Andrew H. Longino

Infobox Governor
name= Andrew Houston Longino


party= Democratic
order= 35^th
title=Governor of Mississippi
term_start= January 16, 1900
term_end= January 19, 1904
lieutenant= James T. Harrison
predecessor= Anselm J. McLaurin
successor= James K. Vardaman
date of birth= birth date|1854|5|16|mf=y
place of birth= Lawrence County, Mississippi
date of death= death date and age|1942|2|24|1854|5|16|mf=y
place of death= Jackson, Mississippi
religion= Baptist
profession = Lawyer
spouse= Marion Buckley

Andrew Houston Longino (May 16, 1854–February 24, 1942) was a Mississippi politician who served as a Democrat in the State Senate (1880-1884), the U.S. District Attorney's (1888-1890), and Governor's offices (1900-1904).

Longino was born in Lawrence County, Mississippi. He attained education at Mississippi College, where he graduated in 1875, and at the University of Virginia, where he earned a law degree in 1880.

During his term as Governor, Longino began a campaign to attract new industry to the state and supervised the design and building of a new state capitol still in use today. Also of note, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History was created and a new penitentiary at Parchman Farm was constructed during his administration. [cite news |first=David G. |last=Sansing |authorlink= |quote= |title=Andrew Houston Longino Thirty-fifth Governor of Mississippi: 1900-1904 |url=http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/features/feature48/governors/longino.htm |publisher=Mississippi History Now |work= |date=January 2004]

It was Governor Longino who invited president Theodore Roosevelt to a bear hunt in the Mississippi Delta, which became later famous for coining the term teddy bear. [cite news |first=Douglas |last=Brinkley |authorlink= |quote= |title=The Great Bear Hunt |url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/05/0501_river6.html |publisher=National Geographic News |work= |date=2001-05-05]

Longino is buried at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in Jackson, Mississippi.

References

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12892848 Andrew Houston Longino's grave] at Find-A-Grave
* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=e32f0646cf307010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD Profile] at National Governors Association website