William Aylmer Winter | |
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Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 28th district | |
In office January 1940 –January 1944 | |
In office January 1932 –January 1936 | |
In office January 1924 –January 1928 | |
Member of the MississippiHouseofRepresentatives from the Montgomery-Grenada counties district | |
In office January 1944 –January 1948 | |
Member of the MississippiHouseofRepresentatives from the Grenada County district | |
In office January 1916 –January 1924 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Grenada County,MS | March 22,1872
Died | March 12,1952 79) | (aged
Political party | Democrat |
Children | William Forrest Winter |
William Aylmer Winter (March 22,1872 - March 12,1952) was a farmer and a Democratic Mississippi state legislator from Grenada County in the early-to-mid 20th century. He was also the father of the Mississippi governor William Forrest Winter.
William Aylmer Winter was born on March 22,1872,in Grenada County,Mississippi. [1] [2] [3] He was the son of William Brown Winter and Amelia (Fisher) Winter. [2] He went to the private and public schools of Grenada and Tallahatchie counties. [2] He graduated from the Iuka Normal Institute with an A. B. in 1891. [2] He was a farmer. [2]
Winter was elected to represent Grenada County in the Mississippi House of Representatives as a Democrat for the first time in 1915 for the 1916-1920 term. [2] [4] He was re-elected in 1919 and served in the 1920-1924 term. [3] [1] [4] He then was in the Mississippi Senate,representing the 28th district,from 1924 to 1928,from 1932 to 1936,and from 1940 to 1944. [4] [5] Finally,he was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives,representing Montgomery and Grenada counties as a floater representative. [4]
Winter died on March 12,1952. [6]
Winter was a Presbyterian. [3] He married schoolteacher Inez Parker on March 2,1921,in Memphis,Tennessee. [3] [5] Their son and only child,William Forrest Winter,became the governor of Mississippi from 1980 to 1984. [7] [5]
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