1908–1912 Mississippi Legislature

none February 2026 February 2026 Mississippi Legislature Mississippi State Capitol Mississippi 1908 1 7 y 1912 1 2 y 1907 Mississippi elections Mississippi State Senate 45 President Luther Manship President pro tempore John Lawrence Hebron Jr. Democratic Mississippi House of Representatives 133 Speaker Hugh McQueen Street Democratic 1908 1 7 y 1908 3 21 y 1910 1 4 y 1910 4 16 y 1911 11 1 y 1911 11 15 y 1904–1908 Mississippi Legislature 1912–1916 Mississippi Legislature The 1908–1912 Mississippi Legislature met in three sessions between January 1908 and November 1911.Mississippi 1964 Mississippi official and statistical register. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000549439 Mississippi official and statistical register v. 203 0196-4755Mississippi Council/Senate Journals, 1798-: Jan 1908 Sess — LLMC https://discover.llmc.com/?a=d&d=LLMC-40801-1908-001.1.4&e=-------en-25--1--img---------------------------1 2025-12-27 discover.llmc.com Elections were held on November 5, 1907. The first session of the term, and the Legislature's 80th overall, met between January 7, 1908 and March 21, 1908. The second session, and the Legislature's 81st overall, met between January 4, 1910 and April 16, 1910.Mississippi Council/Senate Journals, 1798-: Jan 1910 Sess — LLMC https://discover.llmc.com/?a=d&d=LLMC-40801-1910-001.1.4&e=-------en-25--1--img---------------------------1 2025-12-27 discover.llmc.com 1072 The third and final session, and the legislature's 82nd overall, met from November 1, 1911, to November 15, 1911.Mississippi Council/Senate Journals, 1798-: Nov 1911 Sp Sess — LLMC https://discover.llmc.com/?a=d&d=LLMC-40801-1911-001.1.4&e=-------en-25--1--img---------------------------1 2025-12-28 discover.llmc.com Senate As Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi, Luther Manship served ex officio as President of the Senate.Rowland Dunbar https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/GiI48lqMC3cC The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi 1908 Department of Archives and History 992 en John L. Hebron Jr. served as President pro tempore, elected over W. T. McDonald in a 30-11 vote. Frank Roberson served as Secretary, and L. F. Chiles served as Assistant Secretary. Several new senators were sworn in during 1910. Three senators died, and five resigned, between the 1910 and 1911 sessions, and their vacancies were not filled. All senators were Democrats. + 1908 Mississippi State Senate District Counties Senator Name Residence First Hancock, Harrison, Jackson W. T. McDonald Bay St. Louis Second Wayne, Jones, Perry, Greene W. W. West Richton Third Jasper, Clarke Sam Whitman (1908) Bay Springs C. W. Thigpen (1910) Fourth Simpson, Covington, Marion, Pearl River, Lamar Theodore G. Bilbo Poplarville Fifth Rankin, Smith W. T. Simmons Raleigh Sixth Pike, Franklin M. C. McGehee Little Springs Seventh Amite, Wilkinson W. F. Tucker Woodville Eighth Lincoln, Lawrence F. M. Bush New Hebron Ninth Adams Charles F. Engle Natchez Tenth Claiborne, Jefferson J. S. Logan Fayette Eleventh Copiah E. A. Rowan Wesson Twelfth Hinds, Warren W. K. McLaurin Vicksburg Clayton D. Potter Jackson J. R. McDowell Jackson Thirteenth Scott, Newton G. H. Banks Newton Fourteenth Lauderdale John A. Bailey Bailey Fifteenth Kemper, Winston J. R. Key (1908, 1910) Rio Sixteenth Noxubee Walter Price Prairie Point Seventeenth Leake, Neshoba R. L. Breland Philadelphia Eighteenth Madison E. B. Harrell Canton Nineteenth Yazoo W. D. Gibbs Bentonia Twentieth Sharkey, Issaquena H. P. Farish Mayersville Twenty-first Holmes S. N. Sample (1908) Ebenezer W. A. Pierce (1910) Twenty-second Attala Wiley Sanders Kosciusko Twenty-third Oktibbeha, Choctaw J. Lem Seawright Ackerman Twenty-fourth Clay, Webster F. G. Barry (1908) West Point Stacy Hibbler (1910) Twenty-fifth Lowndes M. A. Franklin Columbus Twenty-sixth Carroll, Montgomery Lee McMillan Carrollton Twenty-seventh Leflore, Tallahatchie R. V. Pollard Greenwood Twenty-eighth Yalobusha, Grenada F. H. Harper Grenada Twenty-ninth Washington, Sunflower J. L. Hebron Greenville Thomas R. Baird (1908, 1910) Indianola Thirtieth Bolivar J. C. Burrus Benoit Thirty-first Chickasaw, Calhoun, Pontotoc C. E. Franklin Pontotoc J. J. Adams Pittsboro Thirty-second Lafayette G. R. Hightower (Resigned Jan 25, 1908) Oxford R. A. Dean Not listed Thirty-third Panola C. B. Vance Batesville Thirty-fourth Coahoma, Tunica, Quitman B. D. Simpson (1908, 1910) Marks Thirty-fifth DeSoto G. L. Darden Hernando Thirty-sixth Union, Tippah, Benton, Marshall, Tate W. J. East Senatobia Hugh K. Mahon Holly Springs S. Joe Owen New Albany Thirty-seventh Tishomingo, Alcorn, Prentiss J. A. Cunningham Booneville Thirty-eighth Monroe, Lee, Itawamba W. D. Anderson Tupelo G. J. Leftwich Aberdeen House All representatives were Democrats. +Officers of the HouseOfficeNameSpeakerH. M. StreetClerkL. Pink SmithJournal ClerkLee J. WilsonSergeant-at-ArmsW. E. CaffeePostmistressAnnie GlassDoorkeepersU. H. Tompkins and W. R. HooverStenographersMadie Fitzgerald and Nettie RatliffPagesMarvin Stainton, Holloway Bird, Jake Myers, Albert O. Mitchell, Lewis Whitson, Solon Dobbs, Edward Wright, Hoke Frazier, James K. Vardaman, Jr. + 1908 Mississippi House of RepresentativesHouse of Representatives Journals, 1798-: Jan 1910 Sp Sess — LLMC https://discover.llmc.com/?a=d&d=LLMC-40802-1910-001.1.5&e=-------en-25--1--img---------------------------1 2025-12-28 discover.llmc.com County Name Postoffice Adams (outside Natchez) W. A. Killingsworth Cannonsburg Adams (Natchez) Israel N. Moses Natchez Alcorn S. M. Nabors Rienzi W. T. Bennett Corinth Amite Eugene Gerald Smithdale Claude L. Fenn Smithdale Attala D. C. Bailey Ayres J. J. Britt Bolatusha Benton R. M. Frazier Hickory Flat Bolivar C. R. Smith Cleveland George B. Shelby Shelby Calhoun J. B. Going Pittsboro W. J. Patterson Pittsboro Carroll T. O. Yewell Carrollton S. S. Monday North Carrollton Chickasaw Frank Burkitt Okolona J. A. Lewis Houston Choctaw C. A. Lindsey Eupora Claiborne R. B. Anderson Port Gibson Clarke A. Johnston Shubuta Clay J. C. Bridges Pheba J. P. Valentine Pheba Coahoma O. G. Johnston Friars Point W. A. Alcorn Jr. Clarksdale Copiah C. E. Hood Dentville W. W. Robertson Wesson W. B. Miller Hazlehurst Covington W. L. Cranford Seminary DeSoto E. J. Pollard Hernando J. H. Simpson Watson Forrest Stokes V. Robertson Hattiesburg Franklin M. H. Jones Little Springs Greene E. W. Breland Leakesville Grenada S. A. Morrison Grenada Hancock E. J. Gex Bay St. Louis Harrison J. B. Clark Nugent Hinds H. M. Quin Jackson M. Ney Williams Raymond S. A. D. Greaves Asylum P. O. Holmes J. B. Mitchell Goodman L. S. Rogers West J. A. Dicken Durant Issaquena L. Peyton Mayersville Itawamba J. F. Dison Eastman Jackson M. A. Dees Scranton Jasper M. A. Lewis Missionary Jefferson Davis J. O. Cowart Prentiss Jefferson J. E. Lamb Union Church Jones L. Stainton Laurel Kemper G. J. Rencher DeKalb S. M. Graham Oak Grove Lafayette L. M. Russell Oxford C. E. Slough Oxford Lamar J. L. Bryant Baxterville Lauderdale (Outside Meridian) Joe D. Stennis Bailey Lauderdale (Whole County) W. R. Denton Hookston Lauderdale (Meridian) H. M. Street Meridian Lawrence Lee H. Bird Tryus Leake L. A. Zachry Lena Lee George H. Hill, Jr. Tupelo F. A. Greene Verona Leflore J. A. Tyson Greenwood Lincoln M. McCullough Brookhaven Lowndes (East of Tombigbee) T. A. Stinson Columbus B. G. Hull Columbus (R. F. D. No. 3) Lowndes (West of Tombigbee) W. R. Moody Columbus Madison R. W. Stewart Madison John B. Martin Cameron Marion A. L. Yates Columbia Marshall C. H. Curd Holly Springs W. H. King Tasca John Calhoon Holly Springs Monroe H. F. Broyles Greenwood Springs D. A. Beeks Aberdeen (R. F. D. No. 2) T. R. Caldwell Amory (R. F. D.) Montgomery Sid I. Robinson Winona Neshoba A. D. Sharpe Engine Newton J. D. Carr Newton M. P. Foy Decatur Noxubee E. D. Cavett Macon M. O'Byrne Macon I. L. Dorroh Macon Oktibbeha (West) N. Q. Adams Sturges Oktibbeha (East) J. H. Wellborn Starkville Panola W. E. Davis Como J. M. Cox Batesville L. C. Johnson Reynolds Pearl River J. C. Shivers Poplarville Perry D. K. McDonald New Augusta Pike G. H. Alford Magnolia L. W. Felder Felder's P. O. Pontotoc W. T. Stegall Pontotoc J. I. Longest Troy Prentiss W. A. White Booneville J. H. Gardner Booneville Quitman J. B. Stone Belen Rankin A. G. Norrell Plain W. D. Heslep Pelahatchie Scott Oliver McIlhenny Forest Sharkey B. Goodman Cary Simpson W. M. Lofton Mendenhall Smith E. G. Robinson (1908) Raleigh J. J. Terry Not listed Sunflower C. P. Adair Indianola Tate Walker Wood Senatobia Herbert Holmes Senatobia Tallahatchie John N. Sullivant Teasdale Tippah S. O. Love Ripley Tishomingo M. D. Adams Iuka Tunica Charles Doherty Tunica Union G. L. Jones New Albany A. J. Jones Myrtle Warren J. J. O'Neill Vicksburg T. R. Foster Vicksburg George R. Hawkins Bovina Washington J. H. Nelms Greenville Van B. Boddie Greenville N. W. Sumrall Belzoni Wayne E. W. Stewart Waynesboro Webster T. R. Langston Walthall Wilkinson W. J. Stockett Woodville S. R. Jones Centreville Winston O. A. Bennett Louisville Yalobusha J. L. Harris Water Valley J. R. Coleman Velma Yazoo Will H. Hudson Yazoo City Theo. Schmidt Yazoo City C. J. Burrus Yazoo City + Floater Representatives District / Counties Name Postoffice Notes Franklin and Lincoln R. E. Bennett Meadville Tippah and Benton A. C. Anderson Ripley Claiborne and Jefferson J. F. Frierson Port Gibson Clarke and Jasper J. D. Fatheree Quitman Grenada and Montgomery M. H. Allen Winona Leake and Winston W. B. Woodall Noxapater Harrison and Jackson Horace Bloomfield Gulfport Yazoo and Hinds Charles Perkins Yazoo City Lee and Itawamba W. S. Sheffield Dorsey References Category:Mississippi legislative sessions Category:1908 in Mississippi Category:1909 in Mississippi Category:1910 in Mississippi Category:1911 in Mississippi