Fielding L. Wright

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Fielding L. Wright was a segregationist American politician who served as governor of Mississippi and was Strom Thurmond’s States’ Rights Democratic (Dixiecrat) running mate in the 1948 U.S. presidential election.

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Fielding L. Wright canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician ⓘ
governor ⓘ
human ⓘ
segregationist ⓘ
candidateInElection 1948 United States presidential election ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
ethnicGroup white American ⓘ
familyName Wright ⓘ
givenName Fielding ⓘ
ideology racial segregation ⓘ
white supremacy ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
States' Rights Democratic Party ⓘ
movement Dixiecrat movement ⓘ
notableEvent 1948 United States presidential election ⓘ
notableFor being Strom Thurmond's States' Rights Democratic running mate in 1948 ⓘ
segregationist policies as governor of Mississippi ⓘ
notableWork advocacy of Jim Crow laws in Mississippi ⓘ
officeContested Vice President of the United States ⓘ
opposed civil rights legislation for African Americans ⓘ
racial integration ⓘ
partOf States' Rights Democratic (Dixiecrat) ticket of 1948 ⓘ
politicalAlignment conservative Southern Democrat ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of Mississippi ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi ⓘ
represented State of Mississippi ⓘ
residence Mississippi ⓘ
runningMateOf Strom Thurmond ⓘ
supported Jim Crow laws ⓘ
states' rights doctrine ⓘ
workLocation Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ

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States' Rights Democratic Party → keyFigure → Fielding L. Wright ⓘ
States' Rights Democratic Party → vicePresidentialNominee → Fielding L. Wright ⓘ
subject linked to: SRDP
States' Rights Democratic Party → notableLeader → Fielding L. Wright ⓘ
subject linked to: SRDP