Neshoba County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census,the population was 29,087. Its county seat is Philadelphia.
Philadelphia is a city in and the county seat of Neshoba County,Mississippi,United States. The population was 7,118 at the 2020 census.
Nilsa Cruz-Perez is an American politician who was sworn into office to represent the 5th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate on December 15,2014,to fill the vacant seat of Donald Norcross. She had previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1995 to 2010 and is the first Latina woman to serve in the Assembly.
Mississippi College School of Law is an American Bar Association accredited law school. MC Law is one of two law schools in the state of Mississippi,and is the only law school in the capital city of Jackson,Mississippi. The school is a professional school of Mississippi College,founded in 1826.
Johnnie Mae Blakeney Rawlinson is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
Joan Nancy Ericksen,formerly known as Joan Ericksen Lancaster,is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.
James "Jim" Beach is an American Democratic Party politician who has served in the New Jersey Senate since 2009,where he represents the 6th legislative district. He has been the Assistant Majority Leader in the Senate since 2016.
Troy E. Singleton is an American Democratic Party politician who has represented the 7th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate since January 9,2018. He served in the New Jersey General Assembly from November 21,2011 until he took office in the state senate.
Wilhelmina Marie Wright is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. She is the only jurist in Minnesota's history to be state district court judge,appellate court judge and state supreme court justice. She was formerly an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court,a judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals,and a judge of the Minnesota District Court,Second Judicial District.
Kathleen C. Passidomo is an American lawyer and politician currently serving as President of the Florida Senate. A Republican,she has represented the 28th district,which includes Collier,Hendry,and part of Lee County in Southwest Florida,since 2016. She previously served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the Naples area from 2010 to 2016. She served as Senate Majority Leader from 2018 to 2020 and Senate Rules Chair from 2020 to 2022.
Iris Turner Kelso was a Mississippi-born journalist who worked for three newspapers in New Orleans,Louisiana,including the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
James Andrew Gipson is an American attorney and politician who has served as the Mississippi Agriculture and Commerce Commissioner since 2018. A member of the Republican Party,Gipson was appointed to the position by Governor Phil Bryant,succeeding Cindy Hyde-Smith,who was appointed to serve in the U.S. Senate. He was elected to a full term in 2019 with 59% of the vote and won reelection in 2023 with 58% of the vote.
Rita Schwerner Bender is an American civil rights activist and lawyer. She and her first husband,Michael Schwerner,participated in the Freedom Summer of 1964,where Michael was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan. As his young widow,she drew national attention for her commentary on racial prejudice in the United States,delivered at a press conference after her husband went missing. After the Civil Rights Movement,Schwerner became an attorney,practicing family law in Washington state. She continues to advocate for civil rights through her law practice and public presentations.
Jenifer Rajkumar is an American politician. A Democrat,she is a member of the New York State Assembly from the 38th district,representing Queens neighborhoods of Glendale,Ozone Park,Richmond Hill,Ridgewood,and Woodhaven. She was the first Indian-American woman ever elected to a New York State Office.
Manka Dhingra is an Indian-born American attorney and politician who is a Washington State senator. A member of the Democratic Party,she was elected to represent the 45th legislative district,on Seattle's Eastside in King County,during a 2017 special election. Dhingra is the first Sikh elected to any state legislature in the United States.
Elizabeth Ann "Beth" Tripp Clement is an American lawyer who serves as the chief justice of Michigan since 2022. She has served as an associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court since 2017,after being appointed by Governor Rick Snyder.
Holly Thompson Rehder is an American politician. A Republican,she was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 2013 to 2020,elected from the 148th district. She had been a member of the Missouri Senate from the 27th district since January 2021,having been elected to that body in the November 2020 election.
Barbara Anita Blackmon is an American lawyer and politician who served in the Mississippi State Senate,representing the 21st district from 1992 to 2004 and from 2016 to 2024. She was also the Democratic Party's nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 2003,losing to Amy Tuck.
Dana Ann Remus is an American lawyer who served as White House counsel for U.S. President Joe Biden from January 2021 to July 2022. Prior to her appointment as White House counsel,Remus was general counsel for Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign. Earlier in her career,she was deputy assistant to the president and deputy counsel for ethics during the presidency of Barack Obama,was general counsel for the Obama Foundation from 2017 to 2019,and was counsel to Michelle Obama.
Earl Stribling Richardson was a Democratic Mississippi lawyer and politician from Neshoba County. He represented the state's 19th district in the Mississippi State Senate from 1916 to 1920 and from 1932 to 1936,and the 17th district from 1940 to his death in 1943. He also represented Neshoba County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1936 to 1940.
