William Dorsey Jelks was an American newspaper editor,publisher,and politician who served as the 32nd Governor of Alabama from 1901 to 1907. As Lieutenant Governor of Alabama,he also served as acting governor between December 1 and December 26,1900 when Governor William J. Samford was out-of-state seeking medical treatment.
Lee Maurice Russell was an American politician from Mississippi.
The Mississippi Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Mississippi. The bicameral Legislature is composed of the lower Mississippi House of Representatives,with 122 members,and the upper Mississippi State Senate,with 52 members. Both representatives and senators serve four-year terms without term limits. The Legislature convenes at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson.
The Constitution of the State of Alabama of 1901 was the basic governing document of the U.S. state of Alabama. Adopted in 1901 and replaced in 2022,it was Alabama's sixth constitution.
John Jones Pettus was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 23rd Governor of Mississippi,from 1859 to 1863. Prior to 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 Senate. He strongly supported Mississippi's secession from the Union in 1861 and sought cooperation with the Confederate States Government.
The lieutenant governor of Kentucky was created under the state's second constitution,which was ratified in 1799. The inaugural officeholder was Alexander Scott Bullitt,who took office in 1800 following his election to serve under James Garrard in 1799. The lieutenant governor becomes governor of Kentucky under circumstances similar to those under which the vice president of the United States assumes the presidency. The current lieutenant governor is Democrat Jacqueline Coleman,who has been office since December 10,2019.
Josiah Abigail Patterson Campbell was an American politician and lawyer who served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi,and was previously a Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives and Deputy from Mississippi to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862.
William Madison Whittington was an American politician from Mississippi. Whittington was a Representative to the 69th United States Congress in 1925,and the twelve succeeding Congresses as a Democrat. In Congress,his nickname was "Mr. Flood Control."
The Constitution of the State of Wisconsin is the governing document of the U.S. State of Wisconsin. It establishes the structure and function of state government,describes the state boundaries,and declares the rights of state citizens. The Wisconsin Constitution was written at a constitutional convention held in Madison,Wisconsin in December 1847 and approved by the citizens of Wisconsin Territory in a referendum held in March 1848. Wisconsin was admitted to the United States on May 29,1848. Although it has been amended over a hundred times,the original constitution ratified in 1848 is still in use. This makes the Wisconsin Constitution the oldest U.S. state constitution outside of New England. Only Massachusetts,New Hampshire,Vermont,Maine,and Rhode Island use older constitutions.
David C. Dickson Jr. was a state legislator,Mississippi Secretary of State,Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi and a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Robert Williams was Governor of the Mississippi Territory from 1805 to 1809.
Carrie Belle Kearney was an American temperance reformer,suffragist,teacher,white supremacist,and the first woman elected to the Mississippi State Senate.
Elias Alford Rowan was a longtime Mississippi state legislator from Copiah County in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
William Henry Sims was a lawyer,Confederate officer,and Democratic politician from Mississippi. He was the state's lieutenant governor from 1878 to 1882.
Alexander Warner was an American Union Army officer,banker,planter,and Republican politician. He was the 15th Secretary of State of Mississippi,the 44th State Treasurer of Connecticut,and a member of the Kansas House of Representatives.
Clarence Budney Greaves was a Democratic member of the Mississippi state legislature in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He represented the Mississippi's 18th senatorial district in the Mississippi Senate from 1896 to 1900 and from 1912 to 1920,and represented Madison County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1904 to 1908.
Joseph Atkins Baker was a Democratic member of the Mississippi State Senate,representing Mississippi's 12th senatorial district,from 1916 to 1920.
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.
