Monroe McClurg

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Monroe McClurg (March 19, 1857- April 1925) was a lawyer who served as Attorney General of Mississippi from 1900-1903. He also served in the state legislature. While serving as Attorney General he was a member of the State House Commission. [1]

He was born in Vaiden, Mississippi where he established a law practice. He eventually relocated his home and business to Greenwood, Mississippi. He married and had two daughters and a son, who was named after him. [2] He was reportedly introduced once as "the red-headed Scotch-Irish Democrat." [3]

He wrote The Courts, the Bench and the Bar of Mississippi. [4] He also authored The State of Louisiana Versus the State of Mississippi; Disputed Boundary in the Waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Original Suit in the Supreme Court of the United States. March 19, 1924, he addressed law school students at the University of Mississippi. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Page 5 - State House Commission Minutes, 1900-1904". MS Digital Archives.
  2. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (December 12, 1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Southern Historical Publishing Association. ISBN   9780871522221 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ The Greenville Times, Greenville, Mississippi, January 27, 1900 page 4
  4. ↑ McClurg, Monroe (December 12, 1902). "The Courts, the Bench and the Bar of Mississippi" – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ McClurg, Monroe (1924). "Address: Delivered Before the Law School Students of the University of Mississippi, March 19th, 1924".
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