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ABERNETHY, Thomas Gerstle, (1903 - 1998)
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ABERNETHY, Thomas Gerstle, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Eupora, Webster County, Miss., May 16, 1903;
attended the public schools, the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, the University of Mississippi at Oxford,
and was graduated from the law department of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., in 1924; was admitted to the
bar in 1924 and commenced practice in Eupora, Miss., in 1925; mayor of Eupora 1927-1929; moved to Okolona, Miss,
in 1929 and continued the practice of law; district attorney of the third judicial district of Mississippi 1936-1942;
delegate, Democratic National Conventions in 1956 and 1960; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth and to
the fourteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1973); chairman, Committee on Elections No. 1 (Seventy-eighth
Congress); was not a candidate for reelection in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress; died in Jackson, Miss., on
June 11, 1998.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
ADAMS, Stephen, (1807 - 1857)
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Senate Years of Service: 1852-1857
Party: Democrat
ADAMS, Stephen, a Representative and a Senator from Mississippi; born in the Pendleton District, S.C., October
17, 1807; moved with his parents to Franklin County, Tenn., in 1812; attended the public schools; studied law;
admitted to the bar in 1829; member of the State senate 1833-1834; moved to Aberdeen, Miss., in 1834 and commenced
the practice of law; circuit court judge 1837-1845; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4,
1845-March 3, 1847); again became judge of the circuit court in 1848; member of the State house of representatives
in 1850; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1851; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate
on February 19, 1852, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jefferson Davis and served from March 17,
1852, to March 3, 1857; chairman, Committee on Retrenchment (Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth Congresses); moved
to Memphis, Tenn. and resumed the practice of law; died in Memphis, Tenn., May 1, 1857; interment in Elmwood Cemetery.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
AMES, Adelbert, (1835 - 1933)
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Senate Years of Service: 1870-1874
Party: Republican
AMES, Adelbert, (father of Butler Ames and son-in-law of Benjamin Franklin Butler), a Senator from Mississippi;
born in Rockland, Knox County, Maine, October 31, 1835; attended the common schools; graduated from the United
States Military Academy at West Point in 1861; during the Civil War served with the Union Army from 1861 to 1865
as lieutenant, colonel, and brigadier general; breveted colonel; received the Congressional Medal of Honor for
gallantry at the Battle of Bull Run; captain in the Fifth Artillery of the Regular Army 1864-1866; lieutenant colonel
of the Twenty-fourth United States Infantry from 1866 until 1870, when he resigned; appointed Provisional Governor
of Mississippi on March 15, 1868; appointed to the command of the fourth military district (Department of Mississippi)
March 17, 1869; upon the readmission of the State of Mississippi to representation was elected as a Republican
to the United States Senate, and served from February 23, 1870, until January 10, 1874, when he resigned, having
been elected Governor in 1873; chairman, Committee on Enrolled Bills (Fifty-third Congress); Governor of Mississippi
from January 4, 1874, until March 29, 1876, when he resigned; moved to New York City and later to Lowell, Mass.;
engaged in the flour business, with mills in Minnesota; also interested in various manufacturing industries in
Lowell; was appointed brigadier general of Volunteers in the war with Spain 1898-1899; discontinued active business
pursuits and lived in retirement in Lowell, Mass.; died at his winter home in Ormond, Fla., April 12, 1933; interment
in Hildreth Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
ANDERSON, Chapman Levy, (1845 - 1924)
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ANDERSON, Chapman Levy, a Representative from Mississippi; born near Macon, Noxubee County, Miss., March 15, 1845;
attended the common schools in Jackson, Miss., and the University of Mississippi at Oxford; enlisted in the Confederate
Army on March 5, 1862, as a private in the Thirty-ninth Regiment, Mississippi Volunteer Infantry; was promoted
through the successive grades of noncommissioned officer until July 1864, when he was transferred to Bradford's
cavalry corps of scouts with the rank of second lieutenant, in which capacity he served until the close of the
war; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1868 and commenced practice in Kosciusko, Miss.; mayor of Kosciusko,
Miss., in 1875; member of the State house of representatives in 1879 and 1880; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth
and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1891); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1890; United
States district attorney for the northern district of Mississippi in 1896 and 1897; engaged in the practice of
law in Kosciusko, Miss., until his death, April 27, 1924; interment in Kosciusko Cemetery.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
BARKSDALE, Ethelbert, (1824 - 1893)
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BARKSDALE, Ethelbert, (brother of William Barksdale), a Representative from Mississippi; born in Smyrna, Rutherford
County, Tenn., January 4, 1824; moved to Jackson, Hinds County, Miss.; adopted journalism as a profession; edited
the official journal of the State 1854-1861 and 1876-1883; member of the Confederate Congress 1861-1865; delegate
to the Democratic National Conventions in 1860, 1868, 1872, and 1880; chairman of the Democratic State executive
committee 1877-1879; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883-March
3, 1887); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1886; engaged in agricultural pursuits in Yazoo County; died
in Yazoo City, Miss., February 17, 1893; interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
BARKSDALE, William, (1821 - 1863)
BARKSDALE, William, (brother of Ethelbert Barksdale), a Representative from Mississippi; born in Rutherford County,
Tenn., August 21, 1821; attended the University of Nashville; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1839 and
commenced practice in Columbus, Lowndes County, Miss.; for a time was editor of the Columbus Democrat; served in
the Mexican War as quartermaster of the Mississippi Volunteers; delegate to the Democratic National Convention
at Baltimore in 1852; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses and served
from March 4, 1853, until January 12, 1861, when he withdrew; entered the Confederate Army during the Civil War
as colonel of the Thirteenth Regiment of Mississippi Volunteers; promoted to the rank of brigadier general on August
12, 1862; commanded a Mississippi brigade in Longstreet's corps; killed in the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July
2, 1863; interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
BARRY, Frederick George, (1845 - 1909)
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BARRY, Frederick George, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Woodbury, Cannon County, Tenn., January 12,
1845; received a limited education; served as a private in Company E, Eighth Confederate Cavalry, Col. William
B. Wade's regiment, during the Civil War; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Aberdeen,
Monroe County, Miss.; moved to West Point, Miss., in 1873 and continued the practice of law; member of the State
senate 1875-1879; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1889);
was not a candidate for renomination in 1888; resumed the practice of law in West Point, Clay County, Miss., where
he died May 7, 1909; interment in Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Aberdeen, Miss.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
BARRY, Henry W., (1840 - 1875)
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BARRY, Henry W., a Representative from Mississippi; born in Schoharie County, N.Y., in April 1840; self-educated;
principal of Locust Grove Academy in Kentucky; during the Civil War enlisted in the Union Army; organized a regiment
of colored troops in Kentucky; commissioned first lieutenant of the Tenth Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Infantry,
November 21, 1861; colonel of the Eighth United States Colored Artillery April 28, 1864; brevetted brigadier general
of Volunteers March 13, 1865; mustered out May 11, 1866; was graduated from the law department of Columbian College
(now George Washington University), Washington, D.C., in 1867; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced
practice in Columbus, Lowndes County, Miss.; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1867; member of
the State senate in 1868; upon the readmission of the State of Mississippi to representation was elected as a Republican
to the Forty-first, Forty-second, and Forty-third Congresses and served from February 23, 1870, to March 3, 1875;
chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses); died
in Washington, D.C., June 7, 1875; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
BEEMAN, Joseph Henry, (1833 - 1909)
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BEEMAN, Joseph Henry, a Representative from Mississippi; born near Gatesville, Gates County, N.C., November 17,
1833; moved with his parents to Morgan County, Ala., in 1847 and to Mississippi in 1849; received an academic education;
taught school for several years; engaged in mercantile pursuits; served as a lieutenant in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; member of the State house of representatives 1883-1891; connected with the Farmers' Alliance
and served as chairman of its executive committee; delegate to several State conventions; elected as a Democrat
to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893); was not a candidate for reelection in 1892; engaged
in agricultural pursuits until his death near Lena, Scott County, Miss., July 31, 1909; interment in Beeman Cemetery,
Lena, Miss.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
BENNETT, Hendley Stone, (1807 - 1891)
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BENNETT, Hendley Stone, a Representative from Mississippi; born near Franklin, Williamson County, Tenn., April
7, 1807; attended the public schools in West Point, Miss.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1830 and commenced
practice in Columbus, Miss.; judge of the circuit court 1846-1854; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fourth Congress
(March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1856; resumed the practice of law in
Columbus; moved to Paris, Tex., in 1859 and continued the practice of law; served as a captain in Company G, Thirty-second
Regiment, Texas Cavalry, Confederate States Army, from August 5, 1861, to August 31, 1862; resumed the practice
of law; in 1886 returned to Tennessee and settled in Franklin, Williamson County, and continued the practice of
his profession; died in Franklin, Tenn., December 15, 1891; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
BILBO, Theodore Gilmore, (1877 - 1947)
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Senate Years of Service: 1935-1947
Party: Democrat
BILBO, Theodore Gilmore, a Senator from Mississippi; born on a farm near Poplarville, Pearl River County, Miss.,
October 13, 1877; attended the public schools, Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn., the law department of Vanderbilt
University, Nashville, Tenn., and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; teacher in district and high schools
of Mississippi for five years; admitted to the bar in 1908 and commenced practice in Poplarville, Miss.; member,
State senate 1908-1912; elected lieutenant governor 1912-1916; twice elected Governor and served 1916-1920 and
1928-1932; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1934, 1940 and again in 1946 and served from January
3, 1935, until his death in New Orleans on August 21, 1947; did not take the oath of office in 1947 at the beginning
of the Eightieth Congress; chairman, Committee on District of Columbia (Seventy-eighth and Seventy-ninth Congresses),
Committee on Pensions (Seventy-eighth Congress); interment in Juniper Grove Cemetery, near Poplarville, Miss.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
BOWEN, David Reece, (1932 - )
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BOWEN, David Reece, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Houston, Chickasaw County, Miss., October 21, 1932;
graduated, Cleveland (Miss.) High School, 1950; attended University of Missouri, 1950-1952; A.B., Harvard University,
1954; M.A., Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1956; served in the United States Army, private first class, 1957-1958;
assistant professor of political science and history, Mississippi College, 1958-1959, and Millsaps College, 1959-1964;
employed by U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity, 1966-1967; U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1967-1968; first coordinator
of federal-state programs, State of Mississippi, 1968-1972; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-third and to the
four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1983); was not a candidate for reelection in 1982 to the
Ninety-eighth Congress; visiting lecturer, Mississippi State University, 1985-1987; is a resident of McLean, Va.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
BOWERS, Eaton Jackson, (1865 - 1939)
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BOWERS, Eaton Jackson, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Canton, Madison County, Miss., June 17, 1865;
attended the public schools, and Mississippi Military Institute at Pass Christian; studied law; was admitted to
the bar in 1883 at the age of seventeen and practiced in Canton until August 1884, when he moved to Bay St. Louis;
engaged in the practice of law and in newspaper work; editor and proprietor of the Gulf Coast Progress at Bay St.
Louis; member of the Democratic State executive committee 1886-1900; retired from the newspaper business in 1890;
member of the State senate in 1896; served in the State house of representatives in 1900; delegate to the Democratic
National Conventions in 1900 and 1916; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses
(March 4, 1903-March 3, 1911); was not a candidate for renomination in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress; resumed
the practice of law in Bay St. Louis, Hancock County, Miss.; moved to New Orleans, La., and continued the practice
of law until his death there October 26, 1939; interment in Cedar Rest Cemetery, Bay St. Louis, Miss.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
BRUCE, Blanche Kelso, (1841 - 1898)
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Senate Years of Service: 1875-1881
Party: Republican
BRUCE, Blanche Kelso, a Senator from Mississippi; born in slavery near Farmville, Prince Edward County, Va., March
1, 1841; was tutored by his master's son; left his master at the beginning of the Civil War; taught school in Hannibal,
Mo.; after the war became a planter in Mississippi; member of the Mississippi Levee Board; sheriff and tax collector
of Bolivar County 1872-1875; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1875,
to March 3, 1881; was the first African American to serve a full term in the United States Senate; appointed Register
of the Treasury by President James Garfield 1881; recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia 1891-1893; again
Register of the Treasury from 1897 until his death in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 1898; interment in Woodlawn
Cemetery.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
BUSBY, Thomas Jefferson, (1884 - 1964)
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BUSBY, Thomas Jefferson, a Representative from Mississippi; born near Short, Tishomingo County, Miss., July 26,
1884; attended the common schools of his native city, Oakland College, Yale, Miss., and Iuka Normal College at
Iuka, Miss., taught in the public schools of Tishomingo, Alcorn, and Chickasaw Counties, Miss., 1903-1908; was
graduated from the George Robertson Christian College, Henderson, Tenn., in 1905 and from the law department of
the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1909; was admitted to the bar in 1909 and commenced practice of law
at Houston, Miss.; prosecuting attorney of Chickasaw County 1912-1920; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth
and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923-January 3, 1935); unsuccessful candidate for renomination
in 1934; resumed the practice of law in Houston, Miss., until his death there on October 18, 1964; interment in
Houston Cemetery.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
BYRD, Adam Monroe, (1859 - 1912)
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BYRD, Adam Monroe, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Sumter County, Ala., July 6, 1859; moved to Neshoba
County, Miss.; attended the common schools and Cooper Institute in Daleville; was graduated from the law department
of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., in 1884; was admitted to the bar in 1885 and commenced practice in Philadelphia,
Neshoba County, Miss.; superintendent of education for Neshoba County 1887-1889; member of the State senate 1889-1896;
served in the State house of representatives in 1896 and 1897, when he resigned; prosecuting attorney for the tenth
judicial district in 1897; judge of the sixth chancery district from 1897 until his resignation in 1903; elected
as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1911); unsuccessful
candidate for renomination in 1910; resumed the practice of law in Philadelphia, Miss.; died at Hot Springs, Ark.,
June 21, 1912; interment in Town Cemetery, Philadelphia, Miss.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
CANDLER, Ezekiel Samuel, Jr.,
(1862 - 1944)
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CANDLER, Ezekiel Samuel, Jr., (nephew of Milton A. Candler and cousin of Allen Daniel Candler), a Representative
from Mississippi; born in Belleville, Hamilton County, Fla., January 18, 1862; moved with his parents to Tishomingo
County, Miss., in 1870; attended the common schools and Iuka (Miss.) Male Academy; was graduated from the law department
of the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1881; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice
in Iuka, Miss.; chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Tishomingo County in 1884; moved to Corinth in
1887 and continued the practice of law; member of the Democratic executive committee of Alcorn County for several
years; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1901-March 3,
1921); chairman, Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Sixty-seventh Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination
in 1920; resumed the practice of his profession; mayor of Corinth, Miss., 1933-1937; died in Corinth, Miss., December
18, 1944; interment in Henry Cemetery
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
CHILDERS, Travis W., (1958 - )
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CHILDERS, Travis W., a Representative from Mississippi; born in Booneville, Prentiss County, Miss., March 29, 1958;
graduated from Booneville High School, Booneville, Miss., 1976; A.A., Northeast Junior College (now Northeast Mississippi
Community College), Booneville, Miss., 1978; B.A., University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss., 1980; real estate
agent; Prentiss County (Mississippi) Chancery Clerk, 1991-2008; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Tenth
Congress and to the succeeding Congress (May 13, 2008-present).
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
COCHRAN, William Thad, (1937 - )
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Senate Years of Service: 1978-
Party: Republican
COCHRAN, William Thad, a Representative and a Senator from Mississippi; born in Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, Miss.,
December 7, 1937; educated in the public schools of Mississippi; graduated, University of Mississippi, Oxford 1959
and the University of Mississippi Law School 1965; studied international law and jurisprudence at Trinity College,
University of Dublin, Ireland 1963-1964; served in the United States Navy 1959-1961; admitted to the Mississippi
bar in 1965 and commenced practice in Jackson; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-third Congress in 1972; reelected
to the Ninety-fourth and Ninety-fifth Congresses and served from January 3, 1973, until his resignation on December
26, 1978; was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives, but was elected in 1978 to the United
States Senate for the term commencing January 3, 1979; subsequently appointed by the Governor, December 27, 1978,
to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James O. Eastland for the term ending January 3, 1979; reelected
in 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002, and again in 2008 for the term ending January 3, 2015; chair, Senate Republican Conference
(1991-97), Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (One Hundred Eighth Congress); Committee on Appropriations
(One Hundred Ninth Congress).
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
COLLIER, James William, (1872 - 1933)
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COLLIER, James William, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Warren County, Miss., on the Glenwood plantation
near Vicksburg September 28, 1872; attended the graded and high schools; was graduated from the law department
of the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1894; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice
in Vicksburg; member of the State house of representatives 1896-1899; circuit clerk of Warren County from 1900
until 1909; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1909-March
3, 1933); chairman, Committee on Ways and Means (Seventy-second Congress); declined to become a candidate for reelection
in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress, after a controversy over whether candidates should run at large or by districts;
appointed a member of the United States Tariff Commission by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and served from March
28, 1933, until his death in Washington, D.C., September 28, 1933; interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg,
Miss.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
COLLINS, Ross Alexander, (1880 - 1968)
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COLLINS, Ross Alexander, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Collinsville, Lauderdale County, Miss., April
25, 1880; attended the public schools of Meridian, Miss., and Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College;
was graduated from the University of Kentucky at Lexington in 1900 and from the law department of the University
of Mississippi at Oxford in 1901; was admitted to the bar in 1901 and commenced practice in Meridian, Miss.; attorney
general of Mississippi 1912-1920; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Mississippi in 1919; elected as a Democrat
to the Sixty-seventh and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1921-January 3, 1935); was not a candidate
for renomination in 1934, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator;
elected to the Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, and Seventy-seventh Congresses (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1943);
unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1941; was not a candidate for renomination in
1942, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator; resumed the practice
of law; died in Meridian, Miss., July 14, 1968; interment in Magnolia Cemetery.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
COLMER, William Meyers, (1890 - 1980)
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COLMER, William Meyers, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Moss Point, Jackson County, Miss., February
11, 1890; attended the public schools and Millsaps College at Jackson, Miss.; taught school at Lumberton, Miss.,
1914-1917; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1917; during the First World War served as a private in the
Quartermaster Corps, advancing through the ranks to regimental sergeant major, and served from July 24, 1918, to
March 17, 1919; commenced the practice of law in Pascagoula, Miss., in 1919; county attorney of Jackson County,
Miss., 1921-1927; district attorney of the second district of Mississippi from 1928 until his resignation in 1933,
having been elected to Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and to the nineteen succeeding Congresses
(March 4, 1933-January 3, 1973); chairman, Committee on Rules (Ninetieth through Ninety-second Congresses); unsuccessful
candidate for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate in 1947; was not a candidate for reelection
in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress; was a resident of Pascagoula, Miss., where he died September 9, 1980; interment
in Machpelah Cemetery, Pascagoula, Miss.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
DENNY, Walter McKennon, (1853 - 1926)
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DENNY, Walter McKennon, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Moss Point, Jackson County, Miss., October 28,
1853; attended the common schools and Roanoke College, Salem, Va.; was graduated from the law department of the
University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1874; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Pascagoula, Jackson
County, Miss.; clerk of the circuit and chancery courts of Jackson County, Miss., from November 1883 until January
1, 1895; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1890; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth Congress
(March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1896; joined the Republican Party in
1896; resumed the practice of law at Pascagoula, Miss., and for fifteen years was legal adviser to the Jackson
County Board of Supervisors; died in Pascagoula November 5, 1926; interment in Machpelah Cemetery.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
DICKSON, David, (Birth date unknown - 1836)
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DICKSON, David, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Georgia, birth date unknown; moved to Mississippi; studied
medicine and practiced extensively in Pike County; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1817; brigadier
general of militia in 1818; member of the Mississippi state senate, 1820 and 1821; Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi,
1821; postmaster of Jackson, Miss., 1822; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Mississippi, 1823; delegate to
the State constitutional convention in 1832 and was an unsuccessful candidate for president of the convention;
secretary of the State senate in 1833; secretary of state, 1835; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth
Congress (March 4, 1835-July 31, 1836); died on July 31, 1836, in Hot Springs, Ark.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
DICKSON, William Alexander, (1861 - 1940)
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DICKSON, William Alexander, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Centreville, Wilkinson County, Miss., July
20, 1861; attended private and public schools, Pleasant Grove School, Centenary College, Jackson, La., and Vanderbilt
University, Nashville, Tenn.; engaged in agricultural pursuits; studied law but did not practice; supervisor 1886-1888;
member of the State house of representatives 1887-1893; school commissioner of Wilkinson County; member of the
board of trustees of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, Starkville, Miss., and of Edward Magehee College,
Woodville, Miss., for five years; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first and Sixty-second Congresses (March 4,
1909-March 3, 1913); engaged in agricultural pursuits; elected supervisor of the third district of Wilkinson County
and superintendent of its highways in 1927; died in Centreville, Miss., February 25, 1940; interment in Oaklawn
Cemetery.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
DOWDY, Charles Wayne, (1943 - )
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DOWDY, Charles Wayne, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia, July 27,
1943; attended the public schools; graduated from Gulfport High School, Gulfport, Miss., 1961; B.A., Millsaps College,
Jackson, Miss., 1965; LL.B., Jackson School of Law, Jackson, Miss., 1968; admitted to the Mississippi bar in 1969
and commenced practice in McComb; city judge, McComb, 1970-1974; mayor, McComb, 1978-1981; elected as a Democrat
to the Ninety-seventh Congress by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States
Representative Jon Clifton Hinson, and reelected to the three succeeding Congresses (July 7, 1981-January 3, 1989);
was not a candidate for reelection, but was an unsuccessful nominee in 1988 for the United States Senate; is a
resident of McComb, Miss.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
DOXEY, Wall, (1892 - 1962)
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Senate Years of Service: 1941-1943
Party: Democrat
DOXEY, Wall, a Representative and a Senator from Mississippi; born in Holly Springs, Marshall County, Miss., August
8, 1892; attended the public schools; graduated from the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1913 and from its
law department in 1914; admitted to the bar in 1914 and commenced practice in Holly Springs, Miss.; prosecuting
attorney of Marshall County, Miss., 1915-1923; district attorney for the third judicial district of Mississippi
1923-1929; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-first and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March
4, 1929, until September 28, 1941; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate on September 23, 1941, to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of Pat Harrison and served from September 29, 1941, to January 3, 1943; unsuccessful
candidate for renomination to the United States Senate in 1942; elected Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate
1943-1947; engaged as a hearing examiner with the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 1947;
resumed the practice of law in Holly Springs, Miss., until his retirement in 1948; died in Memphis, Tenn., March
2, 1962; interment in Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Miss
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
DUNN, Aubert Culberson, (1896 - 1987)
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DUNN, Aubert Culberson, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Miss., November
20, 1896; attended the public schools, the University of Mississippi at Oxford, and the University of Alabama at
Tuscaloosa; reporter on the Cincinnati Enquirer in 1917; served in the United States Navy from December 7, 1917,
to June 16, 1919; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1924 and commenced practice in Meridian, Miss.; district
attorney for the tenth judicial district of Mississippi 1931-1934; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth
Congress (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1937); was not a candidate for renomination in 1936; served as expert to the
United States Senate Committee on Finance in 1938 and as attorney for the Social Security Board in 1939; resumed
the practice of law; special trial attorney, United States Attorney General's office, 1952-1953; circuit judge,
Tenth Judicial District, Mississippi, 1966; was a resident of Mobile, Ala. until his death there on January 4,
1987; interment in Magnolia Cemetery.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
EASTLAND, James Oliver, (1904 - 1986)
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Senate Years of Service: 1941-1941; 1943-1978
Party: Democrat; Democrat
EASTLAND, James Oliver, a Senator from Mississippi; born in Doddsville, Sunflower County, Miss., November 28, 1904;
moved with his parents to Forest, Miss., in 1905; attended the public schools, the University of Mississippi at
Oxford, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., and the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa; studied law; admitted
to the bar in 1927 and commenced practice in Forest, Miss.; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; member, State
house of representatives 1928-1932; moved to Ruleville, Miss., in 1934; appointed on June 30, 1941, as a Democrat
to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Pat Harrison and served from June 30, 1941,
to September 28, 1941; was not a candidate for election to the vacancy; elected as a Democrat to the United States
Senate in 1942; reelected in 1948, 1954, 1960, 1966, and again in 1972, and served from January 3, 1943, until
his resignation December 27, 1978; was not a candidate for reelection in 1978; served as President pro tempore
of the Senate during the Ninety-second through the Ninety-fifth Congresses; chairman, Committee on the Judiciary
(Eighty-fourth through Ninety-fifth Congresses); was a resident of Doddsville, Miss., until his death on February
19, 1986; interment in Forest Cemetery, Forest, Miss.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
ELLETT, Henry Thomas, (1812 - 1887)
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ELLETT, Henry Thomas, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Salem, N.J., March 8, 1812; attended the Latin
School in Salem and Princeton College; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1833 and commenced practice in Bridgeton,
Cumberland County, N.J.; moved to Port Gibson, Claiborne County, Miss., in 1837 and continued the practice of law;
elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jefferson Davis
and served from January 26 to March 3, 1847; declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1846; resumed the practice
of law; member of the State senate 1853-1865; member of the State secession convention in 1861, and member of the
committee that framed and reported the ordinance of secession of Mississippi; appointed Postmaster General of the
Confederacy in February 1861 but declined; elected judge of the State supreme court on October 2, 1865, and served
until January 1868, when he resigned; moved to Memphis, Tenn., in 1868 and resumed the practice of law; elected
chancellor of the twelfth division of Tennessee in 1886; died while delivering an address of welcome to President
Grover Cleveland in Memphis, Tenn., October 15, 1887; interment in Elmwood Cemetery.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
ELLZEY, Lawrence Russell, (1891 - 1977)
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ELLZEY, Lawrence Russell, a Representative from Mississippi; born on a farm near Wesson, Copiah County, Miss.,
March 20, 1891; attended the rural schools and was graduated from Mississippi College at Clinton, A.B., 1912; attended
the University of Chicago in 1927; engaged as a teacher in the consolidated county schools of Mississippi 1912-1917;
volunteered as a private in the Quartermaster Corps on December 13, 1917, and served overseas nine months before
being discharged as a first lieutenant on February 20, 1919; served as superintendent of education of Lincoln County,
Miss., 1920-1922; teacher in the agricultural high school Wesson, Miss., 1922-1928; served as president of Copiah-Lincoln
Junior College, Wesson, Miss., 1928-1932; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second Congress, by special election,
March 15, 1932, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Percy E. Quin; reelected to the Seventy-third Congress
and served from March 15, 1932, to January 3, 1935; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth
Congress; engaged in the life insurance business; executive secretary for the Mississippi Salvage Campaign in 1942
and 1943; resided in Jackson, Miss., where he died December 7, 1977; interment in Wesson Cemetery, Wesson, Miss.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
ESPY, Alphonso Michael (Mike), (1953 - )
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ESPY, Alphonso Michael (Mike), a Representative from Mississippi; born in Yazoo City, Miss., November 30, 1953;
B.A., Howard University, Washington, D.C., 1975; J.D., University of Santa Clara Law School, California, 1978;
attorney with Central Mississippi Legal Services, 1978-1980; assistant secretary of state, chief, Mississippi Legal
Services, 1978-1980; assistant secretary of Public Lands Division, 1980-1984; assistant State attorney general,
1984-1985; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundredth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from January
3, 1987, until his resignation January 22, 1993, having been appointed Secretary of Agriculture in the Cabinet
of President William J. Clinton; Secretary of Agriculture.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
FORD, Aaron Lane, (1903 - 1983)
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FORD, Aaron Lane, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Potts Camp, Marshall County, Miss., December 21, 1903;
attended public schools in Mississippi and the law department of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; was admitted
to the bar in 1927 and commenced practice in Aberdeen, Miss.; moved to Ackerman, Miss., the same year and continued
the practice of law; district attorney of the fifth circuit court district 1932-1934; elected as a Democrat to
the Seventy-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1943); unsuccessful candidate
for renomination in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress; delegate to the Interparliamentary Union Conference at
The Hague, Netherlands, in 1938; resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C., and Jackson, Miss.; was a resident
of Jackson, Miss., until his death there July 8, 1983; interment in Rosedale Cemetery, Cuthbert, Ga.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
FRANKLIN, William Webster, (1941 - )
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FRANKLIN, William Webster, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Greenwood, Miss., December 13, 1941; graduated
from Greenwood High School, Greenwood, Miss.; B.A., Mississippi State University, Starkville, 1963; LL.B., J.D.,
University of Mississippi, Oxford, 1966; admitted to bar; United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1966;
served in United States Army, major, 1963-1970; private practice of law, Greenwood, 1970-1972; assistant district
attorney, Fourth District, Mississippi, 1972-1978; elected circuit judge, Fourth District, Mississippi, 1978-1982;
elected as a Republican to the Ninety-eighth and to the Ninety-ninth Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 3, 1987);
was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundredth Congress in 1986; resumed the practice of law;
is a resident of Greenwood
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
FREEMAN, John D., (Birth date unknown - 1886)
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FREEMAN, John D., a Representative from Mississippi; born in Cooperstown, N.Y., birth date unknown; attended the
common schools; moved to Mississippi and located in Grand Gulf; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced;
district attorney; moved to Natchez, Miss.; attorney general of Mississippi, 1841-1851; author of the first volume
of reports of decisions of the Chancery Court of Mississippi published in 1844; elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-second
Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); served as attorney general; member of the Democratic State central committee
and served as chairman; moved to Colorado and settled in Canon City in 1882; resumed the practice of his profession;
died in Canon City, Colo., January 17, 1886; interment in Jackson, Miss.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- submitted by Jo Ann Scott]
