John W. Barbee | |
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Member of the Mississippi State Senate from the 35th district | |
In office January 1924 –January 1928 | |
Preceded by | B. E. Wilson |
In office January 1916 –January 1918 | |
Succeeded by | Joseph N. Brown |
Member of the MississippiHouseofRepresentatives from the DeSoto County district | |
In office January 1912 –January 1916 | |
Personal details | |
Born | near Horn Lake,Mississippi,U. S. | February 12,1885
Died | September 2,1956 71) Hernando,Mississippi,U. S. | (aged
Political party | Democratic |
John Wesley Barbee Jr. (February 12,1885 - September 2,1956) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He was a member of the Mississippi Legislature from DeSoto County in the 1910s and 1920s.
John Wesley Barbee Jr. was born on February 12,1885,near Horn Lake,Mississippi. [1] He was the son of John Wesley Barbee Sr.,a former Ku Klux Klan member and Sheriff of DeSoto County,and Isabella McKamy (Frazier) Barbee. [1] He was of Irish and Scottish descent. [2] Barbee attended the public schools of DeSoto County before entering Bethel College in 1900. [1] He spent one year (1902) at Mississippi A&M and graduated from Bethel with a B. S. degree in 1905. [1] He then attended Cumberland University and received a L. L. B. degree in 1910. [1]
Barbee started practicing law in May 1911. [1] In November 1911,Barbee was elected to represent DeSoto County in the Mississippi House of Representatives,and he served from 1912 to 1916. [1] [2] In November 1915,Barbee was elected to represent the 35th District in the Mississippi State Senate for the 1916-1920 term. [1] During his service,he was the Chairman of the Senate's Military Affairs Committee. [1] In 1916,Barbee was a delegate to the year's Democratic National Convention. [3] In 1917,when he was elected to the office of County Attorney of DeSoto County,Barbee resigned from the Senate and was replaced by Joseph Neal Brown. [1] In 1923,Barbee was re-elected to the Senate for the 1924-1928 term. [3] He was appointed to be a special State Circuit Court judge from September to November,1926. [3] From 1943 to 1948,he was the sheriff of DeSoto County. [4]
Barbee was a member of the Presbyterian Church,and he was also a Freemason and a Knight of Pythias. [3] He was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity during college. [3] He married Cora Edna Seitz in 1923. [3] Barbee died after a long illness on September 2,1956,in Hernando,Mississippi. [4]
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