What is Mike Espy?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Mike Espy |image = Mike Espy 20120223-OCE-RBN-1281 (cropped).jpg |office = 25th [[United States Secretary of Agriculture]] |president = [[Bill Clinton]] |term_start = January 22, 1993 |term_end = December 31, 1994 |predecessor = [[Edward Rell Madigan|Edward Madigan]] |successor = [[Dan Glickman]] |state1 = [[Mississippi]] |district1 = {{ushr|MS|2|2nd}} |term_start1 = January 3, 1987 |term_end1 = January 22, 1993 |predecessor1 = [[Webb Franklin]] |successor1 = [[Bennie Thompson]] |birth_name = Alphonso Michael Espy |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|11|30}} |birth_place = [[Yazoo City, Mississippi|Yazoo City]], [[Mississippi]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Portia Ballard |children = 3 |education = {{flatlist|[[Howard University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br>[[Santa Clara University]] {{small|([[Juris Doctor|JD]])}}}} }} '''Alphonso Michael Espy''' (born November 30, 1953) is an American politician.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/116/000102807/|title=Mike Espy|website=www.nndb.com}}</ref> He is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. From 1987 to 1993, he served in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Mississippi]]. From 1993 to 1994 he was nominated to be the [[United States Secretary of Agriculture]] by President [[Bill Clinton]]. He was both the first African American and first person from the [[Deep South]] in that position. [[File:Photograph of President William J. Clinton Meeting with Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy.png|thumb|right|Espy with [[President of the United States|President]] [[Bill Clinton]] in 1993]] Espy was [[indicted]] in 1997 for receiving improper gifts, but acquitted of all 30 charges in 1998. On March 5, 2018, Epsy announced his candidacy for [[Thad Cochran]]'s U.S. Senate seat i