| 15th Mississippi Legislature | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Mississippi Legislature | ||||
| Jurisdiction | Mississippi,  United States | ||||
| Meeting place | Jackson, Mississippi | ||||
| Term | November 21, 1831 – December 20, 1831 | ||||
| Mississippi State Senate | |||||
| President | Abram M. Scott | ||||
| Mississippi House of Representatives | |||||
| Speaker | M. F. DeGraffenreid | ||||
The 15th Mississippi Legislature met between November 21, 1831, and December 20, 1831, in Jackson, Mississippi. [1] [2]
Parmenas Briscoe was elected President pro Tempore. [2] John P. Gilbert was elected Secretary of the Senate, and Joseph Pierce was elected Door-Keeper. [2]
| County District | Senator Name |
| Adams | Robert T. Dunbar |
| Wilkinson | Cotesworth Pinkney Smith |
| Pike, Marion | William Clinton Cage |
| Amite, Franklin | Willie Jackson |
| Claiborne | Parmenas Briscoe |
| Copiah, Jefferson | Benjamin Kennedy |
| Hinds | Isaac Caldwell |
| Monroe, Lowndes, Rankin | James F. Trotter |
| Wayne, Greene, Jackson, Hancock, Jones, Perry | Thomas S. Sterling |
| Warren, Washington | John I. Guion |
| Yazoo, Madison | Thomas Land |
| Lawrence, Simpson, Covington | A. M. Keegan |
M. F. DeGraffenreid was elected Speaker, defeating Charles B. Green in a 31-3 vote. [1] John H.. Mallory was elected Clerk, and Lewis Whitesides was elected Door-Keeper. [1]
| County | Representative Name |
| Adams | John F. H. Claiborne |
| Adam L. Bingaman | |
| Amite | Edmund Smith |
| David Pemble | |
| Claiborne | Benjamin F. Stockton |
| James H. Maury | |
| Copiah | Daniel B. Egan |
| Seth Granberry | |
| Covington | Morgan McAfee |
| Franklin | Richard W. Webber |
| Green | David McRae |
| Hancock | Elihu Carver |
| Hinds | Jeremiah Conant |
| James Scott | |
| Jackson | John McDonald |
| Jefferson | Armstead B. Bradford |
| John L. Irwin | |
| Jones | Samuel Ellis |
| Lawrence | Samuel Benson |
| George Granberry | |
| Lowndes | Tilman M. Tucker |
| Marion | William M. Rankin |
| Madison | Charles B. Green |
| Monroe | George Higgason |
| Perry | George D. Gaines |
| Pike | John Gwin |
| Franklin Love | |
| Rankin | Thomas J. Coffee |
| Simpson | Frederick Carr |
| Warren | Gideon Gibson |
| Washington | Claudius Gibson |
| Wayne | John A. Edwards |
| Wilkinson | M. F. DeGraffenreid |
| George H. Gordon | |
| Yazoo | Richard Sparks |
| William M. Walton |
