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Dennis Herron Murphree (January 6 1886 – February 9 1949) was a Mississippi politician. He was twice elected to the lieutenant governorship once in 1923 and again in 1939. In each instance he succeeded the governor who died in office and completed the term of his predecessor.He was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1911 to 1923. In March 1927 he became Governor of Mississippi after the death of incumbent Henry L.