"In 2007, his granddaughter, Judith Barnett, was a Democratic candidate for a District 1 judgeship in Hinds County. . Johnston was subsequently the mayor of Forest, where he had published Barnett’s term as governor officially expired on January 21, 1964, with the swearing-in of his successor, the outgoing lieutenant governor, Paul Johnson. In order to gain money to save, he worked as schoolhouse janitor, barber, brass band organizer, door-to-door salesman for Wearever aluminium products.His first legal case was, while he was still at Ole Miss, over a After trying and failling to join an existing law firm, he rented space near Charles Crisler's office, and soon founded his own law firm; over the next quarter century, Barnett became one of the state's most successful trial lawyers, earning more than $100,000 a year with specialty in damage suits against corporations. The crowd shouted “We want Ross!”. He then returned to the practice of law, but remained unrepentant about his past, saying, "Generally speaking, I'd do the same things again. The team defied Barnett by sneaking out of the state and playing the game, which they lost to the eventual national champions. He was a prominent member of the Dixiecrats, Southern … But with the encouragement of friends and former classmates—and after decades of practicing law and a successful stint overseeing the state's bar association—Barnett ran, unsuccessfully, for governor of Mississippi in 1951 and 1955. When Kennedy finished his speech and question-and-answer session, he was greeted by a standing ovation.The next day Barnett bitterly attacked Kennedy’s version of events, saying in part:“It ill becomes a man who never tried a lawsuit in his life, but who occupied the high position of United States attorney general and who was responsible for using 30,000 troops and spent approximately six million dollars to put one unqualified student in Ole Miss to return to the scene of this crime and discuss any phase of this infamous affair….

Sansing notes: "A series of amendments to the state’s workmen’s compensation law and the enactment of a 'right to work law,' made Mississippi more attractive to outside industry" during Barnett's term. Baldwin begins his critique by comparing organized religion’s role on issues of race to Ross Barnett, Mississippi’s governor and Baptist Sunday School teacher, who once said, “The Good Lord was the original segregationist.
Ross Robert Barnett (* 22. I love and I respect our heritage.Until the 1960s, many Mississippians linked segregation to the Bible. "Black Man Who Was Crazy Enough to Apply to Ole Miss".

Our customs. This was because the charges were terminated (civil) and dismissed (criminal) by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals because of “substantial compliance with orders of the court,” and “in view of changed circumstances and conditions.” Only two Mississippi legislators opposed Barnett’s efforts to defy the federal authorities, Joe Wroten and Karl Wiesenburg.On the night before the Ole Miss riot of 1962 protesting Meredith’s entry to the university, Barnett gave his famous sixteen-word “I Love Mississippi” speech at the University of Mississippi football game in Jackson.

Years later, in 1983, Barnett surprised many by riding in a Jackson parade commemorating the life and work of Evers. He was a prominent member of the Dixiecrats, Southern Democrats who supported racial segregation.Born in Standing Pine in Leake County in the heart of Mississippi, Barnett was the youngest of ten children of John William Barnett, a Confederate veteran, and the former Virginia Ann Chadwick. In announcing his candidacy in 1959, Barnett had said, “I am a vigorous segregationist. Barnett was born on January 22, 1898, in Standing Pine, Mississippi, the youngest of 10 children of John William Barnett, a Confederate veteran, and Virginia Ann Chadwick. Barnett, a Baptist Sunday school teacher, declared "The Good Lord was the original segregationist.
Most of his clients were poor Whites and Blacks, and tales were told about an elderly black man was injured in a traffic accident and asking for "Doctor Ross Barnett" when asked which doctor to call.Ole Miss Law School Dean Robert Farley described him as such : "He was not a brilliant lawyer, He was a brilliant jury manipulator, but I don't think anybody ever accused Ross of knowing much law".He often donated his skills to causes and served as president of the Mississippi Bar Association for two years beginning in 1943.In 1929, he married Mary Pearl Crawford, a school teacher, with the couple's long-time union producing two daughters and a son. "Barnett Attacks Kennedy's Claims", Jackson, Miss. Barnett attempted a political comeback by running for governor again in 1967 but lost, finishing a distant fourth in the state primary.