William Hemingway | |
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Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi | |
In office 1901–1905 | |
Preceded by | John W. Todd |
Succeeded by | Oliver Clifton |
Member of the MississippiHouseofRepresentatives from the Hinds County district | |
In office January 1920 –1920 | |
Preceded by | E. H. Green J. S. Rhodes |
Succeeded by | Robert Stafford Curry |
Personal details | |
Born | Carroll County,Mississippi | July 19,1869
Died | November 5,1937 68) | (aged
Political party | Democrat |
William Hemingway (July 19,1869 - November 5,1937) was the mayor of Jackson,Mississippi,from 1901 to 1905,and a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1920. [1] He was a Democrat. [1]
Hemingway was born on July 19,1869,in Teoc,Carroll County,Mississippi,to Colonel William Linn Hemingway and Mary Elizabeth McCain Hemingway. [1] [2] He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1889,and was admitted to the bar in 1897. [1] He was the Jackson city attorney from 1909 to 1921. [1] He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives to represent Hinds County in 1920,but he resigned soon after election to be the state's Assistant Attorney General. [1] He died on November 5,1937. [2]
Hemingway married Grace Hyer in 1901. [1] Her father,William Fisk Hyer,was a member of the Mississippi Legislature in 1871. [1] William and Grace had several children,but all of them died in infancy. [1]
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