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10th Mississippi Legislature

10th Mississippi Legislature
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Overview
Legislative bodyMississippi Legislature
JurisdictionMississippi,  United States
TermJanuary 1, 1827 (1827-01-01) – February 8, 1827 (1827-02-08)
Mississippi State Senate
PresidentGerard C. Brandon
President pro temporeAbram M. Scott
Mississippi House of Representatives
SpeakerIsaac R. Nicholson
Sessions
1stJanuary 1, 1827 (1827-01-01) – February 8, 1827 (1827-02-08)

The 10th Mississippi Legislature met from January 1, 1827 to February 8, 1827, in Jackson, Mississippi.[1][2] Elections, for all representatives and some senators, were held in August 1826.[3]

Senate

State senators were elected to three-year terms on a rotating basis.[1] Burnett, Scott, Cooper, and Irwin were elected to full three-year terms in August 1826.[1] Torrence was elected to a two-year term in August 1826 to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Senator Charles C. Slocumb.[1]

Abram M. Scott was elected President pro tempore of the Senate to fill in for Senate President and Lieutenant Govenor Gerard C. Brandon who was serving as acting Governor.[1] Non-senators William H. Chaille and Joseph Pearce were elected Secretary and Door-keeper respectively.[1] The Senate adjourned on February 8, 1827.[1]

County District Senator Name Year Elected
Pike, Marion Willie P. Harris 1824[4]
Lawrence, Simpson Charles Lynch 1824[4]
Hinds, Warren, Yazoo Hardin D. Runnels 1824[4]
Adams Fountain Winston 1825[5]
Jackson, Hancock, Green, Perry John McLeod 1825[5]
Monroe William Dowsing 1825[5]
Amite, Franklin Thomas Torrence 1826[1]
Wayne, Covington, Jones Hamilton Cooper 1826[1]
Wilkinson Abram M. Scott 1826[1]
Claiborne Daniel Burnett 1826[1]
Copiah, Jefferson John L. Irwin 1826[1]

House

All representatives were elected in August 1826.[3][2] Isaac R. Nicholson was elected Speaker of the House.[2] Non-representatives James Phillips Jr. and Dillard Collins were elected Clerk and Door-Keeper respectively.[2] The House adjourned on February 7, 1827.[2]

County Name of Representative
Adams Charles B. Green
Archibald Dunbar
Amite Solomon Weathersby
Richard Hurst
Claiborne Joseph Moore
John Henderson
Copiah Isaac R. Nicholson
Samuel N. Gilleland
Covington Abel L. Hatten
Franklin John F. Weatherspoon
Thomas Cotton
Green Archibald McManus
Hancock R. Rutelus P. Pray
Hinds William J. Austin
Jackson William C. Seamon
Jefferson Cowles Mead
Philip Dickson
Jones John C. Thomas
Lawrence Joseph Cooper
Anthony Butler
Marion Nathaniel Robbins
Monroe George Higgason
Robert Edrington
James T. Trotter
Perry J. J. H. Morris
Pike David Cleveland
Peter Quinn
Simpson Franklin E. Plummer
Warren James Gibson
Wayne Thomas S. Sterling
Wilkinson Cotesworth P. Smith
M. T. Degraffenreid
Yazoo Richard Sparks

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Journal of the Senate of the state of Mississippi : reformatted from the original and including, Jou". Journal of the Senate of the state of Mississippi : reformatted from the original and including, Jou. Jan 1827 10th Sess: 3–5, 230. January 1827 – via LLMC Digital.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Journal of the House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi : reformatted from the original". Journal of the House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi : reformatted from the original. Jan 1827 10th Sess: 3–4, 298. January 1827 – via LLMC Digital.
  3. ^ a b "Mississippi Legislature 1826". Newspapers.com. 1826-08-31. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  4. ^ a b c Senate, Mississippi Legislature (1825). Journal. p. 27.
  5. ^ a b c "Journal of the Senate of the State of Mississippi ... 1826 v.9". HathiTrust. p. 20. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
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