Mike Espy

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mike Espy
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Nov 30, 1953(1953-11-30)
Age	71
Country	United States
Birth City	Yazoo City
Horoscope	Scorpio

Mike Espy Biography

Mike Espy is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on November 30, 1953 in Yazoo City, United States. Espy was born at Yazoo City in Mississippi. He is the great-grandson of Thomas J. Huddleston Sr. who founded the Afro-American Sons and Daughters fraternal society. It was the founder of the Afro-American Hospital which was a major provider of health care for Africans in Mississippi from the 1920s through the 1970s. Espy was a Howard University student and held several elected positions. In 1978, Espy received his Juris Doctor degree from Santa Clara University School of Law.

From 1984 to 1985, Espy served as Assistant State Attorney General.

In November 1986, Espy was elected as a Democrat to the 100th Congress from Mississippi’s 2nd congressional district . He defeated two-term Republican Webb Franklin to become the first African-American to represent Mississippi at the federal level since Reconstruction. He was reelected three times.

He supports gun ownership and received the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) Silver Rifle award in 1988 for supporting its positions on gun laws. In 2018, the NRA endorsed Espy’s opponent, Cindy Hyde-Smith, for the U.S. Senate, and did not give Espy a rating. In 2019, Espy, who had announced his candidacy for Hyde-Smith’s seat, said that her objection to a unanimous consent motion to adopt a House gun control bill, causing the bill to go through the usual committee process, was “a failure of leadership that puts our children’s lives in danger.”

Between 1978 and 1980, Espy worked as an attorney for Central Mississippi Legal Services. He was then appointed Assistant Secretary of State to Mississippi Legal Services. He was Assistant Secretary to the State to the Public Lands Division from 1980 to 1984.

Mike Espy Net Worth

Mike Espy is one of the richest Politician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mike Espy 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Espy was born November 30, 1953 in Yazoo City (Mississippi). He is the brother of a twin sister, and has five older siblings. He graduated from Yazoo High School where he was the senior class president. Espy graduated from Yazoo City High School with a B.A. Espy received a B.A. in political science from Howard University, and a J.D. Santa Clara University School of Law. He married Sheila Bell and they had two children together before they separated. In 1999, Espy married Portia Balard.

Alphonso Michael, born November 30, 1953, is an American politician. He was the 25th Secretary of Agriculture in the United States from 1993 to 1994. The first African American to hold this position and the first from the Deep South, he was also the first. Espy, a member of the Democratic Party was previously the U.S. Rep. for Mississippi’s 2nd congressional District from 1987 to 1993.

In 1986, running for Congress, Espy was considered pro-choice on abortion. In 2018, he said he was moderate on abortion; he supports Roe v. Wade but opposes abortion personally. Espy said during his Senate campaign that he would work with anyone regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or disability.

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Who is Mike Espy Dating?

According to our records, Mike Espy married to Portia Ballard. As of December 1, 2023, Mike Espy’s is not dating anyone.

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In a separate case during the same investigation, Espy’s Chief of Staff, Ronald Blackley, was convicted in late 1997 on three counts of making false statements and sentenced to 27 months in prison.

Facts & Trivia

Mike Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Mike Espy celebrates birthday on November 30 of every year.

In October 2007, Espy crossed party lines to endorse Republican Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour’s reelection campaign.