Britte Hughey | |
Birth Name: | Britte Edwin Hughey |
Birth Date: | 28 April 1910 |
Birth Place: | Smithdale, Mississippi, U.S. |
Death Place: | McComb, Mississippi, U.S. |
Office: | Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from Amite County |
Term Start: | 1956 |
Term End: | 1964 |
Predecessor: | T. F. Badon |
Successor: | Frank Wall |
Party: | Democratic |
Britte Edwin Hughey (April 28, 1910 – January 27, 1986) was an American farmer and politician who served in the Mississippi House of Representatives.[1] Elected twice from Amite County, he was a member of the local Farm Bureau and white supremacist Citizens' Council.[2]
Hughey was elected in 1955 and 1959 alongside Frank Wall and E. H. Hurst, respectively. In 1963, Amite was apportioned only one seat in the House, and Wall defeated him for the Democratic nomination.[3]