Mississippi Chronicles
Select an option from the tag cloud below or search a topic for Mississippi Chronicles. The size of each word indicates the frequency with which the topic has been discussed.
- Governor/Cong Tilghman Tucker
- Sen Thomas Hill Williams
- Sen Thomas Hickman Williams
- Cong William Lake
- Sen Hiram Revels
- Sen John Henderson
- Cong Jonathan Wilcox
- Cong David Dickson
- Cong Benjamin Nabers
- Cong Hendley Bennett
- Sen John Black
- Cong John Freeman
- Cong Franklin Plummer
- Cong Otho Singleton
- Sen James F. Trotter
- Cong Wiley P Harris
- Cong Harry Cage
- Cong Thomas Catchings
- Cong Chapman Anderson
- Sen Robert Huntington Adams
The One-Hit Wonders
There were 41 Congressional members of the One Hit Wonder Club from the Territory until 1900. That means they only served one term in either the US House or the US Senate.
Sen Hiram Revels Gravesite
History nerds like me love a “first” or an “only time this happened” story. Senator Hiram Revels certainly makes that cut as the first African American US Senator elected in the country. And we are proud to have him as a Mississippian.