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 elected from Mississippi.
Unlike the governors, not much attention has been given to the Members of Congress as a collection of stories – which is a shame. When we can highlight such a diverse group as Jefferson Davis and Hiram Revels there are certainly stories to tell. So my next project is to not only find the graves of our Members of Congress but to blog about their lives, their stories, their duels, their fights (quite literally in some cases), their families and any other tidbits I may find interesting.
My first focus will be on those men who served from the territory to 1900. I hope you’ll enjoy the journey as I take it.
NOTE: If you find a picture I have used and I didn’t give it the proper credit/permission please let me know ASAP. So many of the pics I use I’ve had for a long time and I can’t recall where I first got them.