MS SC528

Memorializes Clarke Thomas Reed, longtime Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party who passed away on December 8, 2024, at age 96 in Greenville, Mississippi

Honors Reed's role as a key architect of post-World War II Southern politics and his instrumental work building the Republican Party in Mississippi from a one-party Democratic state to a competitive two-party system

Recognizes Reed's significant national political influence, including his role in delivering the Mississippi delegation to Richard Nixon in 1968 and his support for Gerald Ford over Ronald Reagan at the 1976 Republican National Convention

Notes Reed's business accomplishments as founder of Reed-Joseph International, an agricultural equipment company that pioneered American use of bird deterrence technology

Directs the resolution be presented to Reed's family, the President, Mississippi's Governor, and Congressional delegation