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JAMES KIMBLE, an American public official, born in Jack son co., Texas, in 1861. He was educated in the public schools of Mississippi and was admitted to the Mississippi bar in 1882. In 1883 he was editor of the Winona (Miss.) "Advance," from 1890 to 1896 editor of the Greenwood (Miss.) "Enterprise," and in the latter year established the Greenwood "Commonwealth." He became in 1908 editor of "The Issue,” Jackson, Miss. He was a presidential elector in 1892 and 1896, a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1890 to 1896, captain and later major of the 5th United States Volunteer Infantry from 1898 to 1899, Governor of Mississippi from 1904 to 1908, and Democratic United States Senator from 1913 to 1919. He was defeated for re-election in 1918.