THE INAUGURATION OF CLIFF FINCH. 57TH GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. JANUARY 20, 1976.

96 pages (plus covers). Large paperback: H 27.75cm x L 21.25cm. Red paper covers; spine ends nicked with slender scuffing lengthwise. Past owner's ink signature at top of page 1 but interior pages are otherwise bright and clean. Else a very good+ copy. Original Mississippi political publication issued for the inaugural ceremonies of Governor Cliff Finch who held the office from January 20, 1976 to January 22, 1980. Features b/w photographs and advertisements as well as several articles regarding the new governor's political career and campaign. A WWII veteran, lawyer, district attorney, and a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1960-1964, populist Finch ran for governor with the slogan "The working man's friend" and continued that theme with a campaign for the United States Senate in 1978 in which he was defeated in the Democratic primary and a short-lived attempt for the Democratic nomination for President in 1980. Also laid-in as a lagniappe are a single copy of Finch's 1978 US Senate campaign orange pamphlet "Elect Cliff Finch. A Working Governor . . . A Working Senator" (folded dimensions H 21.75cm x L 9.25cm and unfolds to three-panels per side to total L 27.75cm) and two orange Mississippi-shaped senatorial campaign stickers (H 12.75cm x L 7.5cm) utilizing the same slogan and smiling b/w portrait image of Governor Finch. {C#2}.…