Benjamin King Jr.

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Benjamin King Jr.
Member of the MississippiHouseofRepresentatives
from the Copiah County district
In office
January 1916 January 1920
Personal details
Born(1890-12-30)December 30, 1890
Beauregard, Mississippi
DiedApril 1956(1956-04-00) (aged 65)
Jackson, Mississippi
Political party Democrat

Benjamin King Jr. (December 30, 1890 - April 1956) was a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Copiah County, from 1916 to 1920. [1]

Biography

Benjamin King, Jr. was born on December 30, 1890, in Beauregard, Copiah County, Mississippi. [1] He was the son of Mississippi state senator Benjamin King Sr. and Evaline (Harris) King. [1] Benjamin Junior graduated from Wesson High School in 1909. [1] He then attended Ruskin Cave College in Tennessee for two years. [1] He then was a teacher in Copiah County schools for three years. [1] After studying law privately, he passed the bar examination in 1912 and began practicing law in Hazlehurst. [1] He was elected to represent Copiah County as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1915 for the 1916–1920 term. [1] He died after a brief illness in April 1956 in Jackson, Mississippi. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. pp. 850–851.
  2. "Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi on April 7, 1956 · Page 8". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-05-01.