1916–1920 Mississippi Legislature

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The 1916-1920 (or 84th)[1] Mississippi Legislature met in three sessions, from January to April 1916, from September to October 1917, and from January to March 1918.[2] 45 senators and 133 representatives were in each session.[1]

District apportionment[edit]

Senate[edit]

In the 1916 session, the Senate was made of 38 senatorial districts.[1] After the constitutional amendment of 1916, 4 more districts were added.[1] Some districts had more than one representative.[1]

House[edit]

From 1916 to 1920, each county served as a district with representatives. There were some floater representatives that served between two different counties.[1]

Party breakdown[edit]

Senate[edit]

Affiliation Members
  Democratic Party 45
  Other party* 0
  Seat Vacant** 0
 Total 45

House of Representatives[edit]

Affiliation Members
  Democratic Party 132
  Other party* 1
  Seat Vacant** 0
 Total 133

Officers[edit]

Senate[edit]

Presiding Officer[edit]

Position Name Party District
President Lee M. Russell Democratic Party n/a
President Pro Tempore Carroll Kendrick Democratic Party 37

House of Representatives[edit]

Presiding Officer[edit]

Position Name Party County
Speaker of the House Martin S. Conner Democratic Party Covington

Members of the Mississippi State Senate, 1916-1920[edit]

District Name Party Residence
1 Francis Marion Johnson (1916) D Ford
Zachary Taylor Champlin (1918) D Biloxi
2 Columbus W. Walley D Waynesboro
3 John W. White D Rose Hill
4 Henry Clay Yawn (1916) D Lumberton
Bee King (1918) D Mendenhall
5 Edgar M. Lane D Taylorsville
6 Charles E. Thompson D Garden City
7 Daniel W. Huff D Centerville
8 E. Harvey McGehee D Monticello
9 William C. Bowman D Natchez
10 Battaille H. Wade D Tillman
11 James M. Coen D Mizpah
12 Joseph A. Baker D Jackson
G. Edward Williams (1916) D
George Anderson (1918) D Vicksburg
H. K. Murray D
13 Lamar Q. C. Williams D Union
14 Richard E. Thompson D Toomsuba
15 John A. Clark D DeKalb
16 John Q. Poindexter D Ravine
17 Earl S. Richardson D Philadelphia
18 Clarence B. Greaves D Flora
19 Peter Stubblefield D Yazoo City
20 Lorraine C. Dulaney D Grace
21 Homer H. Casteel D Pickens
22 David E. Crawley D Kosciusko
23 William R. Chrismond D Ackerman
24 Scheller A. Miller D West Point
25 William P. Stribling D Columbus
26 Lewis S. Hemphill D Valley Hill
27 William M. Whittington D Greenwood
28 James A. Blount D Grenada
29 Van Buren Boddie (1916) D Greenville
Walton Shields (1918) D
John F. Burrow D Ruleville
30 Walter B. Parks D Merigold
31 N. W. Bradford D Houston
Marshal T. Adams D Pontotoc
32 James C. Eskridge D DeLay
33 Calvin B. Vance D Batesville
34 Lester C. Franklin D Clarksdale
35 John W. Barbee (1916)[a] D Hernando
Joseph N. Brown (1918) D Olive Branch
36 William H. Dyson D Hickory Flat
Sam C. Mims, Jr. D Holly Springs
Henry Clay Collins D Myrtle
37 Carroll Kendrick D Kendrick
38 Thomas K. Boggan D Tupelo
Anthony J. Cox D Smithville
39 S. J. Hathorn (1918) D Columbia
40 Henry Clay Yawn (1918) D Lumberton
41 Francis M. Johnson (1918) D Ford
42 Claude E. Hill (1918) D Hattiesburg

Members of the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1916-1920[edit]

County Name Party Full terms of office Residence
Adams Walter G. Green D 1916–1920 Natchez
L. T. Kennedy D 1918–1932 Natchez
Albert B. Sojourner D 1916–1924 Natchez
Alcorn Robert B. Cotton[b] (1916) D 1911–1917 Corinth
J. R. Hill (1918) D 1917-1920
John B. Splann D 1916–1920 Kendrick
Amite John F. Cassels D 1916–1920 Gloster
Drury Wall D 1916–1920 Peoria
Attala James C. Wasson D 1916–1920 Ethel
Icey W. Day D 1916–1920; 1932–1940; 1944–1952 Ethel
Benton Roderick McGill D 1916–1920 Falkner
Bolivar Walter Sillers, Jr. D 1916–1966 Rosedale
Stanley F. Gaines D 1916–1920 Boyle
Calhoun John B. Going D 1908–1920, 1940-1948 Calhoun City
Dennis Murphree D 1911–1924 Pittsboro
Carroll George I. Redditt D 1916–1920 McCarley
Lafayette J. Lott D 1916–1920 Grenada
Chickasaw Irvin Abernathy D 1916-1925 Okolona
Eugene Verrell D 1916-1920 Houston
Choctaw Carlton A. Lindsey D 1908-1920; 1928-1932 Eupora
Claiborne Talbert Luster D 1912-1920 Utica
Clarke Howard L. Miller D 1916-1920 Quitman
Clay Barney S. Semmelman (1916)[c] D 1916-1917 West Point
J. A. McArthur (1918) 1917-1920 West Point
Frank B. Stephens D 1916-1920 West Point
Coahoma Oscar G. Johnston D 1908-1920 Clarksdale
Robert L. Ralston D 1916-1920 Coahoma
Copiah John A. Smylie D 1916-1920 Crystal Springs
Benjamin King D 1916-1920 Hazlehurst
George W. Russell D 1916-1924 Hazlehurst
Covington Martin Sennet Conner D 1916-1924 Seminary
DeSoto Dalton F. Warren D 1916-1920 Olive Branch
John C. Lauderdale D 1916-1920 Bright
Forrest Elisha A. Anderson D 1912- Hattiesburg
Franklin Charles A. Everett D 1916-1920 Monroe
George Luther W. Maples D 1916-1920 Clarence
Greene William I. McLain D 1916-1920 Richton
Grenada William Aylmer Winter D 1916-1924 Grenada
Hancock Robert L. Genin D 1912-1920; 1926-1928 Bay St. Louis
Harrison Ernest E. O'Neal D 1916- Saucier
Hinds Verell P. Ferguson D 1912-1923 Learned
Edward H. Green D 1916- Jackson
John Sivley Rhodes D 1916- Jackson
Holmes Thomas G. Stephenson D 1912- Lexington
Leland N. White D 1916- Lexington
Henry H. Johnson D 1916- Lexington
Issaquena Robert E. Foster D 1912-1931 Shiloh
Itawamba William C. Gray D 1916- Fulton
Jackson William R. David D 1916- Carterville
Jasper Henry Lloyd Finch D 1916-1924 Heidelberg
Jefferson William M. Darden D 1912- McNair
Jefferson Davis Oliver C. Luper D 1916- Prentiss
Jones James H. Bush D 1912- Laurel
Kemper Joseph J. Daniel D 1916- DeKalb
Edmund J. Irby D 1916- Scooba
Lafayette David F. Hoyle D 1916- Paris
Henry L. Davis D 1916-1920; 1924-1928 Tula
Lamar John A. Yeager D 1916-1932 Lumberton
Lauderdale Thomas L. Bailey D 1916-1940 Meridian
Willis M. Taylor D 1916-1920 Meridian
Jesse D. Bounds D 1916-1920; 1928-1932 Bailey
Lawrence Charles E. Gibson D 1916- Monticello
Leake Martin M. Miller D 1916-1920 Edinburg
Lee Frank L. Kincannon D 1916- Tupelo
James S. Howerton D 1912- Baldwyn
Leflore William S. Barry D 1888-1892; 1916-1920 Greenwood
Lincoln John F. Cole D 1916- Bogue Chitto
Lowndes John F. Frierson D 1916- Columbus
Dabney L. Ervin D 1912- Columbus
Joseph R. Thomas D 1916- Columbus
Madison John B. Dendy D 1912- Pickens
Tip Ray D 1916- Canton
Marion Ethelbert I. Singley I 1916-1920 Columbia
Marshall William W. Stamps D 1916- Colliersville, TN
Wilfred I. Spears D 1916- Byhalia
John A. Hardin D 1916- Potts Camp
Monroe William H. Kolb D 1916- Aberdeen
William L. C. Bailey D 1916- Aberdeen
Arna A. Tubb D 1916- Amory
Montgomery Elijah M. Thompson D 1912- Winona
Neshoba Thomas B. Williams D 1916- Philadelphia
Newton Nathan M. Everett D 1912- Hickory
Bennie W. Dearing D 1916- Newton
Noxubee Thomas W. Brame D 1912- Macon
Clinton E. Dorroh D 1916- Macon
Prince DeWitt Hubbard D 1916- Shuqualak
Oktibbeha Joseph S. Rice D 1916- Starkville
John D. Greene Jr. D 1916- Sturgis
Panola Albert Sidney Kyle D 1900-1912; 1916- Batesville
Felix H. Nelson D 1916- Pope
Robert T. Keys D 1916- Sardis
Pearl River Jess E. Stockstill D 1916- Picayune
Perry Gabriel D. Draughn D 1916- New Augusta
Pike Joseph E. Norwood D 1916- Magnolia
Fenelon D. Hewitt D 1916- McComb
Pontotoc William T. Stegall D 1896- Pontotoc
Frank Roberson D 1916-1917 Pontotoc
Thomas J. Wingo D 1917- Toccopola
Prentiss Robert E. L. Sutherland D 1916- Wheeler
Bartho L. Breedlove D 1916- Booneville
Quitman Ula B. Ross D 1916-1920 Lambert
Rankin William E. McIntyre D 1916- Brandon
Richard H. Watts D 1916- Pelahatchie
Scott William L. Weems D Sun
Sharkey Samuel B. Alexander D 1916- Rolling Fork
Simpson William F. Stroud D 1916- Pinola
Smith Henry C. Thornton D 1916- Taylorville
Stone A. Batson D 1916-1920
Sunflower Arthur B. Clark D 1916-1924 Indianola
Tallahatchie Rowe Hays D 1916- Sumner
Tate William J. East D 1896-1900; 1904-1908; 1916–1920 Senatobia
Servetus L. Crockett D 1916- Tyro
Tippah William R. Wildman D 1916- Ripley
Tishomingo James R. Mann D 1916- Iuka
Tunica James M. Anderson D 1916- Tunica
Union John N. Magill D 1916- Bethany
Sam J. Purvis D 1916- Blue Springs
Walthall William W. Pope D Tylertown
Warren Thomas R. Foster D 1902-1912; 1916- Vicksburg
George R. Hawkins D 1908-1912; 1916- Vicksburg
Robert L. C. Barret D 1916- Vicksburg
Washington Alfred H. Stone D 1916-1924 Dunleith Plantation
Alexander G. Paxton D 1916- Greenville
Walter S. Knotts D 1916- Belzoni
Wayne Grover C. Clark D 1916- Heidelberg
Webster Solon S. Gore D 1916- Embry
Wilkinson James R. Hutcheson D 1916- Centerville
C. T. Netterville, Jr. D 1916- Wilkinson
Winston Frank McGehee Glenn D 1916- Noxapater
Yalobusha George E. Denley D 1916- Coffeeville
William A. Nolen D 1916- Water Valley
Yazoo Benjamin F. Roberts D 1916- Satartia
Patrick C. Meagher D 1916-1920 Yazoo City
Excell Coody D 1916- Phoenix
Franklin &

Lincoln

Fred A. Wright D 1916- Lucien
Tippah &

Benton

Frederick B. Smith D 1916- Ripley
Claiborne &

Jefferson

Samuel R. Young D 1916- Pattison
Clarke &

Jasper

William L. West D 1916- Vossburg
Grenada &

Montgomery

William H. Dyre D 1916-1920 Winona
Leake &

Winston

John C. Holton D 1916- Louisville
Harrison &

Jackson

John M. Hairston D 1916- Gulfport
Lee &

Itawamba

Robert S. Sheffield D 1916- Dorsey
Yazoo &

Hinds

Dr. Virgil M. Perry D 1916- Satartia
R. S. Bowman D 1916- Benton

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Resigned before 1918 session
  2. ^ Died in 1917
  3. ^ Resigned to fight in World War I

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
  2. ^ "2016-2020 MISSISSIPPI BLUE BOOK". www.sos.ms.gov. Archived from the original on 2021-05-04. Retrieved 2021-05-05.