Earl L. Brewer

Earl LeRoy Brewer (* August 11 1869 in Vaiden, Carroll County, Mississippi, † March 10, 1942 in Jackson, Mississippi ) was an American politician and 1912-1916 Governor of the State of Mississippi.

Early years and political rise

Earl Brewer attended after elementary school, the University of Mississippi, where he received his law degree in 1892. Then he started in Water Valley to work as a lawyer. Brewer was a member of the Democratic Party, the leading political force in Mississippi at that time. This party turned 1876-1992 uninterruptedly the governors of this state. The Republicans then played no role in Mississippi and usually did not provide its own candidates for state offices on. Between 1895 and 1899 Brewer was a member of the Senate from Mississippi and from 1902 to 1906 he was district attorney in the 11th judicial district. On November 7, 1911 Brewer was elected without campaigning and unopposed in the primaries as the new governor of his state. Four years earlier, he had failed in his first candidacy still short of Edmond Noel.

Governor of Mississippi

Earl Brewer began his four -year term on January 16, 1912. During his reign, for a reform of the Constitution were all legal offices for elected offices. At that time the laws were reformed in the banking sector and the education system improved by a higher budget. In addition, a department in the state government, which dealt with the population statistics emerged. Brewers term of office ended on 18 January 1916. A direct reelection was prohibited by a constitutional clause.

Further CV

In 1924, Brewer applied unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. Senate. After he retired from politics. He died in March 1942. Together with his wife Minnie Marion block the ex-governor had three children.