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elected to the State Senate in 1903 and served for a term of four years. In the Senate of 1904-1908 he was a member of the following committees: Public Works, Printing, Penitentiary and Prisons, Insurance, and Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills. Mr. Scott is a Democrat; a member of the Baptist Church, and unmarried. While a member of the press he was known as the "Sam Jones of Mississippi Journalism," having been designated as such by Major James K. Vardaman, when editor of the "Greenwood Enterprise." Mr. Scott was elected Railroad Commis- sioner November 3, 1907.
OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE.
Commissioner HENRY EDWARD BLAKESLEE
Clerk D. G. HALEY
HENRY EDWARD BLAKESLEE.
Henry Edward Blakeslee, of Jackson, Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of Mississippi, was born November 22, 1866, at Pine Grove, Benton County, Miss. He is the son of Charles Thomas Blakeslee and wife, Mattie (Klyce) Blakeslee. His father was a native of Ashtabula County, Ohio; came to Tennessee in 1854 and was a soldier of the Thirteenth Tennessee Regiment, Vaughn's Brigade, during the Civil War. Mr. Blakeslee attended the public schools of Mississippi, but did not take a college course. He was a farmer until he was twenty-five years old; edited a newspaper at New Albany from 1891 to 1901; was at Tupelo in 1902, after which he went back to the old home; was Super- intendent of the State Capitol grounds at Jackson 1904-05; was appointed Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce May 1, 1906, and in 1907 was elected to this office for the regular term. Mr. Blakeslee is a Demo- crat, and was a delegate to the National Democratic Conventions of 1896 and 1900. He is a Methodist, a Mason, Odd Fellow and Knight of Pythias. He was married January 10, 1895, at New Albany, to Jennie Crockett Mothersheal. Mr. and Mrs. Blakeslee have four children- Carlie Cappleman, Lewie Crockett, Anna Vardaman and Henry Edward.
OFFICE OF STATE LIBRARIAN.
Librarian MISS MATTIE D. PLUNKETT
Assistant Librarian MISS LAURIN PLUNKETT
MISS MATTIE DRUNETTA PLUNKETT.
Miss Mattie Drunetta Plunkett, of Jackson, State Librarian of Mis- · sissippi, was born December 24, 1864, at Carthage, Miss., and is the daugh- ter of Joseph Lawson Plunkett and wife, Eliza Melinda Rawls. Her
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father came to Mississippi from North Carolina and settled in Scott County, and was a practicing physician at Carthage for forty years. She attended the public schools at Carthage under the instruction of George J. Leftwich, and the Iuka Normal College under the instruction of Prof. H. A. Dean; taught school for several years; elected State Librarian by the Legislature January 15, 1900; re-elected in January, 1904, and in January, 1908. Miss Plunkett is a member of the Baptist Church at Carthage, Miss. During her administration of the State Library it has been enlarged and developed, and is now occupying some of the hand- somest apartments of the new Capitol.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES STATE PENITENTIARY. (Code of 1906, Chapter 107, Sections 3589-3652.)
Trustee .C. C. SMITH Trustee. W. A. MONTGOMERY
L. T. TAYLOR Trustee
WILLIAM ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY.
William Alexander Montgomery, of Edwards, Trustee of the Peniten- tiary of the State of Mississippi, was born October 18, 1844, at Davis' Mill, in Winston County, Miss. He is the son of Charles Warren Mont- gomery and wife, Olivia Feree (Moore) Montgomery. His paternal ancestors came from South Carolina to Mississippi in the early part of the nineteenth century; his mother's family came from Tennessee. His mother's father, Gen. William Moore, was in the Seminole War, and with General Jackson at New Orleans in the War of 1812; was for many years a member of the Tennessee Legislature and was sent by that body in 1861 to bear to the Confederate Government at Richmond the news of the secession of the State of Tennessee. Returning he raised a regiment for the Confederate service, but was persuaded to stay at home because of his advanced years and to hand his command over to his son, who went to the front and was killed at Murfreesboro. Mr. Montgomery obtained his early education in country schools and under private tutors, and later entered the Union University at Murfreesboro, Tenn., but left soon after to enter the Confederate Army. He enlisted as a private; in March, 1864 was commissioned from the ranks as Captain. After the war he went to Lexington, Ky., and took one course of law lectures. Being compelled to leave college through the death of his father in 1866, he continued his law studies by private reading, and in 1868 was admitted to the bar and began practice. Mr. Montgomery was in command of · the citizen soldiery that induced Governor Ames to disband his negro militia in 1875; in fact throughout the troubled reconstruction time he was tireless in his efforts to overthrow the base element that had gained control. He was a member of the State Senate in 1878, and of the House of Representatives in 1897. During the Spanish-American War he com- manded the Second Regiment Mississippi Volunteers. He organized
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and commanded for a time a division at Panama Park, Fla .; under Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. He is a Democrat, a member of the Baptist Church, and affiliates with a number of secret societies-Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Knights of Honor, Knights Templar, Shriners, Woodmen of the World and Legion of Honor. He was married December 23, 1868, to J. Mella Dupree, daughter of Colonel James Dupree and wife, Charlotte (Biggs) Dupree. She died March 28, 1882. On April 16, 1884, Mr. Montgomery was married a second time to Bettie Henry, daughter of Captain B. W. Henry and wife, Sue (Randolph) Henry. Of his first wife's children two are living-Charles Warren Montgomery of Edwards and Mrs. Olivia Feree (Montgomery) Champion; also two by his second marriage, William A., Jr., and Wilkins Henry.
LE ROY THOMAS TAYLOR.
LeRoy Thomas Taylor, of Verona, Trustee of the Penitentiary of the State of Mississippi, was born December 10, 1846, at Woodlawn, Itawamba County, Miss. He is the son of Col. Clark Washington Taylor and wife, Louisa Jane (Keys) Taylor. His paternal ancestors came from England and settled in Virginia; those on his mother's side, the Keys family, came originally from Wales to North Carolina, but both his grandmothers were of Irish descent. Mr. Taylor attended the rural schools of his county and the high school at Fulton, but his hope of a collegiate educa- tion was thwarted by the breaking out of the war. In 1863 he was . enrolled as First Lieutenant, Company I, Eleventh Mississippi Cavalry, Armstrong's Brigade. He was wounded and captured by the enemy at the battle of Selma, Ala., April 2, 1865; he had received his commission as Captain four days previous to this fight. Mr. Taylor's principal occu- pation has been that of farming, though he has given some time to com- mercial traveling and merchandizing. He has been a member of the Board of Aldermen of his town for ten years; was a State Senator 1900 to 1904; Election Commissioner two years, and was elected Mayor of Verona in 1906. He is a Democrat, has been Chairman of the Executive Committee of his county; is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church and of the Masonic order. He was married December 15, 1868, at Pal- metto, Miss., to Sallie C. Calhoun, daughter of Dr. William Henry Cal- houn and wife, Jane Stuart Calhoun. His wife's grandfather, James Calhoun, was a brother of Vice-President John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina. The Calhoun family came originally from Scotland. Her maternal grandfather, Christopher Orr, was of Irish descent, and was the father of Governor James L. Orr, of South Carolina, and Judge J. A. Orr, of Columbus, Miss. Mrs. Sallie Calhoun Taylor died, leaving three children-Erin Taylor, now of Tupelo, Miss .; Mrs. Nellie (Taylor) Honnall, Tupelo; and Swepson DeLette Taylor, of Verona. Mr. Taylor was married a second time, August 29, 1899, at Verona, to Laura Manor Holden, daughter of George Washington Holden and wife, Martha Susan (Jarratt) Holden, of Murfreesboro, Tenn. Her family, of mingled En- glish and Welch descent, came from North Carolina.
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CHARLES CLARK SMITH.
Charles Clark Smith, of Insmore, Trustee of the State Penitentiary of Mississippi, was born February 12, 1862, at Hickory Ridge, in Claiborne County, Miss. He is the son of Hezekiah Ford Smith and wife, Frances Jane (Owin) Smith. His paternal ancestors came from South Carolina, maternal from Virginia; his mother's grandmother was Sarah Harrison, a cousin of General William Henry Harrison. Mr. Smith is not indebted to the schools for education, but says that all he has acquired was taught him by his mother. His occupation has been that of farmer and mer- chant. He is a Democrat and a member of the Order of Elks. He was married March 15, 1897, at Edwards, Hinds County, to Agnes Bethunia Goosey, daughter of Harvey Clay Goosey and wife, Clara Madaline (Petrie) Goosey, of New Orleans, La. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have two children-Charles Arrighi and James Vardaman.
BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS.
E. F. Noel, Governor; J. W. Power, Secretary of State; R. V. Fletcher, Attorney-General.
BOARD OF PUBLIC CONTRACTS. .
J. W. Power, Secretary of State; E. J. Smith, Auditor of Public Ac- counts; R. V. Fletcher, Attorney-General.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
J. N. Powers, Superintendent of Education; J. W. Power, Secretary of State; R. V. Fletcher, Attorney-General.
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.
The judicial power of the State shall be vested in a Supreme Court and such other courts as are provided for in this Constitution.
(1817, Art. V, Sec. 1; 1832, Art. IV, Sec. 1; 1869, Art. VI, Sec. I.)
Constitution, 1890, Sec. 144.
The Supreme Court shall consist of three Judges, any two of whom, when convened, shall form a quorum. The Legislature shall divide the State into three Supreme Court Districts, and the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint one Judge for and from each district; but the removal of a Judge to the State Capital during his term of office shall not render him ineligible as his own successor for the district from which he has removed. The present incumbents shall be considered as holding their terms of office from the State at large.
(1817, Art. V, Sec. 2; 1832, Art. IV, Sec. 2; 1869. Art. VI Sec. 2.)
Constitution 1890, Sec. 145.
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Hon. Albert Hall Whitfield, Chief Justice.
Hon. Solomon Saladin Calhoon.
Hon. Robert Burns Mayes.
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Districts-The State shall be divided into three Suprenie Court Dis- tricts, as follows, to wit:
The counties of Attala, Bolivar, Hinds, Holmes, Issaquena, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Rankin, Scott, Sharkey, Sunflower, Warren, Washington, Winston and Yazoo shall con- stitute the First District.
The counties of Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Franklin, Forrest, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion, Pearl River, Perry, Pike, Simpson, Smith, Wayne, and Wilkinson shall constitute the Second District.
And the counties of Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choc- taw, Clay, Coahoma, DeSoto, Grenada, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Le- flore, Lowndes, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Panola, Pon- totoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Union, Webster and Yalobusha shall constitute the Third District.
Code 1906, Secs. 4900-4953.
SUPREME COURT.
(Judges appointed by the Governor for a term of nine years.)
Chief Justice-Albert Hall Whitfield, of Jackson.
Associate Justice-Solomon Saladin Calhoon, of Jackson.
Associate Justice-Robert Burns Mayes, of Jackson. Clerk-George Clifton Myers, of Jackson.
1 Deputy Clerk-Clayton H. Myers, of Jackson.
Marshal-C. L. Johnson, of Jackson. Stenographer-J. M. McCracken.
ALBERT HALL -WHITFIELD.
Albert Hall Whitfield of Jackson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Mississippi, was born October 12, 1849, near Aberdeen, Monroe County, Miss. He is the son of Robert Donnell Whitfield and wife, Jane Amanda (McMillan) Whitfield. His ancestors immigrated from England in 1679 in the ship "Prosperous," and settled in Vandemond County, Virginia, the first of the name to settle in America being Matthew Whitfield. The father of the subject of this sketch was a native of North Carolina, who lived and had large, planting interests near Aberdeen, Miss .; he was a graduate of Bingham's School in North Carolina, and entered- the Sophomore Class at Yale. Judge Whitfield was prepared for college by Prof. Henry Tutwiler, of the famous Greene Springs School (now in Hale County, Alabama) and Capt. G. W. Wright and Prof. Robert P. Tutwiler, assistants in the same school; entered the University of Missis- sippi and was graduated in 1871 with first honor, taking the B. A. degree; was Adjunct Professor of Greek at the University of Mississippi from 1871 to 1874; also taught Latin, English and History; took the degrees of A. M. and LL.B. while acting as Adjunct Professor; located at Aber-
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deen, Miss., for the practice of law in 1875, and continued there during 1875 and 1876; removed to Grenada, Miss., in 1876 and continued the prac- tice there until 1889; removed to Oxford, Miss., in 1889 and formed a partnership for the practice of law with W. V. Sullivan; succeeded Chancellor Edward Mayes as Professor of Law at the University of Mis- sissippi in 1892; appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi in 1894 by Governor John M. Stone, and reappointed in 1903 by Governor A. H. Longino; has been Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from April 1, 1900, to the present time, January 14, 1908. He is a Demo- crat and member of the Baptist Church. Judge Whitfield is fond of lit- erature, is a writer of ability and force, and has contributed to the maga- zines of the country, one of the most notable contributions being "Shall the Philippines be Annexed?" which appeared in the January number, 1903, of the Cosmopolitan Magazine; was married December 13, 1876, at Grenada, Miss., to Isadore Buffaloe, daughter of Joseph George Monroe Buffaloe and wife, Marina Kitchen Robbins, who lived at Raleigh, North Carolina, and later at Grenada, Miss. Judge and Mrs. Whitfield have five children: Marina Robbins Alexander, wife of Chalmers Alexander, Esq., of the Jackson bar; Garland Quinche, Kate Coffman Hardy, wife of J. C. Hardy, President of the A. and M. College; Albert Hall, Jr., and Robert Joseph.
During Judge Whitfield's service on the bench he has handed down some of the most important decisions which have been made in the his- tory of the court, some of the most notable being: Railroad v. Adams, 77 Miss., 194, which was, on appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, unanimously affirmed; Adams v. Colonial Mortgage Co., 82 Miss .; Ballard v. Cotton Oil Co., 81 Miss., 507; Attorney-General v. Powell, 77 Miss., 543; Insurance Co. v. Phelps, 77 Miss., 625; Brahan v. Building and Loan Association, 80 Miss., 407; Millsaps v. Shotwell, 76 Miss., 923; Fire Insurance Co. v. State, 75 Miss., 24, and Morrison v. American Snuff Co., 79 Miss., 330.
Judge Whitfield's term expires May 10, 1912.
SOLOMON SALADIN CALHOON.
Solomon Saladin Calhoon, of Jackson, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Mississippi, was born January 2, 1838, at Branden- burg, Meade County, Kentucky. He is the son of George Calhoon and wife, Louise Brandenburg. The Calhoons are of Scotch-Irish descent and immigrated to Virginia early in the eighteenth century; in the latter part of the century removed to Kentucky. The father of the subject of this sketch was a prominent lawyer of Kentucky and served as a member of the State Legislature in 1836; removed to Madison County, Miss., in 1838, bringing his son, the subject of this sketch, with him. The Brandenburgs, Judge Calhoon's maternal ancestors, immigrated to Virginia from Berlin about 1750, and later to Kentucky about 1790. He attended the common schools of Canton, Miss .; entered Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., and continued studies there ten months, sessions of 1854 and 1855; read
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law while teaching school; was licensed to practice in 1856 by Cotesworth Pinckney Smith, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi, before he had reached his eighteenth birthday; was private secretary to Governor McWillie in 1857, and Secretary of the State Senate in 1858; edited the Yazoo Democrat in 1858 and 1859; was editor of the States Rights Democrat at Helena, Ark., in 1859 and 1860; located in Canton, Miss., for the practice of law; enlisted in the Confederate Army March 26, 1861, and served throughout the war in the Ninth and Tenth Mississippi Regiments as Lieutenant, Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel; was District Attorney from 1865 to 1868; Circuit Judge from 1876 to 1882; removed to Jackson, Miss., in 1882; was President of the Constitutional Conven- tion of 1890. Judge Calhoon's public duties have been many and varied, and in all the positions to which he has been called he has given honest, faithful and able service to the State. He is a Democrat and has taken a prominent position in party politics as a member of County and State Executive Committees; was a delegate from the State at large to the St. Louis Convention which nominated Mr. Cleveland for the Presidency; is a member of the Episcopal Church, vestryman; is a Mason; was mar- ried December 21, 1865, at Kirkwood, Madison County, Miss., to Margaret Mc Willie, daughter of Governor William McWillie and wife, Catherine Anderson. Mrs. Calhoon's ancestors were of Scotch-Irish and Danish origin and settled in South Carolina.
The opinions handed down by Judge Calhoon have been numerous and important, involving large interests and deciding great questions, some of the more important being: Mississippi Valley R. R. v. Southern R. R. Co., 82 Miss .; Shaw v. Cable Co., 79; Town of Lexington v. the Union National Bank, 75; Sharpley v. Plant, 79; Hawkins v. Mangum, 78.
Judge Calhoon's term expires May 10, 1909.
ROBERT BURNS MAYES.
Robert Burns Mayes, of Jackson, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Mississippi, was born June 28, 1867, at Gallatin, Copiah County, Miss., He is the son of Herman Bowman Mayes and wife, Charity Barlow Mayes. He is a descendant of the Rev. William Mayes, who, in the year 1611, immigrated to Virginia in the active ministry. His immediate parternal ancestors were Kentuckians; his father was a lawyer of prominence and was very active in public affairs during reconstruction days. Judge Mayes obtained his early education at the Hazlehurst public schools, and his collegiate training at the Uni- versty of Mississippi, at which institution he also studied law and took his Bachelor's degree in 1888. In 1890 he entered upon the practice of his profession. He was State Senator, 1892 to 1896; Chancellor, 1900 to 1906, and succeeded Judge Truly on the Supreme Court Bench, May 10, 1906. He is a Democrat, a Methodist and a Knight of Pythias. He was married February 21, 1900, to Lelia Hart Beaty, daughter of James William Beaty and wife, Mary Hart Beaty.
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GEORGE CLIFTON MYERS.
George Clifton Myers, of Jackson, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Mississippi, was born September 2, 1852, at Byhalia, Mar- shall County, Miss. He is the son of George Boggan Myers and wife, Eusebia Saxon Rodgers. His great-grandfather, Marmaduke Myers, im- - migrated to America and settled on the eastern shore of Maryland; after- wards removed to North Carolina; his maternal ancestors came from England and settled in South Carolina; Jas. S. Rodgers, his grandfather, served in the Seminole War. The father of the subject of this sketch was a soldier of the Confederacy; served as Captain of Company I, Tenth Mis- sissippi Regiment; was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel of that regiment ; was severely wounded at Munfordsville, Kentucky; was wounded and cap- tured at Jonesboro, Georgia, and imprisoned on Johnson's Island, Lake Erie; after the war was elected Circuit Clerk of Marshall County; removed by Ames, re-elected in 1871 and served until 1879. Mr. Myers attended the Male Academy at Byhalia and Chalmers Institute, Holly Springs; studied law but did not practice on account of being appointed Circuit Clerk of Marshall County, being appointed to that office May 5, 1879, on death of his father, by Governor John M. Stone; elected by the people at the next general election and held the office continuously till September 22, 1903; appointed Clerk of the Supreme Court by Governor A. H. Longino Sep- tember 22, 1903, as successor of Hon. E. W. Brown, deceased; at the general election in November following received a plurality of the popular vote and the majority of the electoral vote; there being no election, the selection of a Supreme Court Clerk was thrown into the Legislature, which resulted in his election to that office January 12, 1904. Mr. Myers is a Democrat; member of the Episcopal Church; served as Senior War- den of Christ's Church at Holly Springs before coming to Jackson; is a Mason, Past Grand High Priest of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mis- sissippi and Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery Knights Tem- plar; member of Hamasa Temple Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Meridian, Miss .; is a Knight of Pythias and member of Knights and Ladies of Honor ; married at Holly Springs, Miss., June 20, 1880, to Ida Greer Bracken, daughter of Elvis Jett Bracken and wife, Frances Wright Bracken, of Holly Springs, Miss. Mr. and Mrs. Myers have four children-George Boggan, Clayton Hull, Elvis Lucas and Benjamin McKie.
Mr. Myers had no opposition in the Democratic primary of August 3, 1907, and was re-elected at the November election.
.CIRCUIT JUDGES.
First District-E. O. Sykes, Aberdeen; term expries March 1, 1909. Second District-W. H. Hardy, Gulfport; term expires January 1, 1910.
Third District-W. A. Roane, Oxford; term expires October 8, 1911. Fourth District-S. M. Smith, Lexington; term expires September 23, 1910.
UNITED STATES SENATORS
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Hon. Anselm Joseph McLaurin.
Hon. Hernando DeSoto Money.
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Fifth District-J. T. Dunn, Eupora; term expires Septemper 22, 1908. Sixth District-M. H. Wilkinson, Gloster; term expires August 22, 19II. Seventh District-W. H. Potter, Jackson; term expires July 1, 1911. Eighth District-J. R. Byrd, Newton; term expires April 14, 1910. Ninth District-J. N. Bush, Mayersville; term expires January 1, 1910. Tenth District-R. F. Cochran, Meridian; term expires March 15, 1908. Eleventh District-S. C. Cook, Clarksdale; term expires March 12, 1910. Twelfth District-W. H. Cook, Hattiesburg; term expires May 8, 1910. Thirteenth District-R. L. Bullard, Forest; term expires June 1, 1910.
CHANCELLORS. ,
First District-J. Q. Robins, Tupelo; term expires January 1, 1910. Second District-J. L. McCaskill, Brandon; term expires June 18, 1908. Third District-I. T. Blount; term expires January 1, 1911. Fourth Districit-J. S. Hicks, Fayette; term expires August 1, 1910. Fifth District-G. G. Lyell, Jackson; term expires May 10, 1910.
Sixth District-J. F. McCool, Kosciusko; term expires February 1, I9II.
Seventh District-Percy Bell, Greenville; term expires November 14, 1908.
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
First District-George T. Mitchell, Pontotoc.
Second District-B. P. Harrison, Lucedale.
Third District-H. D. Stephens, New Albany.
Fourth District-R. C. McBee, Lexington.
Fifth District-T. L. Lamb, Eupora.
Sixth District-H. V. Wall, Summit. 1
Seventh District-M. S. McNeill, Crystal Springs.
Eighth District-J. R. East, Brandon.
Ninth District-J. D. Thames, Vicksburg .. Tenth District-J. H. Currie, Meridian.
Eleventh District-C. E. Harris, Sumner.
Twelfth District-D. G. McLaurin, Hattiesburg.
Thirteenth District-B. E. Eaton, Laurel.
SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS FROM MISSISSIPPI.
HERNANDO DESOTO MONEY.
Hernando DeSoto Money, senior United States Senator from Missis- sippi, was born August 26, 1839, at his father's plantation home in Holmes County, Mississippi, near Lexington. He is the son of Peirson Money, a native of Buncombe County, North Carolina, and Tryphena (Vardaman) Money, whose father was Jeremiah Vardaman, an early settler of Missis-
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sippi Territory. The Moneys are English of Norman descent; the Varda- mans were originally from Holland. Senator Money received his early educational training in the country schools of Holmes County and Carroll- ton, Miss .; entered the University of Mississippi and was two years in the literary department, and entered as a law student in 1858, and was graduated in 1860 and entered the practice of law in Carrollton. In 1861 he enlisted as a private in Company K (Carroll Rifles), Eleventh Mississippi Regiment, C. S. A., and afterward served as Sergeant-Major, Bartlett's Reg- iment of sixty-day troops, and First Lieutenant Company B, Twenty-eighth Mississippi Regiment Cavalry. After the close of the war he engaged in planting in the Delta and was afterwards editor of the Carrollton Con- servative. In 1873 he removed to Winona, where he was editor and publisher of the Advance, until 1875. In 1875 he served as Mayor of Winona for a few months. He was the Democratic candidate for Con- gress from the Third District in the election preceding the Forty-fourth Congress, which met December 6, 1875, and was elected. He took his seat as a member of the Forty-fourth Congress December 6, 1875, and served by re-election continuously until March 3, 1885, as a member of the Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses. After the close of his term in 1885 he did not seek re-election. After his retirement from Congress, Mr. Money located in Washington and engaged
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