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Alphonso Michael Espy (born November 30, 1953) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 25th United States secretary of agriculture from 1993 to 1994. He was both the first African American and the first person from the Deep South to hold the position.
Alphonso Michael Espy (Yazoo City, Misisipi, 30 de noviembre de 1953) es un político estadounidense. Fue el 25° Secretario de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos entre 1993 y 1994. Fue el primer afroestadounidense y la primera persona del Deep South que ocupaba la posición.
Having served as both a US congressman and US secretary of agriculture by the time he was forty, Mike Espy seemed on his way to a long and successful political career before he was brought down by an influence-peddling scandal. Born on 30 November 1953 in Yazoo City, Mississippi, Alphonso Michael “Mike” Espy earned a […]
Alphonso Michael Espy es un político estadounidense. Fue el 25° Secretario de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos entre 1993 y 1994. Fue el primer afroestadounidense y la primera persona del Deep South que ocupaba la posición.
20 de oct. de 2020 · In his second bid in two years to become the first Black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction, Mike Espy has erased a 25-point deficit to make the race a dead heat.
3 de abr. de 2007 · Alphonso Michael Espy in 1986 became the first black Congressman elected from Mississippi since John R. Lynch, who served during Reconstruction. He was also the first African American to hold the post of Secretary of Agriculture.
30 de sept. de 2020 · In 1986, a young Black lawyer and state official named Mike Espy was elected the first Black congressman from Mississippi since the late 1800s. He was re-elected three times.
