91; - Businessman, Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1987.
Reed graduated from Vanderbilt University. He then received his master's degree in retailing from New York University. Reed returned home to help with his family's department store. Reed was president of the Mississippi Economic Council in 1962. In 1984, Reed was appointed to the Mississippi Board of Education.
He was the 1987 Mississippi Republican gubernatorial nominee. He defeated Doug Lemon in his party's primary election. Reed then lost the general election to Democrat Ray Mabus.
Nevertheless, Reed's 47 percent of the vote was encouraging to his party. He fared better than his Republican predecessors Rubel Phillips in 1963 and 1967, Gil Carmichael in 1975 and 1979 and Leon Bramlett in 1983. In 1991, the Mississippi GOP won the governorship for the first time since Reconstruction with the election of businessman Kirk Fordice, who unseated Mabus.
Reed is the subject of several books. His son, Jack Reed, Jr., is a past mayor of their hometown of Tupelo.
Reed graduated from Vanderbilt University. He then received his master's degree in retailing from New York University. Reed returned home to help with his family's department store. Reed was president of the Mississippi Economic Council in 1962. In 1984, Reed was appointed to the Mississippi Board of Education.
He was the 1987 Mississippi Republican gubernatorial nominee. He defeated Doug Lemon in his party's primary election. Reed then lost the general election to Democrat Ray Mabus.
Nevertheless, Reed's 47 percent of the vote was encouraging to his party. He fared better than his Republican predecessors Rubel Phillips in 1963 and 1967, Gil Carmichael in 1975 and 1979 and Leon Bramlett in 1983. In 1991, the Mississippi GOP won the governorship for the first time since Reconstruction with the election of businessman Kirk Fordice, who unseated Mabus.
Reed is the subject of several books. His son, Jack Reed, Jr., is a past mayor of their hometown of Tupelo.
91; - Businessman, Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1987.
Reed graduated from Vanderbilt University. He then received his master's degree in retailing from New York University. Reed returned home to help with his family's department store. Reed was president of the Mississippi Economic Council in 1962. In 1984, Reed was appointed to the Mississippi Board of Education.
He was the 1987 Mississippi Republican gubernatorial nominee. He defeated Doug Lemon in his party's primary election. Reed then lost the general election to Democrat Ray Mabus.
Nevertheless, Reed's 47 percent of the vote was encouraging to his party. He fared better than his Republican predecessors Rubel Phillips in 1963 and 1967, Gil Carmichael in 1975 and 1979 and Leon Bramlett in 1983. In 1991, the Mississippi GOP won the governorship for the first time since Reconstruction with the election of businessman Kirk Fordice, who unseated Mabus.
Reed is the subject of several books. His son, Jack Reed, Jr., is a past mayor of their hometown of Tupelo.
Reed graduated from Vanderbilt University. He then received his master's degree in retailing from New York University. Reed returned home to help with his family's department store. Reed was president of the Mississippi Economic Council in 1962. In 1984, Reed was appointed to the Mississippi Board of Education.
He was the 1987 Mississippi Republican gubernatorial nominee. He defeated Doug Lemon in his party's primary election. Reed then lost the general election to Democrat Ray Mabus.
Nevertheless, Reed's 47 percent of the vote was encouraging to his party. He fared better than his Republican predecessors Rubel Phillips in 1963 and 1967, Gil Carmichael in 1975 and 1979 and Leon Bramlett in 1983. In 1991, the Mississippi GOP won the governorship for the first time since Reconstruction with the election of businessman Kirk Fordice, who unseated Mabus.
Reed is the subject of several books. His son, Jack Reed, Jr., is a past mayor of their hometown of Tupelo.
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