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James P. Coleman
James Plemon "J.P." Coleman (January 9, 1914 - September 29, 1991) was a politician from the state of Mississippi.
Coleman was born in Ackerman, Mississippi. After a stint as a justice on the Mississippi state surpreme court, Coleman was the Mississippi state attorney general fron 1950 to 1956. He was elected Governor in 1955 in a campaign where he promised to uphold segregation. As Governor, he setup the State Sovereignty Commission and prohibited the implemention of racial integration. After his term ended, he won a seat in the Mississippi House of Representatives. His campaign for Governor in 1963 as unsuccessful as he lost to Paul B. Johnson, Jr. in a runoff election. Coleman was a judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1965 to 1981.
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