17 Facts About Edmond Noel

Edmund Favor Noel was an American attorney and progressive politician who served as governor of Mississippi from 1908 to 1912.

Edmond Noel was elected to the state house, as a district attorney, and to the state senate before winning an election as governor in 1907.

Edmund Favor Edmond Noel was born on March 4,1856, on his family's farm in Holmes County, Mississippi.

Edmond Noel passed the state bar and opened law practice in Lexington.

In 1881, Edmond Noel was elected to a seat in the Mississippi House of Representatives.

In 1895 Edmond Noel was elected to the Mississippi State Senate.

Edmond Noel was re-elected to the state senate in 1899.

Edmond Noel later stated that he feared public discontent with the convention system would destabilize white supremacy in Mississippi's political system.

Edmond Noel advocated for the adoption of a primary law in 1900, and while a bill to that effect passed the Senate, it did not succeed in the House.

At the beginning of the 1902 legislative session, Edmond Noel introduced a bill which required all party nominations to be determined by primary elections, and called for a run-off contest to be held in the instance of no contender garnering a majority of the votes on the first ballot.

In 1903, Edmond Noel retired from the State Senate and launched a campaign for the office of governor.

In 1907, Edmond Noel won the Democratic primary and was elected Governor of Mississippi.

Edmond Noel's administration gained passage of laws regulating child labor, establishing statewide prohibition of alcohol, founding of a state charity hospital, and establishing pure food laws.

In 1920, Edmond Noel was elected again to the Mississippi State Senate, serving until he died in 1927.

Edmond Noel married again in 1905 to Alice Josephine Tye Neilson, who had two sons from a previous marriage.

Edmond Noel served as First Lady when Noel was governor.

Edmond Noel aided him in working to preserve and renovate the Governor's Mansion.