Finch served from 1976 to 1980.
Link to the catalog1976: Cliff Finch becomes Mississippi’s fifty-seventh governor
Governor Cliff Finch
1976: Evelyn Gandy begins her term as Lieutenant Governor
Thomas Hall Phillips, Lt. Governor Evelyn Gandy, and Gov. Cliff Finch
She was the first woman elected to this office and the first woman elected to three different statewide offices.
Link to the catalog1976: Haley Barbour serves as Southeastern Coordinator for Gerald Ford’s presidential campaign
1976: Unita Blackwell becomes first female African American mayor in Mississippi
Unita Blackwell Button
She served as mayor of Mayersville.