W. P. S. Ventress | |
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Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 7th district | |
In office January 1900 –January 1902 | |
Preceded by | W. I. Causey |
Succeeded by | Charles H. Frith |
Member of the MississippiHouseofRepresentatives from the Wilkinson County district | |
In office January 1892 –January 1900 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Wilkinson County,MS | May 28,1854
Died | November 22,1911 57) Woodville,MS | (aged
Political party | Democrat |
Children | 3 |
William Pynchon Stewart Ventress (May 28,1854 - November 22,1911) was a Democratic member of the Mississippi state legislature in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
William Pynchon Stewart Ventress was born on May 28,1854,in Wilkinson County,Mississippi. [1] [2] [3] He was the son of James Alexander Ventress,who was the Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1841 to 1842,and his wife,Charlotte (Pynchon) Ventress. [3] He received his early education from private tutors. [2] [3] He attended the University of Virginia for one session before attending the University of Mississippi,from which he graduated in 1873 with a Bachelor of Laws degree. [3] [4] He then practiced law in Woodville,Mississippi. [2]
In 1891,Ventress was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives,where he represented Wilkinson County as a Democrat from 1892 to 1900. [5] [2] He was then elected to the Mississippi Senate,where he represented the state's 7th district,which was composed of Amite and Wilkinson counties,in the 1900 session. [1] [2] Before the 1902 session,Mississippi's governor,Andrew H. Longino,appointed Ventress as the chancellor of the fourth Chancery district,a position from which he retired in 1906. [3] [2]
After retiring,Ventress continued practicing law. [2] He was then a member of the board of trustees of the Edward McGehee College. [2] He died in his home in Woodville,Mississippi,on November 22,1911. [2]
Ventress was a Methodist. [1] [3] He married Willie Galloway,daughter of Methodist bishop Charles Galloway,in 1893. [3] They had three children,Harriet,Charles,and Margaret. [3]
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