5th Mississippi Legislature

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5th Mississippi Legislature
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Overview
Legislative body Mississippi Legislature
Jurisdiction Mississippi, Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Meeting place Columbia, Mississippi
TermNovember 5, 1821 (1821-11-05) – June 30, 1822 (1822-06-30)
Mississippi State Senate
President James Patton
Mississippi House of Representatives
Speaker Cowles Mead
Sessions
1stNovember 5, 1821 (1821-11-05) – November 24, 1821 (1821-11-24)
Special SessionJune 3, 1822 (1822-06-03) – 1822 (1822)

The 5th Mississippi Legislature met in Columbia, Mississippi in two sessions: first from November 5, 1821, to November 24, 1821, and then a special session from June 3, 1822, to June 30, 1822. [1] [2]

Contents

Senate

In the first session, Lieutenant Governor James Patton served ex officio as President of the Senate. [1] For the 1822 session, new lieutenant governor David Dickson replaced Patton. [2]

County DistrictSenator
Adams Joseph Sessions
Samuel Clement
Amite Thomas Torrence
Wilkinson John Joor (1st session)
Abram M. Scott (2nd session)
Warren, Claiborne Ralph Regan
Pike, Marion William Spencer
Jackson, Hancock, Green, Perry Isaac R. Nicholson
Lawrence Thomas Anderson
Jefferson, Hinds John Turnbull (1st session)
Samuel Cavit (2nd session)
Monroe, Wayne, Lawrence Harman A. Hays

House

Cowles Mead was unanimously elected Speaker of the House. [3] Peter A. Vandorn was elected Clerk and James R. Whitney was elected Door-keeper; both were non-representatives. [3] [4] At the start of the second session, William Yerby was elected Speaker on the first day (June 3, 1822) due to Mead's absence, but resigned the following day after Mead arrived in Columbia. [4]

CountyRepresentative
Adams Abram Defrance
James S. Morrow
Adams (Natchez) Edward Turner
Amite William Gardner
James Jones
John Lowrey
Claiborne Henry G. Johnston
Amos Whiting
Covington Gowen Harris
Franklin Bailey E. Chainey
Thomas Cotton
Greene?
Hancock Noel Jourdan
Jackson Thomas Bilbo
Jefferson Cowles Mead
Robert McCray
Lawrence Harmon Runnels
Brewster H. Jayne
Joseph Cooper
Marion Charles Stovall
Monroe William Cook
Perry J. J. H. Morris
Pike Wiley P. Harris
William Dickson
James Y. McNabb
Warren Jacob Hyland
Wayne Samuel W. Dickson
Josiah Watts
Wilkinson Moses Liddell
Abram M. Scott
William Yerby

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References

  1. 1 2 "Journal of the Senate of the State of Mississippi ... 1821-22". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
  2. 1 2 "Journal of the Senate of the state of Mississippi: reformatted from the original and including". Journal of the Senate of the state of Mississippi: reformatted from the original and including. June 1822 Adj Sess: 129, 273. June 1822 via LLMC Digital.
  3. 1 2 "Journal of the House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi". Journal of the House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi. Nov 1821 5th Sess. Nov 1821 via LLMC Digital.
  4. 1 2 "Journal of the House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi". Journal of the House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi. June 1822 Adj Sess. June 1822 via LLMC Digital.