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Theodore Gilmore Bilbo

13 Oct 1877 – 21 Aug 1947

Birth	13 Oct 1877
Death	21 Aug 1947
Cemetery	Juniper Grove Cemetery Poplarville , Pearl River County , Mississippi , USA
Added by	peachypeels on 09 Aug 2024
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7134232

Bio

US Senator, Mississippi Governor. Served as a United States Senator from Mississippi from 1935 to 1947. Also served as a Member of the Mississippi State Senate from 1908 to 1912, Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1912 to 1916, Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Mississippi in 1928, 1940, and 1944, and Governor of Mississippi from 1916 to 1920, and 1928 to 1932. In 1947, the Senate refused to seat him and started an investigation of his 1946 re-election campaign. He was the author of the book, "Take Your Choice, Separation or Mongrelization." Bilbo was a demagogue and 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, the United States' largest white supremacist terrorist organization.

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Family

Parents

• James Oliver Bilbo 1837–1917
• Obedience "Beedy" Wallis Bilbo 1837–1913

Spouse

• Linda Ruth Gaddy Bilbo 1876–1976 FaG
• Lilian Seleta Herrington Bilbo 1878–1900 FaG

Siblings

• Mary Louisa Bilbo Smith 1860–1933
• William Webster Bilbo 1862–1862
• James Monroe Bilbo Sr 1864–1938
• Joseph Elias "Joe" Bilbo 1865–1935
• George Washington Bilbo 1867–1926
• Andrew Jackson "Shrug" Bilbo 1868–1945
• Thomas DeLoach Bilbo 1871–1934
• John Alonzo Bilbo 1872–1953
• Missouri M Bilbo Varnado 1875–1914

Children

• Jessie Forrest Bilbo Smith 1900–1984 FaG
• Colonel Theodore Gilmore Bilbo Jr 1910–1979 FaG

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