Doxey had the support of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mississippi's senior US Senator, Theodore G. Bilbo, but Eastland defeated him in the Democratic primary when winning the Democratic nomination was tantamount to election in Mississippi.
Doxey had the support of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Doxey had the support of Mississippi's senior US Senator. Theodore G. Bilbo was Mississippi's senior US Senator. Eastland defeated him in the Democratic primary when winning the Democratic nomination was tantamount to election in Mississippi.