John Jones Pettus was an American politician,lawyer,and slave owner who served as the 23rd Governor of Mississippi,from 1859 to 1863. Before being elected in his own right to full gubernatorial terms in 1859 and 1861,he served as acting governor from January 5 to 10,1854,following the resignation of Henry S. Foote. A member of the Democratic Party,Pettus had previously been a Mississippi state representative,a member and president of the Mississippi State Senate. He strongly supported Mississippi's secession from the United States in 1861 and sought cooperation with the Confederate States of America.
William S. Barry was an American politician who served as a Deputy from Mississippi to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862. He was also a U.S. Representative from 1853 to 1855,representing the state of Mississippi.
Andrew Robison Govan was an American who served as a U.S. Representative from South Carolina from 1822 to 1827.
Harriston is an unincorporated community located in Jefferson County,Mississippi,United States. Harriston is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of Fayette and approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of Lorman on Old Highway 61.
Sydney McCain Smith was a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1909 to 1948,and its chief justice starting in 1912. His 39-year tenure made him "by far the longest-serving Mississippi Supreme Court justice".
William Dozier Anderson was a mayor,state legislator,and judge in Mississippi. He served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1910 to 1911 and from 1920 to 1944. He also served as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives and the Mississippi State Senate. He was mayor of Tupelo,Mississippi from 1898 to 1906.
Wesley G. EvansJr. was a Mississippi politician and Democratic state legislator from Harrison County in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Richard Felix Abbay was an American politician and planter and a Democratic Mississippi state legislator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Walker Wood was an American journalist and politician from Mississippi. He was the 30th Secretary of State of Mississippi,serving from 1926 to 1948.
Elias Alford Rowan was a longtime Mississippi state legislator from Copiah County in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Albert Brown Guynes was an American politician. He was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives,representing Copiah County,from 1882 to 1886,from 1892 to 1896,and from 1928 to his death.
Joseph Bell was an American Democratic politician. He was the 10th Secretary of State of Mississippi,serving from December 1850 to January 1852. He also represented Winston County in both houses of the Mississippi Legislature.
Hillrie Marshall Quin was an American politician. He was the speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1912 to 1916.
James Franklin McCool was an American Democratic politician and jurist. He was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1882 to 1886 and from 1896 to 1900,and was its Speaker during the latter term.
Charles B. Mitchell was an American politician. He served in both houses of the Mississippi Legislature and was the Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1888 to 1890.
William Gwin Kiger was an American physician and Democratic politician. He represented the 12th District in the Mississippi State Senate from 1892 to 1904 and from 1920 to 1932.
George Anderson was an American politician. He served in both houses of the Mississippi Legislature in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
John Prentiss Carter was an American politician. He served in both houses of the Mississippi Legislature and was the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1904 to 1908.
James Thomas Harrison was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He served in both houses of the Mississippi Legislature and was the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1900 to 1904.
James Henry Jones was an American politician and lawyer. He served in both houses of the Mississippi Legislature and was the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1896 to 1900. He also was an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
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