A. H. Longino

In his 1900 inaugural address Andrew Longino condemned lynching, proposed that counties compensate the families of victims, and suggested that officers who allowed lynchings be held accountable. Political opponents later used those words against him. His administration passed the bill for a new capitol, built the state penitentiary at Parchman, created the Department of Archives and History, and started a textile school at Mississippi A&M. He lost the 1903 Senate race to Hernando DeSoto Money and the 1919 governor's runoff to Lee Russell.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Prentiss Institute — 15 mi
  A school for Black Mississippians founded in 1907 in a former plantation house, with a restored 1926 Rosenwald building that now holds a museum.

More markers nearby

• Gov. A. H. Longino House — steps away
• J. B. Lenoir — 0.3 mi
• Cooper's Ferry — 0.3 mi
• First Choctaw Cession — 14 mi