Brad Dye
Brad Dye | |
|---|---|
| 27th Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi | |
| In office January 22, 1980 – January 14, 1992 | |
| Governor | William Winter William Allain Ray Mabus |
| Preceded by | Evelyn Gandy |
| Succeeded by | Eddie Briggs |
| 47th State Treasurer of Mississippi | |
| In office January 18, 1972 – January 20, 1976 | |
| Governor | Bill Waller |
| Preceded by | Evelyn Gandy |
| Succeeded by | Ed Pittman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 20, 1933 Charleston, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | July 1, 2018 (aged 84) Ridgeland, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Bradford J. Dye Jr.[1] (December 20, 1933 – July 1, 2018) was an American politician who served three 4-year terms as 27th Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1980 until 1992. Dye is the only individual in state history to have served as lieutenant governor for twelve consecutive years.[2]
Early life
Dye was born in Charleston, Mississippi. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration (1957) and a law degree (1959) from the University of Mississippi.[3]
Career
A member of the Democratic Party, Dye began his political career in 1950 as a page in the U.S. House of Representatives and subsequently worked for Paul B. Johnson Jr. He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1960,[4] later also serving in the Mississippi Senate [2] and as Mississippi state Treasurer.[3] He was a segregationist in the 1960s.[5]
Dye was elected as Lieutenant Governor in 1980. By then, he decided to "make his peace with integration, hiring African Americans onto his staff as lieutenant governor."[5] In 1983, Dye won his second term as lieutenant governor by defeating Republican Gil Carmichael, an auto dealer from Meridian, who had been his party's nominee for governor in 1975 against Cliff Finch and in 1979 against William Winter. In 1983, Carmichael ran for lieutenant governor on the ticket headed by his former intraparty rival, Leon Bramlett, a wealthy farmer and businessman from Clarksdale.
In 1986 a commission studying the state's constitution affirmed Dye's perspective on the powers of the lieutenant governor's office.[6]
In September 2010 he was presented with the Mississippi Medal of Service by Governor Haley Barbour.[2]
Death
Dye died of respiratory failure on July 1, 2018 in Ridgeland, Mississippi.[5][7]
References
- ^ "Distinguished Alumni Receive Prestigious Awards". Olemissalumni.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ a b c governorbarbour.com Archived January 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Mississippi candidates ready for runoff battle", Times Daily, August 7, 1975
- ^ "Dye, Brad, 1933-". Crdl.usg.edu. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ a b c Amy, Jeff (July 2, 2018). "Brad Dye, longtime Mississippi lieutenant governor, dies at 84". Clarion Ledger. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
- ^ "Mississippi panel backs lieutenant governor", The Advocate, December 19, 1986
- ^ "Dye, Longtime Mississippi Lieutenant Governor, Dies at 84". Usnews.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
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