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.
Chapman Levy Anderson was an American lawyer and politician. He was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi,serving two terms from 1887 to 1891. A Confederate Army veteran,he was a member of the Democratic Party.
Thomas Ringland Stockdale was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi from 1886 to 1895,and a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1896 to 1897.
David C. Dickson Jr. was a state legislator,Mississippi Secretary of State,Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi and a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Samuel Benton (1820–1864) was an American attorney,newspaper publisher and politician. He served as a colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War (1861-1865). He was promoted to brigadier general in the Confederate States Army,but unfortunately died two days later before the notification of his promotion reached him.
Mahned,also known as Mixons Mill,is an unincorporated community located in Perry County,Mississippi.
Richard Felix Abbay was an American politician and planter and a Democratic Mississippi state legislator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Elias Alford Rowan was a longtime Mississippi state legislator from Copiah 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.
William Henry Sims was a lawyer,Confederate officer,and Democratic politician from Mississippi. He was the state's lieutenant governor from 1878 to 1882.
John Alexander Yeager was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He represented Lamar County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1916 to 1932.
Elisha Alexander "Zan" Anderson was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1912 to 1920.
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.
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.
John Fleet Burrow was an American Democratic 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.
Stanley Jay Hathorn was an American politician. A resident of Columbia,Mississippi,he was a member of the Mississippi State Senate from 1917 to 1920 and of the Mississippi House of Representatives 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. He was also the President Pro Tempore of the Mississippi State Senate from 1896 to 1900.
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.
