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.
Jeff Truly was an American jurist and Democratic politician. He was a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1903 to 1906,and a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1886.
Jones Stewart Hamilton was an American sheriff,state senator,businessman and Confederate veteran who became a millionaire through investments in railroads run by convicts he leased after the war. His mansion is the namesake of Belhaven University.
Richard Felix Abbay was an American politician and planter and a Democratic Mississippi state legislator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
William Pynchon Stewart Ventress was a Democratic member of the Mississippi state legislature in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Charles Henry Frith was a Democratic Mississippi state legislator from Amite County in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
George Morgan Govan was an American military officer and Democratic politician from Mississippi. He was the 27th Secretary of State of Mississippi,serving from 1886 to 1896.
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.
Hugh McQueen Street was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1870 to 1880,1890 to 1894,and from 1908 to 1912. He was its Speaker in four different stints.
George G. Dillard was an American lawyer,soldier,and politician. He served as a sergeant in the Confederate Army,a commander in Mississippi's National Guard,and a leading delegate at the 1890 Mississippi Constitutional Convention. He represented the 19th District in the Mississippi State Senate from 1884 to 1892. He represented Noxubee County at the 1890 Mississippi Constitutional Convention.
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.
James S. Madison was an American politician and planter. He was the Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1890 to 1892.
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 M. Inge was an American Democratic politician. He was the Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1884 to 1886.
Benjamin Franklin Johns was an American Democratic politician and lawyer. He was the Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1880 to 1882.
Walter B. Parks was an American politician. He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate from 1916 to 1920,and of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1912 to 1916.
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.
Marion McKay Evans was an American politician. He was the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1890 to 1896.
Harry Battley Greaves was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He represented Madison County in the Mississippi State Senate from 1902 to 1908 and in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1894 to 1896.
