Facts: - profession: businessman - death place: mccomb , mississippi - title: governor of mississippi governor of mississippi - order: 45th 50th - party: democratic - successor: paul b. johnson sr. . james p. coleman - death date: 20 september 1965 - predecessor: martin sennett conner fielding l. wright - lieutenant: jacob buehler snider carroll gartin - term end: january 16 , 1940 january 17 , 1956 - term start: january 26 , 1936 january 22 , 1952 - birth date: 19 august 1881 - name: hugh lawson white - birth place: near mccomb , mississippi - religion: presbyterian Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of hugh l. white .
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hugh lawson white -lrb- august 19 , 1881 -- september 20 , 1965 -rrb- was an american politician from mississippi and a member of the democratic party .he served two non-consecutive terms as governor of mississippi -lrb- 1936 -- 1940 , 1952 -- 1956 -rrb- .