James P. Coleman (born January 9, 1914 in Ackerman, Mississippi; died September 28, 1991 in Ackerman, Mississippi) succeeded Hugh L. White as the fifty-first Governor of Mississippi, serving between January 17, 1956 and January 19, 1960. Following the end of Coleman's term as Governor, Ross R. Barnett (born January 22, 1898 in Standing Pine, Mississippi; died November 6, 1987 in Jackson, Mississippi) became the fifty-second Governor of Mississippi, serving between January 19, 1960 and January 21, 1964.
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