7th Mississippi Legislature
| 7th Mississippi Legislature | |||||
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| Legislative body | Mississippi Legislature | ||||
| Jurisdiction | Mississippi,  United States | ||||
| Term | December 22, 1823 – January 23, 1824 | ||||
| Mississippi State Senate | |||||
| President | David C. Dickson (until January 7, 1824) Gerard C. Brandon (after January 7, 1824) | ||||
| Mississippi House of Representatives | |||||
| Speaker | Cowles Mead | ||||
| Sessions | |||||
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The 7th Mississippi Legislature met between December 22, 1823, and January 22, 1824, in Jackson, Mississippi.[1][2] The Senate adjourned on January 22, 1824, and the House adjourned on January 23, 1824.[1][2] Some elections were held in August 1823.[1]
Senate
[edit]In the August 1823 elections, Freeland, Joor, Bingaman, and Herbert were elected to three-year terms from the shown districts.[1] David Dickson, the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi, served ex officio as President of the Senate.[1] John Burton was elected Secretary of the Senate, and Joseph Peirce was elected Door-Keeper.[1] On January 7, 1824, Gerard C. Brandon was sworn in as the new Lieutenant Governor and replaced Dickson as President.[1]
| County District | Name of Senator |
| Adams | Adam Bingaman |
| Wilkinson | John Joor |
| Warren, Claiborne | Thomas Freeland |
| Jackson, Hancock, Green, Perry | Laughlin McKay |
| Lawrence | William Herbert |
| Wayne, Covington, Monroe | Bartlet C. Barry |
| Amite, Franklin | John R. Brown |
| ? | Mr. Spencer |
House
[edit]Thirty-four members of the House were elected.[2] Cowles Mead was elected Speaker of the House.[2] Non-representatives P. A. Vandorn and Dillard Collins were elected Clerk and Door-Keeper respectively.[2]
| County | Name of Representative |
| Adams | John Snodgrass |
| George Dougherty | |
| Adams (Natchez) | Fountain Winston |
| Amite | Francis Graves |
| David Davis | |
| Richard Hurst | |
| Bainbridge | William Reed |
| Claiborne | William Briscoe |
| David D. Downing | |
| Copiah | William Tullis |
| Covington | John Evans |
| Franklin | Bailey E. Chainey |
| Jesse Guice | |
| Green | John McLeod |
| Hancock | Jesse Depew |
| Hinds | Samuel M. Puckett |
| Jackson | Thomas Bilbo |
| Jefferson | Cowles Mead |
| Robert Dunbar | |
| Lawrence | Jesse Winburn |
| James H. Bull | |
| John Ragan | |
| Marion | John H. Norton |
| Monroe | Christopher H. Williams |
| Perry | David Reese |
| Pike | David Cleveland |
| William Dickson | |
| Wiley P. Harris | |
| Warren | James Gibson |
| Wayne | William A. Lang |
| Edmund Gray | |
| Wilkinson | Joseph Johnson |
| George Poindexter | |
| Edward McGehee | |
| Yazoo | Andrew Batey |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Journal of the Senate of the State of Mississippi ... 1823". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
- ^ a b c d e "Journal of the House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi". Journal of the House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi. Dec 1823 7th Sess: 3–5, 55–56, 203. Dec 1823 – via LLMC Digital.
