THEODORE G. BILBO

(Theodore Gilmore Bilbo)


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Theodore G. Bilbo
Theodore G. Bilbo
  • Born: October 13, 1877
  • Died: August 21, 1947
  • Nationality: American
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Theodore Gilmore Bilbo was an American politician who twice served as governor of Mississippi (1916–20, 1928–32) and later was elected a U.S. Senator (1935–47). A lifelong Democrat, he was a filibusterer whose name was synonymous with white supremacy—like many Southern Democrats of his era, Bilbo believed that black people were inferior; he defended segregation, and was a member of the Ku Klux Klan.