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HENRY, Patrick, Congress, MS (1861-1933)

HENRY, Patrick, (nephew of Patrick Henry [1843-1930]), a Representative from Mississippi; born near Helena, Phillips County, Ark., February 15, 1861; moved with his parents to Vicksburg, Miss.,…

Bill Green LOWREY, Congress, MS (1862-1947)

LOWREY, Bill Green, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Kossuth, Alcorn County, Miss., May 25, 1862; attended the public schools and Blue Mountain Academy, Blue Mountain, Miss.; was…

John Mills ALLEN, Congress, MS (1846-1917)

ALLEN, John Mills, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Tishomingo County, Miss., July 8, 1846; attended the common schools; during the Civil War enlisted as a private in the Confederate…

Henry Lowndes MULDROW, Congress, MS (1837-1905)

MULDROW, Henry Lowndes, a Representative from Mississippi; born near Tibbes Station, Clay County, Miss., February 8, 1837; was graduated from the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1857…

James Bright MORGAN, Congress, MS (1833-1892)

MORGAN, James Bright, a Representative from Mississippi; born near Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tenn., March 14, 1833; moved with his parents to De Soto County, Miss., in 1840 and settled in…

Fannie Lou (Townsend) Hamer

civil rights activistBorn: 10/6/1917Birthplace: Ruleville, Miss. Hamer was the youngest of 20 children and began working with her sharecropper parents at age 6. She left school after the sixth grade…

Le Roy PERCY, Congress, MS (1860-1929)

Senate Years of Service: 1910-1913Party: DemocratPERCY, Le Roy, a Senator from Mississippi; born near Greenville, Washington County, Miss., on November 9, 1860; attended the public schools;…

John FLEMING, Congress, LA (1951)

FLEMING, John, a Representative from Louisiana; born in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Miss.; July 5, 1951; B. S., University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss., 1973; M. D., University of…