Eddie Briggs | |
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![]() Official portrait of Briggs, 1988 | |
28th Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi | |
In office January 9, 1992 – January 4, 1996 | |
Governor | Kirk Fordice |
Preceded by | Brad Dye |
Succeeded by | Ronnie Musgrove |
Member of the Mississippi State Senate from the 32nd district | |
In office January 3, 1984 – January 7, 1992 | |
Preceded by | Algie Davis |
Succeeded by | Sampson Jackson |
Personal details | |
Born | Eddie Jerome Briggs October 14, 1949 |
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Residence | Madison, Mississippi |
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Eddie Jerome Briggs (born October 14, 1949) is an American politician and lawyer. After service in the Mississippi State Senate, Briggs was the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi, a position which he held from 1992 to 1996. He was the first Republican to have held the office of lieutenant governor of Mississippi since Reconstruction.