Haley
Barbour is the Republican Governor of Mississippi.
He was elected on November 4, 2003 in the largest
turnout in a gubernatorial election in state
history. He was inaugurated on January 13, 2004.
He
is a native of Yazoo City where he lives with
his wife, Marsha. They have two adult sons.
Haley is a Deacon in the First Presbyterian
Church of Yazoo City where he has also taught
Sunday school.
Barbour
received his law degree from Ole Miss in 1973.
In the mid-‘80’s, Haley served
as an advisor to President Ronald Reagan for
two years as Director of the White House Office
of Political Affairs.
From 1993 to January 1997, Haley served two
terms as Chairman of the Republican National
Committee, including the 1994 elections when
Republicans won GOP control of both houses
of Congress for the first time in forty years.
During his chairmanship, the number of Republican
governors rose from seventeen to thirty-two.
