Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who was involved in expeditions in Nicaragua and the Yucatan Peninsula. He played an important role in Francisco Pizarro's conquest of the Inca Empire in Peru,but is best known for leading the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States. He is the first European documented as having crossed the Mississippi River.
DeSoto County is a county located on the northwestern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census,the population was 185,314,making it the third-most populous county in Mississippi. Its county seat is Hernando.
Hernando De Soto Money was an American politician from the state of Mississippi.
Douglas Edward Davis is a Republican politician who served in the Mississippi State Senate,formerly representing the 1st District.
Charlie Ross is an American politician and attorney who lives in Brandon,Mississippi. He served as Senator from District 20 in the Mississippi Senate until 2007. District 20 comprises parts of Madison and Rankin Counties. Ross was first elected to the Senate in 1997 after serving as the representative from District 59 in the Mississippi House of Representatives. Prior to his legislative service,he served as the Chairman of the Rankin County Republican Executive Committee. In 2008,Ross ran for Congress in Mississippi's 3rd congressional district,but was defeated in the primary by Rankin County Republican Chairman Gregg Harper.
Deborah Jeanne Dawkins is an American politician who was a Democratic former member of the Mississippi Senate,representing the 48th District from 1999 to 2020.
Carrie Belle Kearney was an American temperance reformer,suffragist,teacher,white supremacist,and the first woman elected to the Mississippi State Senate. A Democrat,she served in the state senate in 1924 and 1926. She lived in Flora,Mississippi,and represented Madison County.
Christopher "Brice" Wiggins is an American lawyer and politician. He serves as a Republican member of the Mississippi State Senate representing Mississippi's District 52,which includes the cities of Pascagoula and Ocean Springs.
David Parker is an American optometrist and politician. He serves as a Republican member of the Mississippi State Senate,representing District 2.
Michael McLendon is an American politician and insurance producer who has served in the Mississippi State Senate from the 1st district since 2020.
Tyler McCaughn is an American politician serving in the Mississippi State Senate from the 31st district since 2020.
Miles Patrick Nelson is a retired customer service manager and former Republican member of the Mississippi House of Representatives,now Executive Vice-President of the Home Builders Association of Mississippi. He lives in Brookhaven,Mississippi.
Stephen Thrasher was a Civil War veteran,lawyer,and state senator in Mississippi. He served in the Claiborne Guards and was involved in several battles during the American Civil War,was injured,and captured. He and his wife owned large plantations. He was twice elected to the Mississippi Senate in 1886 and 1889. He lived in Port Gibson,Mississippi in Claiborne County.
Green Millsaps was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Claiborne County in the Mississippi Senate from 1870 to 1873 He was elected to the state senate during the Reconstruction era in December 1869 and served when Republicans,often referred to as Radical Republicans,held office.
Nathan Shirley was a state legislator in Mississippi.
Henry H. Harrison was a minister,shoemaker,teacher,and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Chickasaw County,Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1874 to 1875.
Obediah Crew French was a state legislator in Mississippi. He was a Republican. He and other Republican legislators were ridiculed in the Natchez Democrat. Z. P. Landrum,a fellow legislator,called him a low-bred carpet bag cur. He served as Mississippi's commissioner for the U.S. Centennial.
James Alexander Ventress (1805-1867) was a lawyer,inventor,plantation owner,and state legislator in Mississippi. He served five terms in the state house and then two in the state senate.
Merle Franklin Palmer was a state legislator and judge in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1960 to 1964 and the Mississippi Senate from 1964 to 1970,when he was appointed to the State Circuit Court. He served as president pro tempore of the Mississippi Senate and was acting governor of the state for part of January 1968.
Bobby Gerald Perry was a lawyer,judge,and state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi Senate including as President Pro Tempore with a stint as acting governor.
