Education
Cumberland University.
Cumberland University.
A Democrat, he served as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1948 to 1952 under Governor Fielding L. Wright. He was born in Hudsonville in 1908. Before elevation to Lieutenant
Governor he served in the Mississippi House of Representatives, eventually rising to position of the Speaker of the House in 1940
He was also a delegate to the 1948 Democratic National Convention and was an unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination for Governor in 1951.
Lumpkin was found dead of a heart attack at his home"s pool in 1964.
Mississippi Democratic Party, Democratic Party.