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[[Governor]] of Mississippi]] (1975, 1979)<br>

Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi (1983)

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| spouse=Carolyn Carmichael

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'''Parents''':<br>

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==Background==

Carmichael was born in Columbia in Marion County in southwestern Mississippi to Calvin Ellzey Carmichael (1904-1936) and the former Clyde Myrna Smith (1906-1995); his father died when Gil was seven years of age; the parents are interred at the Columbia City Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157738744/gilbert-ellzey-carmichael|title=Gilbert Ellzey "Gil" Carmichael|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 1, 2020}}</ref> After graduation from high school, from 1944 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1953, he served in the [[United States Coast Guard]]. In 1950, he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], Texas. In 1976, he was a fellow at the [[John F. Kennedy School of Government]] at [[Harvard University]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]]. In 1961, Carmichael moved to Meridian, where he was a [[Volkswagen]] dealer in Meridian and a [[real estate]] developer. In 1968, Carmichael launched Missouth Properties, a commercial real estate firm in Meridian, since run by his son, Gilbert Carmichael.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meridianstar.com/business/x1724758198/|title=Scott-Carmichael-takes-Missouth-into-the-future|publisher=''The Meridian Star''|date=July 21, 2013}}</ref>

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He and his wife, the former Carolyn Dean White (1931-2020), had a son,

In 2016, Carmichael died of a [[heart attack]] at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msbusiness.com/2016/02/carmichael-gop-nominee-twice-for-mississippi-governor-dies/|title=Carmichael, GOP nominee twice for Mississippi governor, dies|publisher=msbusiness.com|date=February 2016}}</ref>

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Carmichael was a delegate to the 1972 [[Republican National Convention]], which met in [[Miami Beach, Florida|Miami Beach]], Florida, to re-nominate the [[Richard Nixon|President Nixon]]-[[Spiro Agnew|Vice President Agnew]] ticket. Carmichael was the Republican [[Candidate|nominee]] in 1972 for the [[U.S. Senate]] against the veteran Democrat [[James Eastland|James O. Eastland]]. In the Republican primary, Carmichael easily defeated the African-American civil rights figure [[James H. Meredith]]. In the fall campaign, President Nixon directed that Carmichael not attend a Republican rally in Jackson hosted by Agnew, who endorsed two successful Republican candidates for the [[United States House of Representatives]], [[Thad Cochran]] and [[Trent Lott]]. Instead Carmichael was humiliated and had to remain at Republican headquarters two blocks away from the festivities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jim-herring.blogspot.com/2010/05/rubel-phillips-gil-carmichael-and-jack.html|author=[[Jim Herring]]|title=Rubel Phillips, Gil Carmichael, and Jack Reed"|date=May 20, 2010|publisher=jimherring.blogspot.com|accessdate=May 5, 2014}}</ref>One of Eastland's press spokesmen was [[Larry Speakes]], later the [[White House]] acting press secretary in the [[Ronald W. Reagan]] administration.

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Carmichael finished the race against Eastland with 249,779 votes (38.7%). [[Prentiss Walker]] of [[Smith County~~, Mississippi|Smith County]]~~, the first Mississippi Republican to serve in the ~~U.S.~~ House of Representatives in the 20th century, ran as an Independent in the Senate general election and drew 14,662 votes (2.3 percent). Walker had run as a strongly conservative Republican against Eastland in 1966 and claimed that the veteran senator was too close to Democratic President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and did little as chairman of the [[Senate Judiciary Committee]] to block the confirmation of liberal judges prone to enact [[Segregation|integrationist]] rulings. Eastland in his last victory at the polls won the race with 375,102 (58.1 percent);<ref name=campaigns>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=8573|title=Carmichael, Gil|publisher=ourcampaigns.com|accessdate=May 5, 2014}}</ref> he did not seek reelection in 1978 and was succeeded by Republican [[U.S. Representative]] [[Thad Cochran]].

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Carmichael finished the race against Eastland with 249,779 votes (38.7%). Prentiss Walker (1917-1998) of Smith County, the first Mississippi Republican to serve in the[[United States House of Representatives]] in the 20th century, ran as an Independent in the Senate general election and drew 14,662 votes (2.3 percent). Walker had run as a strongly conservative Republican against Eastland in 1966 and claimed that the veteran senator was too close to Democratic President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and did little as chairman of the [[Senate Judiciary Committee]] to block the confirmation of liberal judges prone to enact [[Segregation|integrationist]] rulings. Eastland in his last victory at the polls won the race with 375,102 (58.1 percent);<ref name=campaigns>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=8573|title=Carmichael, Gil|publisher=ourcampaigns.com|accessdate=May 5, 2014}}</ref> he did not seek reelection in 1978 and was succeeded by Moderate Republican [[U.S. Representative]] [[Thad Cochran]].

In 1973, Carmichael's friend, Tom Stuart was elected as the first Republicanmayor of Meridian, in which capacity Stuart sought to pave streets and resolve downtown traffic problems.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.franklincountytimes.com/2001/11/19/tom-stuart-former-mayor-dies/|author=Sheila Blackmon|publisher=''Franklin County Times''|accessdate=June 5, 2014}}</ref>

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