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Lorraine C. Dulaney

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Lorraine C. Dulaney
c. 1917
Member of the Mississippi State Senate
from the 20th district
In office
January 1916 – January 1920
In office
January 1900 – January 1904
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Issaquena County district
In office
January 1904 – January 1908
In office
January 1892 – January 1896
Personal details
Born(1863-12-25)December 25, 1863
Madison County, Mississippi
DiedNovember 30, 1945(1945-11-30) (aged 81)
Grace, Mississippi
Political partyDemocratic

Lorraine Catchings Dulaney (December 25, 1863 - November 30, 1945) was an American planter and Democratic politician. He served in both houses of the Mississippi State Legislature in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Biography

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Lorraine Catchings Dulaney was born on December 25, 1863, in Madison County, Mississippi.[1][2] He was the son of William Johnson Dulaney and his wife, Lorraine (Catchings) Dulaney.[1] He was of French descent.[1] Dulaney attended the public schools of Madison County, and graduated from Poughkeepsie Business College in New York in 1882.[1] Dulaney was a planter, merchant, and railroad and levee contractor.[1] A Democrat, he represented Issaquena County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1892 to 1896.[1][3] From 1900 to 1904, he represented the 20th District in the Mississippi State Senate.[2] In November 1903, he was elected to another term in the House and served from 1904 to 1908.[1][3] He served again in the Senate in the same district from 1916 to 1920.[3]

Dulaney died on November 30, 1945, at his home in Grace, Mississippi.[4]

Bribery charges

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In 1910, Dulaney was charged for attempting to bribe state senator Theodore G. Bilbo to vote for LeRoy Percy for the U. S. Senate.[5] Dulaney was acquitted.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. 1904. p. 539.
  2. ^ a b Mississippi (1900). Department Reports. pp. 85, 194, 779–781.
  3. ^ a b c Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 226.
  4. ^ "L. C. Dulaney Obituary". Sun Herald. 1945-11-30. p. 7. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  5. ^ a b Wise, Benjamin E. (2012-03-12). William Alexander Percy: The Curious Life of a Mississippi Planter and Sexual Freethinker. Univ of North Carolina Press. pp. 105–106. ISBN 978-0-8078-6995-6.