Weekend here on American History tv. We are in special collections at the university of southern mississippi. Today we are looking at the Theodore Bilbo papers. His collection is very large. [laughter] we have over 2500 boxes of archival material relating to Theodore Bilbo. His career and his life. Theodore bilbo and this is one of his signed photos that he would distribute to fans was a mississippi politician in the first half of the 20th century. s career started around 1910, when he was doing a state congressman race. By the 1930s he had been elected governor. At the time in mississippi, you cannot serve consecutive terms as governor. He served one term into the 1920s, early 1930s, then skipped a term, then stroked another four years later. Then served another four years later. He was elected to the u. S. Senate in the mid1930s. He served until 1946 when he was removed from the senate. After being elected for a third term because of bribery charges. And because of his views regardin
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