The history of what is now Alabama stems back thousands of years ago when it was inhabited by indigenous peoples. The Woodland period spanned from around 1000 BCE to 1000 CE,and was marked by the development of the Eastern Agricultural Complex. This was followed by the Mississippian culture of Native Americans,which lasted to around the 1600 CE. The first Europeans to make contact with Alabama were the Spanish,with the first permanent European settlement being Mobile,established by the French in 1702.
Water Valley is a city in Yalobusha County,Mississippi,United States. The population was 3,392 at the 2010 census. It is the larger of two county seats in the rural county,and at one time was the center of railroad shops.
Anselm Joseph McLaurin was the 34th Governor of Mississippi,serving from 1896 to 1900.
The flags of the U.S. states,territories,and the District of Columbia exhibit a variety of regional influences and local histories,as well as different styles and design principles. Nonetheless,the majority of the states' flags share the same design pattern consisting of the state seal superimposed on a monochrome background,commonly a shade of blue.
The flag of Mississippi features a white magnolia blossom surrounded by the words "In God We Trust" and 21 stars,on a red field with a gold-bordered blue pale. It was adopted on January 11,2021 and replaced the previous flag that displayed the Confederate battle insignia in the upper left hand corner,which had been retired on June 30,2020.
In the politics of the United States,the process of initiatives and referendums allow citizens of many U.S. states to place new legislation,or to place legislation that has recently been passed by a legislature on a ballot for a popular vote. Initiatives and referendums,along with recall elections and popular primary elections,are signature reforms of the Progressive Era;they are written into several state constitutions,particularly in the West. It is a form of direct democracy.
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.
John Roy Lynch was an American writer,attorney,military officer,author,and Republican politician who served as Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives and represented Mississippi in the United States House of Representatives.
A local option is the ability of local political jurisdictions,typically counties or municipalities,to allow decisions on certain controversial issues within their borders,usually referring to a popular vote. It usually relates to the issue of alcoholic beverage,marijuana sales,and now mask wearing.
The history of the state of Mississippi extends back to thousands of years of indigenous peoples. Evidence of their cultures has been found largely through archeological excavations,as well as existing remains of earthwork mounds built thousands of years ago. Native American traditions were kept through oral histories;with Europeans recording the accounts of historic peoples they encountered. Since the late 20th century,there have been increased studies of the Native American tribes and reliance on their oral histories to document their cultures. Their accounts have been correlated with evidence of natural events.
David Meece is an American contemporary Christian musician who enjoyed success in the mid 1980s throughout the early 2000s with more than 30 Top 10 hits.
James Wilford Garner was an American professor of political science.
David Catchings Dickson was an American politician and physician in early Texas who served as the ninth Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives and as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Texas. He was also a State Senator and unsuccessfully ran for governor of Texas.
William S. Taylor (1795–1858) was an American politician that served in the Alabama,Mississippi,and Texas State Legislatures,and was Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives briefly in the Seventh Texas Legislature. Taylor,at 62,is the oldest person to assume the office of Speaker of the Texas House.
Matthew Francis Locke (1824–1911) was an American politician in Texas. He was elected to the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate. Locke served as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives in the Seventh Texas Legislature. He was also the first Arkansas Commissioner of Agriculture.
Origen Drew Richardson was an American lawyer and politician in the U.S. state of Michigan and in the Nebraska Territory. He served in the Michigan House of Representatives and was the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Michigan.
Mississippi is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States,bordered to the north by Tennessee;to the east by Alabama;to the south by the Gulf of Mexico;to the southwest by Louisiana;and to the northwest by Arkansas. Mississippi's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River. Mississippi is the 32nd largest and 35th-most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Jackson is both the state's capital and largest city. Greater Jackson is the state's most populous metropolitan area,with a population of 591,978 in 2020.
Norman Albert Mott,,was a member of the Mississippi Legislature in 1911.
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1911,in eight states.
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