Ollie Mohamed | |
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President pro tempore of the Mississippi Senate | |
In office 1992 | |
Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 21st district 19th (1968-1972) 30th (1964-1968) | |
In office January 1980 –January 1993 | |
In office January 1964 –January 1972 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Shaw,Mississippi | February 7,1925
Died | April 6,2008 83) Belzoni,Mississippi | (aged
Political party | Democrat |
Parent(s) | Hassan Mohamed Ethel Wright Mohamed |
Ollie Mohamed (February 7,1925 - April 6,2008) was an American store owner and politician. He was a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate in the mid-to-late 20th century and its President pro tempore in 1992.
Ollie Mohamed was born on February 7,1925,in Shaw,Mississippi. [1] He was the oldest child and son of ethnically Syrian Lebanese-born Muslim merchant Hassan Mohamed and Ethel (Wright) Mohamed. [2] [3] [4] [5] Hassan's original name was Hassan Mohamed Shouman;his last name became his middle name due to a transcription error when he immigrated to the United States. [4] [6] Ollie and his siblings were raised as Baptists,their mother's faith. [4] [7] Mohamed attended Belzoni High School in Belzoni,Mississippi. [1] In 1942,he was the first 18-year-old draft into World War II. [8] [9] Mohamed was a merchant and a farmer,and by 1994 was running a department store in Belzoni. [1] [8] [10]
In 1957,Mohamed's political career began when he ran for the office of alderman of Belzoni. [10] He was elected to two terms in that office,ending in 1963 when he was elected to represent Mississippi's 30th state senate district. [10] He served the term from 1964 to 1968. [7] After the districts were re-districted,he then represented the 19th district in the Senate from 1968 to 1972. [11] In 1971,he sponsored legislation to create the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics. [9] Mohamed ran for re-election in 1971 after terms were redistricted,but lost by 32 votes to Buddy Grisham. [10] Mohamed ran for the Senate in 1975 as an Independent,but was not elected. [12] [10] He ran in 1979 and won election. [10] He represented the state's 21st district in the Senate from 1980 to 1993. [1] [13] [14] [9] In 1992,he was the President pro tempore of the Mississippi Senate. [14] [8] [9] When the districts were changed again in 1992,Mohamed lost for re-election in the new district to Barbara Blackmon. [10] [6] Immediately after losing the election Governor Kirk Fordice made Mohamed a legislative lobbyist. [15] He died in his home in Belzoni,Mississippi,on April 6,2008. [8] [6]
Mohamed was married to Annelle Horne. [11] [8] They had six children,and 10 grandchildren by 1994. [16] [10]
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