John Grimes Walker was an admiral in the United States Navy who served during the Civil War. After the war,he served as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation,head of the Lighthouse Board,and commander-in-chief of the Squadron of Evolution and of the North Atlantic Squadron. In retirement,he led commissions to investigate the construction of a Central American canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
The Mississippi Plan of 1874 was developed by white Southern Democrats as part of the white insurgency during the Reconstruction Era in the Southern United States. It was devised by the Democratic Party in that state to overthrow the Republican Party in Mississippi by means of organized threats of violence and suppression or purchase of the black vote. Democrats wanted to regain political control of the legislature and governor's office. Their success in doing so led to similar plans being adopted by white Democrats in South Carolina and other majority-black states.
Solomon Soladin "S. S." Calhoon was an American judge and attorney. He was a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1900 to 1908.
George Washington Gayles was an American Baptist minister and state legislator in Mississippi. He was in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1872 until 1875 and to the Mississippi Senate from 1878 until 1886. He was a candidate for United States House of Representatives in 1892,but received only 6% of the vote due to the voter suppression laws of that period. He was also a noted Baptist minister and was known as the "Father of the Convention" of African American Baptists in Mississippi.
Henry Minor Faser was an American academic administrator,life insurance business executive and political activist. He was the founding dean of the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy,the vice president of the Lamar Life Insurance Company,and a supporter of the States' Rights Democratic Party's 1948 presidential campaign.
Douglas William Shanks was an American college baseball coach. He was a city commissioner of Jackson,Mississippi and was on their city council. He served as the head coach of the Mississippi Valley State Devils (2001–2014).
Hannibal Caesar Carter was the Secretary of State of Mississippi from September 1 to October 20,1873,and from November 13,1873,to January 4,1874,serving the first term after being appointed when Hiram R. Revels resigned. He also served two non-consecutive terms representing Warren County in the Mississippi House of Representatives,the first from 1872 to 1873 the second from 1876 to 1877,both times as a Republican. In later years he changed his affiliation to Democratic. He was one of several African Americans to serve as Mississippi Secretary of State during the Reconstruction era.
James Hill was a Republican politician and government official in the U.S. state of Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives,including as Sergeant at Arms and as Speaker,and was Secretary of State of Mississippi during the Reconstruction era.
Joseph Withers Power was a Mississippi politician and the Secretary of State of Mississippi from 1901 to 1926.
Barry W. Benson was the Mississippi Secretary of State from 1835 to 1839. He was a Democrat.
Walter Nesbit Taylor was an American educator and a Mississippi state senator,representing the state's 12th district as a Democrat,from 1924 to 1936.
George Morgan Govan was an American military officer and Democratic politician from Mississippi. He was the 27th Secretary of State of Mississippi,serving from 1886 to 1896.
Samuel Stamps was an American Democratic politician. He was the 9th Secretary of State of Mississippi,serving from 1847 until his death.
Hillrie Marshall Quin was an American politician. He was the speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1912 to 1916.
Calvin Brooks Vance was an American planter and Democratic politician. He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate,from Panola County,from 1878 to 1882,from 1908 to 1912,and from 1916 to 1920.
George Anderson was an American politician. He served in both houses of the Mississippi Legislature in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
William Beauregard Roberts was an American Democratic politician,lawyer,planter,and banker. A resident of Rosedale,Mississippi,he represented Bolivar County in the Mississippi State Senate for six consecutive terms,from 1920 to his death in 1940. He was the Senate's President Pro Tempore for two stints in 1931 and 1940 and also served as the Acting Governor of Mississippi in December 1931.
Nannie Herndon Rice was an American suffragist,writer,and college librarian,based in Mississippi. She worked at the Mississippi State University library from 1916 to 1957,and was president of the Mississippi Library Association.
