Dennis Herron Murphree (January 6, 1886 - February 9, 1949) was a Mississippi politician. He was twice elected to the lieutenant governorship, once in 1923 and again in 1939. In each instance, he succeeded to the governorship and completed the term of his predecessor. In March 1927, he became governor of Mississippi after the death of incumbent Henry L. Whitfield and served for about ten months until Theodore G. Bilbo, … Wikipedia
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