LEGAL · MS · 1956-1969
Joe T. Patterson
Attorney General · Democrat · Mississippi
On the record
Argued Brown v Board re: "all deliberate speed"
Background
Joe T. Patterson (Democrat) was Mississippi's Attorney General 1956–1969 (13 years). Took office after J. P. Coleman; succeeded by A. F. Summer. Note: Argued Brown v Board re: "all deliberate speed". Same-year political environment (1956): Governor James P. Coleman.
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Others who held this office in Mississippi
- Lynn Fitch (2020-present)
- Jim Hood (2004-2020)
- Mike Moore (1988-2004)
- Mike Moore (1988-2004)
- Edwin Lloyd Pittman (1984-1988)
- Bill Allain (1980-1984)
- A. F. Summer (1969-1980)
- J. P. Coleman (1952-1956)
- James T. Kennedy (1948-1952)
- Greek L. Rice (1944-1948)