5th Mississippi Legislature | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Mississippi Legislature | ||||
Jurisdiction | Mississippi, United States | ||||
Meeting place | Columbia, Mississippi | ||||
Term | November 5, 1821 – June 30, 1822 | ||||
Mississippi State Senate | |||||
President | James Patton | ||||
Mississippi House of Representatives | |||||
Speaker | Cowles Mead | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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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]
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 District | Senator |
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 |
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]
County | Representative |
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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