1912–1916 Mississippi Legislature

none February 2026 February 2026 Mississippi Legislature Mississippi State Capitol Mississippi 1912 1 2 y 1916 1 y 1911 Mississippi elections Mississippi State Senate 45 President Theodore G. Bilbo President pro tempore Albert C. Anderson Democratic Mississippi House of Representatives 133 Speaker H. M. Quin Democratic 1912 1 2 y 1912 3 16 y 1913 6 10 y 1913 6 14 y 1914 1 6 y 1914 3 28 y 1908–1912 Mississippi Legislature 1916–1920 Mississippi LegislatureThe 1912–1916 Mississippi Legislature met in three sessions between January 1912 and March 1914.Mississippi 1964 Mississippi official and statistical register. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000549439 Mississippi official and statistical register. 209 0196-4755 Elections were held on November 7, 1911. The term's first session, and the legislature's 83rd overall, met between January 2, 1912 and March 16, 1912.Mississippi Council/Senate Journals, 1798-: Jan 1912 Sess — LLMC https://discover.llmc.com/?a=d&d=LLMC-40801-1912-001.1.1138&e=-------en-25--1--img---------------------------1 2025-12-30 discover.llmc.com 1, 1138 The term's second session, and the legislature's 84th overall, met between June 10, 1913 and June 14, 1913, and was a special session called for by Earl Brewer.Mississippi Council/Senate Journals, 1798-: June 1913 Ex Sess — LLMC https://discover.llmc.com/?a=d&d=LLMC-40801-1913-002.1.3&e=-------en-25--1--img---------------------------1 2025-12-30 discover.llmc.com The term's third and final session, and the legislature's 85th overall, met between January 6, 1914 and March 28, 1914.Mississippi Council/Senate Journals, 1798-: Jan 1914 Reg Sess — LLMC https://discover.llmc.com/?a=d&d=LLMC-40801-1914-001.1.2&e=-------en-25--1--img---------------------------1 2025-12-30 discover.llmc.com All legislators were Democrats. Senate A. C. Anderson was elected President pro tempore of the Senate, defeating Carroll Kendrick and J. D. Donald in a 26-10-5 vote. +Officers of the SenateRowland Dunbar https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/-MoGAQAAIAAJ The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi 1912 Department of Archives and History enOfficePresidentTheodore G. BilboPresident pro temA. C. AndersonSecretaryJ. W. T. Falkner Jr.Assistant SecretaryH. E. KingSergeant-at-ArmsE. M. Barber Jr.DoorkeepersW. H. Rees, J. J. EllisPostmistressMadie FitzgeraldStenographersEugenia Davis, Bessie WinslowPagesJohn A. Bailey Jr., Graham Brady, Forrest B. Jackson, Frank Broyles Jr., W. V. Simmons W. C. Martin and J. F. Guynes were sworn in during 1913.Mississippi Council/Senate Journals, 1798-: June 1913 Ex Sess — LLMC https://discover.llmc.com/?a=d&d=LLMC-40801-1913-002.1.5&e=-------en-25--1--img---------------------------1 2025-12-30 discover.llmc.com Polk Talbert was sworn in for the 1914 session. +1912 Mississippi State SenateDistrictCountiesSenator NameResidenceFirstHancock, Harrison, JacksonA. W. BondWigginsSecondWayne, Jones, Perry, Greene, ForrestJ. D. DonaldHattiesburgThirdJasper, ClarkeJ. D. FathereeQuitmanFourthSimpson, Covington, Marion, Pearl River, LamarM. U. MoungerCollinsFifthRankin, SmithH. W. BradshawPelahatchieSixthPike, FranklinJoseph E. NorwoodMagnoliaSeventhAmite, WilkinsonR. E. Jackson (1912–1913)LibertyPolk Talbert (1914)EighthLincoln, Lawrence, Jefferson DavisG. A. HobbsBrookhavenNinthAdamsRichard F. Reed (1912)NatchezW. C. Martin (1913–1914)TenthClaiborne, JeffersonS. R. YoungMartinEleventhCopiahE. A. Rowan (1912)WessonJasper Felix Guynes (1913–1914)TwelfthHinds, WarrenClayton D. PotterJacksonTwelfthHinds, WarrenW. K. McLaurinVicksburgTwelfthHinds, WarrenS. N. CollierVicksburgThirteenthScott, NewtonDallas StewartDamascusFourteenthLauderdaleJohn A. BaileyBaileyFifteenthKemper, WinstonH. C. CarterLouisville (R. F. D. No. 1)SixteenthNoxubeeWalter PriceMaconSeventeenthLeake, NeshobaW. A. EllisCarthageEighteenthMadisonC. B. GreavesFloraNineteenthYazooT. H. CampbellYazoo CityTwentiethSharkey, IssaquenaW. H. ClementsRolling ForkTwenty-firstHolmesH. H. CasteelPickensTwenty-secondAttalaWiley SandersKosciuskoTwenty-thirdOktibbeha, ChoctawH. H. SikesStarkvilleTwenty-fourthClay, WebsterJ. W. SpencerBellefontaineTwenty-fifthLowndesW. A. LoveCrawfordTwenty-sixthCarroll, MontgomeryJ. P. TaylorWinonaTwenty-seventhLeflore, TallahatchieHall W. SandersCharlestonTwenty-eighthYalobusha, GrenadaJ. W. BrownBryantTwenty-ninthWashington, SunflowerVan B. BoddieGreenvilleTwenty-ninthWashington, SunflowerN. W. SumrallBelzoniThirtiethBolivarJ. C. WalkerShawThirty-firstChickasaw, Calhoun, PontotocFrank BurkittOkolonaThirty-firstChickasaw, Calhoun, PontotocW. J. EvansCalhoun CityThirty-secondLafayetteLee RussellOxfordThirty-thirdPanolaA. S. KyleBatesvilleThirty-fourthCoahoma, Tunica, QuitmanS. A. WithersAustinThirty-fifthDeSotoAlbert Myers Jr.Byhalia (R. F. D.)Thirty-sixthUnion, Tippah, Benton, Marshall, TateA. C. AndersonRipleyThirty-sixthUnion, Tippah, Benton, Marshall, TateB. A. Tucker Jr.SenatobiaThirty-sixthUnion, Tippah, Benton, Marshall, TateJohn M. EddinsByhaliaThirty-seventhTishomingo, Alcorn, PrentissCarroll KendrickKendrickThirty-eighthMonroe, Lee, ItawambaH. F. BroylesGreenwood SpringsThirty-eighthMonroe, Lee, ItawambaJ. S. StephensMarietta (R. F. D. No. 2) House Hillrie M. Quin was unanimously elected Speaker.House of Representatives Journals, 1798-: Jan 1912 Sess — LLMC https://discover.llmc.com/?a=d&d=LLMC-40802-1912-001.1.7&e=-------en-25--1--img---------------------------1 2025-12-30 discover.llmc.com + Officers of the House Office Name Speaker H. M. Quin Clerk S. V. Robertson Sergeant-at-Arms J. H. O'Neal Post Mistress M. L. Turnage Doorkeepers H. T. Stovall and A. S. Payne Stenographers Jeannette Ratliff and May Seay Pages Evans Bull, Hugh Bailey, Lonnie Cook, Livesay Everett, John Owen, Pierre Robert, Archie Toler, Raymond Thompson, Verdo Webb + 1912 Mississippi House of Representatives County Name Postoffice Adams Winchester Jenkins Natchez Beekman Laub Natchez Alcorn Sam M. Nabors Corinth (R. F. D. No. 4) R. B. Cotten Corinth (R. F. D.) Amite E. B. Carter Liberty (R. F. D. No. 3) W. H. Griffin Liberty (R. F. D. No. 3) Attala D. C. Bailey Center E. C. King Kosciusko Benton W. E. Houston Ashland Bolivar W. B. Parks Merigold H. E. Denton Shelby Calhoun J. B. Going Calhoun City Dennis Murphree Pittsboro Carroll L. S. Hemphill Valley Hill C. W. West McCarley Chickasaw Fred J. McDonald (1912-1913) Okolona W. F. Buchanan (1914)House of Representatives Journals, 1798-: Jan 1914 Sess — LLMC https://discover.llmc.com/?a=d&d=LLMC-40802-1914-001.1.9&e=-------en-25--1--img---------------------------1 2025-12-30 discover.llmc.com J. A. Lewis Houston Choctaw C. A. Lindsey Eupora Claiborne T. A. Luster Utica (R. F. D. No. 2) Clarke Brownlee Harvey Pachuta Clay J. L. Smith West Point W. H. Durham Montpelier Coahoma O. G. Johnston Friars Point S. W. Glass (1912-1913) Dublin James F. Fontaine (1914) Copiah John B. Mayes Hazlehurst I. R. Martin Utica (R. F. D. No. 7) W. C. Beacham Wesson Covington J. W. Watson Seminary DeSoto J. H. Simpson Byhalia J. W. Barbee Jr. Hernando Forrest E. A. Anderson Hattiesburg Franklin Moze H. Jones Monroe George J. G. Rodgers Howell Greene W. W. Walley Richton (R. F. D. No. 1) Grenada S. A. Morrison Grenada Hancock R. L. Genin Bay St. Louis Harrison C. L. Rushing Biloxi Hinds H. M. Quin Jackson H. B. Gillespie Raymond V. P. Ferguson Learned Holmes T. G. Stevenson Lexington R. W. Gulledge Bowling Green R. A. Montgomery Durant Issaquena R. E. Foster Shiloh Itawamba B. M. Pearce Dorsey Jackson W. D. McLeod Moss Point Jasper J. W. White Rose Hill Jefferson W. M. Darden McNair Jefferson Davis J. F. Burrow Carson Jones J. H. Bush Laurel Kemper G. J. Rencher DeKalb W. I. Milan Preston Lafayette J. M. Sanders Oxford (R. F. D. No. 1) J. C. Eskridge DeLay Lamar F. M. Whidden Purvis Lauderdale J. D. Stennis Meridian C. P. Walker Meridian J. M. Harwell Meridian Lawrence J. P. Conn Topeka Leake W. L. Evans Carthage Lee P. E. Carothers Tupelo J. S. Howerton Tupelo Leflore D. P. Montgomery Greenwood Lincoln Will D. Womack Fair River Lowndes S. B. Johnston Columbus D. L. Ervin Columbus S. T. Pilkinton Artesia Madison John M. Greaves Livingston J. B. Dendy Cameron Marion E. H. Mounger (1912)House of Representatives Journals, 1798-: June 1913 Ex Sess — LLMC https://discover.llmc.com/?a=d&d=LLMC-40802-1913-001.1.6&e=-------en-25--1--img---------------------------1 2025-12-30 discover.llmc.com Columbia John B. Dale (1913-1914) Marshall George D. Myers Holly Springs W. H. Sharp Wall Hill Clarence Moore Holly Springs Monroe B. N. Edens Aberdeen (R. F. D. No. 4) D. H. Streetman Smithville T. T. Davenport Aberdeen Montgomery E. M. Thompson Winona (R. F. D. No. 1) Neshoba G. E. Wilson Philadelphia Newton N. M. Everett Hickory T. I. Doolittle Newton Noxubee T. W. Brame Macon E. D. Cavett Macon H. A. Minor Jr. Macon Oktibbeha C. B. Hannah Sturgis J. H. Wellborn Starkville Panola H. W. Crenshaw Crenshaw W. R. Waldrop Courtland (R. F. D.) James Ruffin Sardis Pearl River Leopold Locke Poplarville Perry S. T. Garraway Richton Pike M. G. Felder Summit (R. F. D. No. 1) W. S. Tate Osyka (R. F. D. No. 1) Pontotoc C. C. Benefield Walfield W. C. Pittman Pontotoc Prentiss T. D. Rees Booneville H. C. Williams Marietta Quitman W. T. Covington Marks Rankin A. B. Stubblefield Brandon Edgar Misterfeldt Plains Scott H. H. Harper Harperville Sharkey B. Goodman Cary Simpson L. A. McCaskill Magee Smith W. T. Simmons Raleigh Sunflower Ed. Franklin Ruleville Tallahatchie Jos. A. May Sumner Tate J. C. Sheffield Arkabutla J. W. Crawford Coldwater Tippah L. E. Childers Dumas Tishomingo L. R. Neal Tishomingo Tunica R. S. Alexander Dundee Union S. Joe Owen New Albany E. A. Brown Etta Warren Moncure Dabney Vicksburg Sam Mackey Vicksburg B. E. Griffin Oak Ridge Washington L. M. Nicholson Percy W. S. Watson Greenville H. C. Hamblen Greenville Wayne J. V. Gandy Waynesboro Webster D. A. Tabb Walthall Wilkinson D. C. Bramlett Woodville M. D. Johnson Gloster (R. F. D. No. 1) Winston R. J. Boswell Noxapater Yalobusha Jesse Coleman Velma J. W. Meece Water Valley Yazoo R. C. Langford Yazoo City (R. F. D. No. 1) N. A. Mott Yazoo City R. M. Rice Bentonia (R. F. D. No. 1) +Floater RepresentativesDistrict / CountiesNamePostofficeFranklin and LincolnL. L. MageeBrookhavenTippah and BentonJ. M. Talbot Jr.FalknerClaiborne and JeffersonW. H. TorreyFayetteClarke and JasperL. L. DensonBay SpringsGrenada and MontgomeryEdwin BousheElliottLeake and WinstonR. B. DensonHarperville (R. F. D.)Harrison and JacksonF. M. JohnsonFordLee and ItawambaJ. M. SpraddlingTupeloYazoo and HindsW. E. MallettJackson References Category:1912 in Mississippi Category:1913 in Mississippi Category:1914 in Mississippi Category:1915 in Mississippi Category:Mississippi legislative sessions