Robert L. Ralston | |
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Member of the MississippiHouseofRepresentatives from the Coahoma County district | |
In office January 1916 –January 1920 | |
Mayor of Coahoma,Mississippi | |
In office January 27,1898 –1914 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Smyrna,TN | February 12,1860
Died | April 3,1926 66) Memphis,TN | (aged
Political party | Democrat |
Robert Locke Ralston (1860-1926) was a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives,representing Coahoma County,from 1916 to 1920.
Robert Locke Ralston was born in Smyrna,Rutherford County,Tennessee,on February 12,1860. [1] He was the son of Robert Lock Ralston and Mary M. (Stephens) Ralston. [1] The junior Robert was a farmer and a planter. [1] He married Mary Elizabeth Shaw in 1891. [1] On January 27,1898,he was appointed the mayor of Coahoma,Mississippi,a position in which he served for 16 years. [1] [2] He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives as a Democrat to represent Coahoma County in November 1915,for the 1916–1920 term. [1] Ralston died in Memphis,Tennessee,on April 3,1926. [3]