Barbour, Haley Reeves

1947 - Haley Reeves Barbour was born 22nd of October in Yazoo City, Mississippi.

1968 - He worked for Richard Nixon's election campaign.

1970 - He ran the 1970 census for the state of Mississippi.

1972 - He enrolled at the University of Mississippi Law School, receiving a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree.

1998 - Fortune Magazine named Barbour Griffith & Rogers the second-most-powerful lobbying firm in America.

1993 - Barbour became chairman of the Republican National Committee.

2003 - Barbour announced his intention to run for governor of Mississippi.

     - On 5th of August he won the Republican Gubernatorial primary over Canton attorney Mitch Tyner.

2004 - Haley Reeves Barbour became the Governor of Mississippi.

     - Barbour defeated incumbent Democrat Ronnie Musgrove in the general election on 4th of November.

2006 - Barbour voted a bill that would lower grocery taxes, while simultaneously raising tobacco taxes.