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Quitman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census,the population was 8,223,making it the fifth-least populous county in Mississippi. Its county seat is Marks. The county is named after John A. Quitman,Governor of Mississippi from 1835 to 1836 and from 1850 to 1851.
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Clarke County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census,the population was 16,732. Its county seat is Quitman. Clarke County is named for Joshua G. Clarke,the first Mississippi state chancellor and judge.
Pachuta is a town in Clarke County,Mississippi,United States. The population was 261 at the 2010 census.
Quitman is a city in Clarke County,Mississippi,United States,along the Chickasawhay River. The population was 2,323 at the 2010 census. Quitman is the county seat of Clarke County.
Shubuta is a town in Clarke County,Mississippi,United States,which is located on the eastern border of the state. The population was 441 as of the 2010 census,down from 651 at the 2000 census. Developed around an early 19th-century trading post on the Chickasawhay River,it was built near a Choctaw town. Shubuta is a Choctaw word meaning "smokey water".
Marks is a city in and the county seat of Quitman County,Mississippi. As of the 2010 census,the city population was 1,735.
John Anthony Quitman was an American lawyer,politician,and soldier. As President of the Mississippi Senate,he served one month as Acting Governor of Mississippi as a Whig. He was elected Governor in 1850,as a Democrat,and served from January 10,1850,until his resignation on February 3,1851,shortly after his arrest for violating U.S. neutrality laws. He was strongly pro-slavery and a leading Fire-Eater.
The Mississippi Republican Party is the Mississippi state affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party chairman is Frank Bordeaux,and the party is based in Jackson,Mississippi. The original Republican Party of Mississippi was founded following the American Civil War,and the current incarnation of the Mississippi Republican Party was founded in 1956. The party would grow in popularity after the 1964 Civil Rights Act and is currently the dominant party in the state.
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.
The Quitman School District is a public school district based in Quitman,Mississippi (USA).
Brenda Lulenar Lawrence is an American Democratic politician serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives. Lawrence served as mayor of Southfield,Michigan,from 2001 to 2015. The Democratic nominee for Oakland County executive in 2008 and for lieutenant governor in 2010,she was elected U.S. representative for Michigan's 14th congressional district in 2014. The district covers most of eastern Detroit,including downtown,and stretches west to take in portions of Oakland County,including Lawrence's home in Southfield.
Troy Edwin Nehls is an American politician and law enforcement officer who is the U.S. representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district. From 2013 to 2021,he served as the sheriff for Fort Bend County,Texas. Nehls is a member of the Republican Party.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana will be held on November 8,2022,to elect the six U.S. Representatives from the state of Louisiana,one from each of the state's six congressional districts. The elections will coincide with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi will be held on November 8,2022,to elect the four U.S. Representatives from the state of Mississippi,one from each of the state's two congressional districts. The elections will coincide with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
Howard Lee Miller was a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from Clarke County,serving from 1916 to 1924.
Cedric Burnett is a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives. He has represented the state's 9th House district,composed of parts of Coahoma,Quitman,Tate,and Tunica counties,since 2016.
Donnie Scoggin is an American politician and nurse practitioner serving as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 89th district. Elected in November 2016,he assumed office in January 2017.
Dale Goodin is an American politician serving as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 105th district. Elected in November 2019,he assumed office on January 7,2020.
Jay McKnight is an American politician serving as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 95th district. Elected in November 2019,he assumed office on January 7,2020.
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- ↑ "Troy Smith". billstatus.ls.state.ms.us. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ↑ "Troy Smith (Mississippi)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ↑ "House Summary 02-17-22 | Clarke County Tribune". www.clarkecountytrib.com. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
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