Arthur Marshall | |
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Member of the Mississippi State Senate for Sunflower County | |
In office 1924–1926 | |
Personal details | |
Born | January 19,1862 Cumberland County,Virginia |
Died | January 29,1946 84) | (aged
Spouse | Sallie A. Davidson Marshall |
Occupation | police officer,plantation owner |
Arthur Leroy Marshall (January 19,1862-January 29,1946) was a plantation owner and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Sunflower County in the Mississippi State Senate from 1924 to 1926. He helped establish Delta State Teachers College in Cleveland,Mississippi. [1]
Marshall was born January 19,1862 near Ruleville Sunflower County,Mississippi to Berry Stowers Marshall and Louisa Georgia Marshall ( née McKinsey). [2] He went to McNutt,Mississippi high school and then studied engineering and law. [2]
He was made a special police officer designated to deal with a group of outlaws in the Mississippi Delta. [2]
His political career started as a delegate to the San Francisco Democratic National Convention in 1920 and he was made a Presidential elector in the 1924 United States presidential election. [2]
Marshall announced that he was standing for the Sunflower County seat in the state senate March 1923 and was expected to have no opposition. [3] He was elected to the Mississippi State Senate in 1923, [2] and served from 1924 to 1926. [4]
He married Sallie A. Davidson Marshall May 4 1890 and they had four children together. [4]
Marshall died January 29,1946. [4]