The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature,the lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Mississippi. According to the state constitution of 1890,it is to comprise no more than 122 members elected for four-year terms. To qualify as a member of the House candidates must be at least 21 years old,a resident of Mississippi for at least four years,and a resident in the district for at least two years. Elections are held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
Clement Comer Clay was the eighth Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1835 to 1837. An attorney,judge,and politician,he was elected to the state legislature as well as the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
John Jones Pettus was an American politician,lawyer,and slave owner who served as the 23rd Governor of Mississippi,from 1859 to 1863. Before being elected in his own right to full gubernatorial terms in 1859 and 1861,he served as acting governor from January 5 to 10,1854,following the resignation of Henry S. Foote. A member of the Democratic Party,Pettus had previously been a Mississippi state representative,a member and president of the Mississippi State Senate. He strongly supported Mississippi's secession from the United States in 1861 and sought cooperation with the Confederate States of America.
The Alabama Legislature is the legislative branch of the government of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is a bicameral body composed of the House of Representatives and Senate. It is one of the few state legislatures in which members of both chambers serve four-year terms and in which all are elected in the same cycle. The most recent election was on November 8,2022. The new legislature assumes office immediately following the certification of the election results by the Alabama Secretary of State which occurs within a few days following the election.
The Alabama State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Alabama Legislature,the state legislature of state of Alabama. The House is composed of 105 members representing an equal number of districts,with each constituency containing at least 42,380 citizens. There are no term limits in the House. The House is also one of the five lower houses of state legislatures in the United States that is elected every four years. Other lower houses,including the United States House of Representatives,are elected for a two-year term.
The Alabama State Senate is the upper house of the Alabama Legislature,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alabama. The body is composed of 35 members representing an equal number of districts across the state,with each district containing at least 127,140 citizens. Similar to the lower house,the Alabama House of Representatives,the senate serves both without term limits and with a four-year term.
The lieutenant governor of Alabama is the president of the Alabama Senate,elected to serve a four-year term. The office was created in 1868,abolished in 1875,and recreated in 1901. According to the current constitution,should the governor be out of the state for more than 20 days,the lieutenant governor becomes acting governor,and if the governor dies,resigns or is removed from office,the lieutenant governor ascends to the governorship. Earlier constitutions said the powers of the governor devolved upon the successor,rather than them necessarily becoming governor,but the official listing includes these as full governors. The governor and lieutenant governor are not elected on the same ticket.
Marion DeKalb Taylor or M. D. K. Taylor was an American politician in Alabama and Texas,and a Texas militia colonel during the American Civil War. He was a member of the Alabama Legislature for two stints between 1842 and 1846,and served in both the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate. In the Texas House,Taylor served three non-consecutive terms as Speaker of the House,and,in the Texas Senate,was twice elected President pro tempore of the Texas Senate.
The Alabama Republican Party is the state affiliate of the Republican Party in Alabama. It is the dominant political party in Alabama. The state party is governed by the Alabama Republican Executive Committee. The committee usually meets twice a year. As of the February 23,2019 meeting in Birmingham,the committee is composed of 463 members. Most of the committee's members are elected in district elections across Alabama. The district members are elected in the Republican Primary once every four years,with the most recent election for the committee having been on June 5,2018. The new committee takes office following the general election in November 2018. In addition,all 67 county GOP chairmen have automatic seats as voting members. The state chairman can appoint 10 members. Each county committee can appoint bonus members based on a formula that theoretically could add 312 seats,although that formula currently calls for only about 50 seats.
William Guy Hardwick was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 18th lieutenant governor of Alabama from 1955 to 1959 as a member of the Democratic Party.
From February 20 to June 12,1984,voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1984 United States presidential election. Former Vice President Walter Mondale was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1984 Democratic National Convention held from July 16 to July 19,1984,in San Francisco,California.
The 2020 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Alabama,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections.
Michael Anthony Figures was an American lawyer and politician who served in the Alabama Senate from the 33rd district from 1978 until his death in 1996. He served as the body's president pro tempore after he was elected to the position in 1995. His wife Vivian Davis Figures succeeded him in office after his death. Figures argued a wrongful death civil suit against the Ku Klux Klan for the lynching of Michael Donald,winning a judgment that bankrupted the United Klans of America.
Hugh Morrow III was an American politician who served as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives and Alabama State Senate,representing Jefferson County in the House the 12th district in the Senate.
Ann Smith Bedsole is an American politician,businesswoman,community activist,and philanthropist. She was the first Republican woman to serve in the Alabama House of Representatives and the first woman to serve in the Alabama Senate. In 2002,she was inducted into the Alabama Academy of Honor.
D. J. Daniels was a state legislator in Alabama. He served in the Alabama Senate in 1872 representing Russell County,Alabama. He was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives in 1874 until being ousted for not being registered or having taken an oath. Daniels and Prince Gardner received more than 2,600 votes while the candidates who replaced them,W. H. Chamber and A. G. Jones,received less than 2,000.
James Henry Jones was an American politician and lawyer. He served in both houses of the Mississippi Legislature and was the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1896 to 1900. He also was an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
