Margaret Tate
Wootsie Tate | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Mississippi State Senate from the 47th district | |
| In office January 5, 1988 – January 7, 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Martin T. Smith |
| Succeeded by | Ezell Lee |
| Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 108th district | |
| In office January 3, 1984 – January 5, 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Terrell Breland |
| Succeeded by | Ezell Lee |
| Personal details | |
| Died | June 9, 2006 (aged 72) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Billy Tate |
| Children | 3 |
Margaret "Wootsie" Tate (died June 9, 2006) was a state legislator who served in the Mississippi House of Representatives and Mississippi Senate. She served in the house from 1984 to 1988 and in the senate from 1988 to 1992. A Democrat she lived in Picayune and represented Hancock County.
She was involved in insurance bills, legislation authorizing a landfill in Hancock County, and a mandatory seat belt law (it passed in the senate). She had a son and two daughters. In 2003, governor Ronnie Musgrove appointed her to the Mississippi Prison Industry Corporation.