Italian American Governor Of Mississippi Andrew H Longino

[JohnSmith]

He was one of the first American Governors of Italian Decent.

Was governor in 1900 in Mississippi.

http://mdah.state.ms.us/timeline/wp-content/uploads/98795_photo-705x800.jpg

[JohnSmith]

He apparently is responsible for giving Theodore Roosevelt tha nickname Teddy Bear.

"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."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_H._Longino

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Apulian probably

[JohnSmith]

Apulian probably

IDK most Italians in Mississippi and Louisiana are of Sicilian ancestry. He was the governor of one of the most racist segregated states in the country.

[Ctwentysevenj]

Alpine