Mac Huddleston
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Elton Mac Huddleston Jr. (September 16, 1943 – August 27, 2023) was an American politician of the Republican Party. He was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing the 15th district, from 2008 until his death.
Early life
Huddleston was born on September 16, 1943,[1] in Holmes County, Mississippi, where he was raised by his grandparents.[2] He graduated from Mississippi State University, where he studied accounting, and from the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine.[3]
Huddleston served with the 9th Division as a lieutenant in the Mekong River Delta during the Vietnam War, operating a UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopter.[4]
Huddleston worked as a veterinarian, serving as executive secretary of the Mississippi Veterinary Medical Association and the Mississippi Board of Veterinary Medicine.[2]
Political career
Huddleston was first elected to the state legislature in 2007. He intended to retire after the 2023 elections, but died before the end of his term.[5] He chaired the ethics committee at the time of his death.[2]
Committee assignments
As of 2015:
- Appropriations – Vice-chair[6]
- Agriculture[6]
- Apportionment and Elections[1]
- Congressional Redistricting[1]
- Ethics[6]
- Legislative Reapportionment[1]
- Military Affairs[6]
- Public Health and Human Services[6]
- Rules[1]
- Universities and Colleges[6]
Personal life and death
Huddleston was a Baptist. He was married to the former Flavia Hutchinson for 32 years, and had four children.[6][2]
Mac Huddleston died from multiple myeloma at a hospice in Tupelo, Mississippi, on August 27, 2023, at the age of 79.[2][7]
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External links
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- 1943 births
- 2023 deaths
- American veterinarians
- Auburn University alumni
- Baptists from Mississippi
- Deaths from cancer in Mississippi
- Deaths from multiple myeloma in the United States
- Military personnel from Mississippi
- Mississippi State University alumni
- People from Holmes County, Mississippi
- People from Pontotoc, Mississippi
- Republican Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives
- 21st-century members of the Mississippi Legislature
- United States Army personnel of the Vietnam War