About John Hampton Stennis
Lived 1935 – 2013 (aged 78). John Hampton Stennis was an American lawyer, legislator and politician.
John Hampton Stennis (March 2, 1935 – September 5, 2013) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives. The son of U.S. Senator John C. Stennis, he was first elected in 1969 to succeed Russell C. Davis, who was elected mayor of Jackson. In 1978, he ran for Congress in Mississippi's 4th congressional district but lost to Jon Hinson.
On September 17, 1966, he was married to the former Martha Rozelle Allred at the Presbyterian church in Collins, Mississippi.
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Who was John Hampton Stennis?
American attorney and politician
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John Hampton Stennis was born on 2 March 1935 in De Kalb.
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John Hampton Stennis died on 5 September 2013 in Jackson, Mississippi.
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John Hampton Stennis was a lawyer, legislator and politician.
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John Hampton Stennis was American.
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