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Senator Thomas Hill Williams Biospot
Courtesy US Senate Historical Society
Delta Council’s Frank Howell Shout Out Interview
For many moons I have enjoyed and respected Delta Council’s Frank Howell. After speaking to the Greenville Rotary Club at the invitation of my long-time friend and colleague Drew Newsom, I stopped by to see Frank and get his help in connecting me to some people who might be kinfolk to our former members of Congress. As would be expected, …
Senator Thomas Hickman Williams’ Election in 1838
Off the top of my head (or through a search on the awesome Congressional Bioguide) I am unsure how many US Senators from the same state have the same name. Or almost the same name. One of the two first US Senators from Mississippi (in addition to Governor/US Senator Walter Leake of eventually-Clinton) was Thomas Hill Williams. Another US Senator elected some …
Senator Thomas Hill Williams’ Grave
My son John Garrett was able to join me when we found one of Mississippi’s first two US Senators Thomas Hill Williams who is buried in the City Cemetery in Nashville, TN. Here is a video of us finding him.
Ethelbert Barksdale Bio Spot
Like his brother Congressman/General William Barksdale, Ethelbert Barksdale was born in Smyrna, TN. The Barksdale family moved to Mississippi around 1837. He had a career in journalism and founded the Yazoo Democrat newspaper and ended up editing the Clarion Ledger newspaper. He was elected to the US Congress for the terms 1883-1887. Previously he was elected to both of the …
1852 and 1854 Congressional District Elections
For the Congressional Elections of 1852, Mississippi gained one more seat in Congress because of an increase in population taken from the 1850 Census. That took us from four Congressmen to five. However the Legislature was unable to meet to draw up the districts in time for the election so the fifth Congressman ran at large across the whole state …
The NOT Tucker Portrait
One of my favorite places in Mississippi is Greenwood Cemetery (GWC) in downtown Jackson. A ton of Mississippi history “resides” in a permanent state in this 200+ year old plot of land. Full disclosure: I serve on the Greenwood Cemetery Board of Directors and always want to connect any part of this blog to GWC so expect to hear plenty …
The Mississippi Congressional Biography Project
Many moons ago as I travelled across Mississippi I decided to channel my inner history nerd (which wasn’t hard to do) and see if I could find the graves of Mississippi’s governors. Of the 61 deceased governors I’ve found all but three. But as I began to find the governor’s graves I thought about the members of Congress who were …