Harrison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census,the population was 208,621,making it the second-most populous county in Mississippi. Its county seats are Biloxi and Gulfport. The county is named after U.S. President William Henry Harrison.
Biloxi is a city in Harrison County,Mississippi,United States. It lies on the Gulf Coast in southern Mississippi thirteen miles east of Gulfport along US-90. The adjacent cities are both designated as seats of Harrison County. The population of Biloxi was 49,449 at the 2020 census,making it the state's fourth-largest city. It is a principal city of the Gulfport–Biloxi metropolitan area,home to 416,259 residents in 2020. The area's first European settlers were French colonists.
Theodore Gilmore Bilbo was an American politician who twice served as governor of Mississippi and later was elected a U.S. Senator (1935–1947). A lifelong Democrat,he was a filibusterer whose name was synonymous with white supremacy –like many Southern Democrats of his era,Bilbo believed that black people were inferior;he defended segregation,and was a member of the Ku Klux Klan,the US's most notable white supremacist terrorist organization. He also published a pro-segregation work,Take Your Choice:Separation or Mongrelization.
The Lee family of the United States is a historically significant Virginia and Maryland political family,whose many prominent members are known for their accomplishments in politics and the military. The family became prominent in colonial British America when Richard Lee I immigrated to Colonial Virginia in 1639 and made his fortune in tobacco.
The Mississippi Gulf Coast,also known as Mississippi Coast,Mississippi Gulf Coast region,Coastal Mississippi,and The Coast,is the area of Mississippi along the Mississippi Sound at the northern extreme of the Gulf of Mexico.
Robert Perkins Letcher was a politician and lawyer from the US state of Kentucky. He served as a U.S. Representative,Minister to Mexico,and the 15th Governor of Kentucky. He also served in the Kentucky General Assembly where he was Speaker of the House in 1837 and 1838. A strong supporter of the Whig Party,he was a friend of Henry Clay and John J. Crittenden.
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.
Zachary Taylor was an American military leader who served as the 12th president of the United States from 1849 until his death in 1850. Taylor was a career officer in the United States Army,rising to the rank of major general and becoming a national hero for his victories in the Mexican–American War. As a result,he won election to the White House despite his vague political beliefs. His top priority as president was to preserve the Union. He died 16 months into his term from a stomach disease.
Events from the year 1847 in the United States.
The Biloxi wade-ins were three protests that were conducted by local African Americans on the beaches of Biloxi,Mississippi between 1959 and 1963,during the civil rights movement. The demonstrations were led by Dr. Gilbert R. Mason,Sr. in an effort to desegregate the city's 26 mi (42 km) of beaches on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. This was a local effort,without involvement from the state or national NAACP.
Wesley G. EvansJr. was a Mississippi politician and Democratic state legislator from Harrison County in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Francis Marion Johnson was an American politician. He was a Democratic member of the Mississippi State Senate and of the Mississippi House of Representatives in the early 20th century.
John Peroutt Taylor,also known as John Pervatt Taylor,was a Democratic Mississippi politician and legislator who was the state treasurer of Mississippi from 1916 to 1920.
William Aaron Champlin was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives,representing Harrison County,from 1874 to 1875.
John Wofford White was an American Democratic politician. He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate and the Mississippi House of Representatives in the 1910s.
Joseph Neal Brown was an American politician. He was a Democratic member of the Mississippi State Senate,representing the state's 35th senatorial district from 1918 to 1922.
Battaille Harrison Wade was a Democratic member of the Mississippi State Senate,representing the state's 10th senatorial district,from 1916 to 1920.
Joseph Atkins Baker was a Democratic member of the Mississippi State Senate,representing Mississippi's 12th senatorial district,from 1916 to 1920.
Thomas Kendall Boggan was an American teacher,lawyer,and Democratic politician. He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate,from the 38th District,from 1916 to 1920.
