Bilbo

Submitted by ben.robbins@fu-... on Thu, 2017-10-26 11:24
Text: 
The Mansion
Character Key: 
Theodore Bilbo
Display Name: 
Bilbo
Sort Name: 
Bilbo, Theodore
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Upper Class
Rank: 
Peripheral
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Management
Specific Job: 
Governor, Senator
First Mentioned: 
Judge Stevens'|Gavin Stevens' Office in The Mansion (Location)
Date of Birth: 
Saturday, October 13, 1877
Origin: 
Mississippi
Biography: 

The man whom Ratliff, facetiously, refers to as "our own Bilbo in Mississippi" was a racist and an outspoken supporter of the Jim Crow system of segregation. He was elected twice as Governor of Mississippi and later three times as a U.S. Senator (179). Two rural white characters in Yoknapatawpha (Bilbo Snopes and Bilbo Gowrie) were named after him.

Ontological Status: 
Historical/Real
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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