James C. Eskridge | |
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Member of the Mississippi State Senate from the 32nd district | |
In office January 1916 –January 1920 | |
Member of the MississippiHouseofRepresentatives from the Lafayette County district | |
In office January 1912 –January 1916 Servingwith James Mortimer Saunders | |
Personal details | |
Born | Houston,Mississippi,U.S. | April 26,1873
Died | 1949 75–76) New Orleans,Louisiana,U.S. | (aged
Political party | Democratic |
James Clarence Eskridge (April 26,1873 - 1949) was an American Democratic politician. He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate,from the 32nd district,from 1916 to 1920.
James Clarence Eskridge was born on April 26,1873,in Houston,Mississippi. [1] [2] He was the son of William Laurel Eskridge and Elizabeth Catherine (Hill) Eskridge. [1] He was of English descent. [1] Eskridge attended the common schools of Chickasaw County,Mississippi and then graduated from Tula Normal Institute in 1888. [1] In 1889,Eskridge took a teacher's course at Iuka Normal Institute,and then taught schools in Pontotoc County for a year,and taught schools in Panola County for the next year. [1] After that,Eskridge participated in the lumber and mercantile businesses. [1]
In 1911,Eskridge was elected to represent Lafayette County in the Mississippi House of Representatives,and served in the 1912-1916 term. [2] During this term,Eskridge served in the Penitentiary,Appropriations,and Manufactures committees. [2] In 1915,Eskridge was elected to represent the 32nd district in the Mississippi State Senate for the 1916-1920 term. [1] During this term,Eskridge served on the Rules,Finance,Corporations,Agriculture &Commerce,Drainage,and Fees &Salaries committees,and he was also the Chairman of the Finance Committee. [1]
Eskridge died in 1949 in New Orleans,Louisiana. [3]
Eskridge was a Baptist,a Freemason,and a Woodman of the World. [1] He married Jimmie Phoebe Lynch on March 1,1899,in Delay,Mississippi. [1] [3] They had three sons,named Samuel Richard,James Laurel,and Clarence Wade. [1]
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