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Alphonso Michael Espy (born November 30, 1953) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 25th United States secretary of agriculture from 1993 to 1994. He was both the first African American and the first person from the Deep South to hold the position.
In his second bid in two years to become the first Black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction, Mike Espy has erased a 25-point deficit to make the race a dead heat.
Former USDA secretary. Mississippi’s 1st Black congressman since Reconstruction. Text MIKE to 30411. Page · Political Organization. Jackson, MS, United States, Mississippi. info@espyforsenate.com. espy.team/Chip_In.
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Having served as both a US congressman and US secretary of agriculture by the time he was forty, Mike Espy seemed on his way to a long and successful political career before he was brought down by an influence-peddling scandal. Born on 30 November 1953 in Yazoo City, Mississippi, Alphonso Michael “Mike” Espy earned a […]
3 de abr. de 2007 · Learn about the life and career of Mike Espy, who made history as the first black representative from Mississippi and the first African American to lead the USDA. Find out how he faced bribery charges, ran for the Senate, and joined the Sigma Pi Phi fraternity.
MIKE ESPY is former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi’s Second District. He is the 2024 Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellow at Harvard University.
30 de set. de 2020 · In 1986, a young Black lawyer and state official named Mike Espy was elected the first Black congressman from Mississippi since the late 1800s. He was re-elected three times.
