George Robert Hightower

George Robert Hightower (October 15, 1865 - February 19, 1958) was an American state legislator in Mississippi.

While Mr. Hightower was a member of the state legislature he was active in having a state department of agriculture created and in securing the passage of a bill reducing the legal rate of interest from ten to eight per cent per annum.

While serving as its president, he inaugurated a department of markets, which was the first of the kind to be established in any similar institution in the United States.

He was also instrumental in beautifying the college campus and planting the water oaks and elms.

After many years devoted to public service, Mr. Hightower concentrated on the cultivation of more than 3,000 acres (12 km2) of land in Washington, Mississippi, near Natchez.