16th Mississippi Legislature

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16th Mississippi Legislature
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Overview
Legislative body Mississippi Legislature
Jurisdiction Mississippi, Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Meeting place Jackson, Mississippi
TermJanuary 7, 1833 (1833-01-07) – March 2, 1833 (1833-03-02)
Mississippi State Senate
President Charles Lynch
Mississippi House of Representatives
Speaker David Pembel
Sessions
1stJanuary 7, 1833 (1833-01-07) – March 2, 1833 (1833-03-02)

The 16th Mississippi Legislature met between January 7, 1833, and March 2, 1833, in Jackson, Mississippi. [1] [2]

Contents

Senate

Charles Lynch was elected President of the Senate. [1] David Dickson was elected Secretary and Joseph Pierce was elected Door-Keeper. [1]

County DistrictSenator Name
Adams Fountain Winston
Wilkinson Thomas H. Prosser
Pike, Marion Franklin Love
Amite, Franklin Archibald Smith [3]
Claiborne Adam Gordon [4]
Copiah, Jefferson Buckner Harris
Hinds J. B. Morgan [4]
Monroe, Lowndes, Rankin George Higgason
Wayne, Greene, Jackson, Hancock, Jones, Perry John McLeod [3]
Warren, Washington John I. Guion
Yazoo, Madison David Ford
Lawrence, Simpson, Covington Charles Lynch

House

David Pemble was elected Speaker in fifteen ballots. [2] John H. Mallory was elected Clerk and Lewis Whiteside was elected Door-Keeper. [1]

CountyRepresentative Name
Adams Adam L. Bingaman
William Vannerson
Amite David Pemble
William Vannorman
Claiborne John A. Barnes
Benjamin F. Stockton
Copiah Barnabas Allen
John Beasley
Covington Elam S. Ragan
Franklin Orin Shurtleff
Green David McRae
Hancock Burwell B. Brewer
Hinds William C. Demoss
Alexander Morrison
Jackson John McDonald
Jefferson Philip Dickson
Joseph Dunbar
Jones Samuel Ellis
Lawrence Aloysius M. Keegan
Lowndes Tilghman M. Tucker
Marion Charles D. Learned
Madison Andrew E. Batie
Monroe John Bell
Perry Abner Carter
Pike Jesse Harper
William G. Martin
Rankin Nathan G. Howard
Simpson James Powel
Warren William Vick
Washington Robert P. Shelby
Wayne John A. Edwards
Wilkinson Gordon G. Boyd
Francis R. Richardson
Yazoo David Vance
James C. Bole

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mississippi Council/Senate Journals, 1798-: Jan 1833 16th Sess — LLMC". discover.llmc.com. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
  2. 1 2 "House of Representatives Journals, 1798-: Jan 1833 16th Sess — LLMC". discover.llmc.com. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
  3. 1 2 Lowry, Robert; McCardle, William H. (1891). A History of Mississippi: From the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto, Including the Earliest Settlement Made by the French Under Iberville, to the Death of Jefferson Davis. AMS Press. pp. 442, 556. ISBN   978-0-404-04610-1.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  4. 1 2 "MS. Leg. 4 Jan 1833". Mississippi Free Trader. 1833-01-04. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
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