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James Oliver Eastland (November 28, 1904 – February 19, 1986) was an American attorney, plantation owner, and politician from Mississippi. A Democrat, he served in the United States Senate in 1941 and again from 1943 until his resignation on December 27, 1978.
James Oliver Eastland (Doddsville, 28 de novembro de 1904 – Doddsville, 19 de fevereiro de 1986) era um político supremacista branco do Mississippi que foi senador dos Estados Unidos pelo Partido Democrata em 1941; e depois de 1943 até a sua renúncia em 27 de dezembro de 1978.
James Eastland: A Featured Biography. James Oliver Eastland of Mississippi, widely known as "Big Jim," served in the U.S. Senate for 36 years. In 1941 he was appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Democrat Pat Harrison.
Known as the Godfather of Mississippi Politics, James Oliver Eastland was one of the leaders of the massive resistance movement during the 1950s and 1960s. Eastland was born on 28 November 1904 in Doddsville, a small town in the Mississippi Delta. A year later the family moved to Forest, in the hilly eastern part of […]
21 de jun. de 2019 · Sen. James O. Eastland (D-Miss.) told President Lyndon B. Johnson it was fake news. Eastland’s legacy is under scrutiny in recent days as former vice president Joe Biden touted his...
20 de fev. de 1986 · James O. Eastland, for 36 years a conservative United States Senator from Mississippi who served as chairman of the Judiciary Committee for 22 years, died today in Greenwood-LeFlore County ...
James O. Eastland, elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1927, quickly rose to prominence as a floor leader for the darling of the state’s poor white farmers, Theodore G. Bilbo, who was then serving his second stint as governor. After a single term in the legislature, Eastland returned to private life until 1941 when he began ...
