [[Progressive Movement]], Bilbo's political career was marked with demagoguery characterized by left-wing attacks against capitalist interests and racial bigotry against ethnic minorities. His solid support for [[liberal]] icon [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and the president's [[New Deal]] programs garnered the endearment and admiration of the Democratic establishment (which disregarded his naked racism) during the 1930s at the national level, though eventually was widely denounced as the aftermath of the [[World War II]] years resulted in an awakening of the consequences of unchecked racial demagoguery; national Democrats soon expediently sought to avoid the discrediting of their own reputations for their long-held, entrenched ties with Bilbo.

==Early life and career==

==Early life and career==