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Quitman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census,the population was 6,176,making it the third-least populous county in Mississippi. Its county seat is Marks. The county is named after John A. Quitman,Governor of Mississippi from 1835 to 1836 and from 1850 to 1851.
Panola County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census,the population was 33,208. Its county seats are Sardis and Batesville. The county is located just east of the Mississippi Delta in the northern part of the state. It is bisected by the Tallahatchie River flowing to the southwest;travel difficulties because of the river resulted in two county seats being established.
Clarke County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census,the population was 15,615. Its county seat is Quitman. Clarke County is named for Joshua G. Clarke,the first Mississippi state chancellor and judge.
Pachuta is a town in Clarke County,Mississippi,United States. The population was 261 at the 2010 census.
Quitman is a city in Clarke County,Mississippi,United States,along the Chickasawhay River. The population was 2,323 at the 2010 census. Quitman is the county seat of Clarke County.
Shubuta is a town in Clarke County,Mississippi,United States,which is located on the eastern border of the state. The population was 441 as of the 2010 census,down from 651 at the 2000 census. Developed around an early 19th-century trading post on the Chickasawhay River,it was built near a Choctaw town. Shubuta is a Choctaw word meaning "smokey water".
Sardis is a town in Panola County,Mississippi,United States. As of the 2020 census,the town population was 1,748. Sardis is one of two county seats for Panola County;the other is Batesville,on the south side of the Tallahatchie River.
Lambert is a town in Quitman County,Mississippi. The population was 1,638 at the 2010 census.
Marks is a city in and the county seat of Quitman County,Mississippi. As of the 2010 census,the city population was 1,735.
Quitman is a city and the county seat of Wood County,Texas,United States. Its population was 1,942 at the 2020 census. It is most notable for being the birthplace of Academy Award-winning actress Sissy Spacek. The city was named for John A. Quitman,a veteran of the Mexican–American War,and once governor of Mississippi.
John Anthony Quitman was an American lawyer,politician,and soldier. As President of the Mississippi Senate,he served one month as Acting Governor of Mississippi as a Whig. He was elected governor in 1849 as a Democrat,and served from January 10,1850,until his resignation on February 3,1851,shortly after his arrest for violating U.S. neutrality laws. He was strongly pro-slavery and a leading Fire-Eater.
The Mississippi Republican Party is the Mississippi state affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party chairman is Frank Bordeaux,and the party is based in Jackson,Mississippi. The original Republican Party of Mississippi was founded following the American Civil War,and the current incarnation of the Mississippi Republican Party was founded in 1956. The party would grow in popularity after the 1964 Civil Rights Act and is currently the dominant party in the state.
Mississippi's 4th congressional district covers the southeastern region of the state. It includes all of Mississippi's Gulf Coast,stretching ninety miles between the Alabama border to the east and the Louisiana border to the west,and extends north into the Pine Belt region. It includes three of Mississippi's four most heavily populated cities:Gulfport,Biloxi,and Hattiesburg. Other major cities within the district include Bay St. Louis,Laurel,and Pascagoula. The district is currently represented by Republican Mike Ezell. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+22,it is the most Republican district in Mississippi.
The Quitman School District is a public school district based in Quitman,Mississippi (USA).
Samuel Heidelberg Terral was a justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court from 1897 until his death in 1903.
District 5 is a district in the Texas House of Representatives. It was created in the 3rd legislature (1849–1851).
The Trotter-Byrd House is a historic two-story house in Quitman,Mississippi. It was built for Brigadier General William B. Trotter before the American Civil War. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Howard Lee Miller was a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from Clarke County,serving from 1916 to 1924.
Cedric Burnett is a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives. He has represented the state's 9th House district,composed of parts of Coahoma,Quitman,Tate,and Tunica counties,since 2016.
Dale Goodin is an American politician formerly serving as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 105th district. Elected in November 2019,he assumed office on January 7,2020 and served until January 2,2024.
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- ↑ "Troy Smith". billstatus.ls.state.ms.us. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ↑ "Troy Smith (Mississippi)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ↑ "House Summary 02-17-22 | Clarke County Tribune". www.clarkecountytrib.com. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
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