5th Mississippi Legislature
| 5th Mississippi Legislature | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Mississippi Legislature | ||||
| Jurisdiction | Mississippi,  United States | ||||
| Meeting place | Columbia, Mississippi | ||||
| Term | November 5, 1821 – June 30, 1822 | ||||
| Mississippi State Senate | |||||
| President | James Patton | ||||
| Mississippi House of Representatives | |||||
| Speaker | Cowles Mead | ||||
| Sessions | |||||
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The 5th Mississippi Legislature met in Columbia, Mississippi in two sessions: first from November 5, 1821, to November 24, 1821, and then a special session from June 3, 1822, to June 30, 1822.[1][2]
Senate
[edit]In the first session, Lieutenant Governor James Patton served ex officio as President of the Senate.[1] For the 1822 session, new lieutenant governor David Dickson replaced Patton.[2]
| County District | Senator |
| Adams | Joseph Sessions |
| Samuel Clement | |
| Amite | Thomas Torrence |
| Wilkinson | John Joor (1st session) |
| Abram M. Scott (2nd session) | |
| Warren, Claiborne | Ralph Regan |
| Pike, Marion | William Spencer |
| Jackson, Hancock, Green, Perry | Isaac R. Nicholson |
| Lawrence | Thomas Anderson |
| Jefferson, Hinds | John Turnbull (1st session) |
| Samuel Cavit (2nd session) | |
| Monroe, Wayne, Lawrence | Harman A. Hays |
House
[edit]Cowles Mead was unanimously elected Speaker of the House.[3] Peter A. Vandorn was elected Clerk and James R. Whitney was elected Door-keeper; both were non-representatives.[3][4]
| County | Representative |
| Adams | Abram Defrance |
| James S. Morrow | |
| Adams (Natchez) | Edward Turner |
| Amite | William Gardner |
| James Jones | |
| John Lowrey | |
| Claiborne | Henry G. Johnston |
| Amos Whiting | |
| Covington | Gowen Harris |
| Franklin | Bailey E. Chainey |
| Thomas Cotton | |
| Greene | ? |
| Hancock | Noel Jourdan |
| Jackson | Thomas Bilbo |
| Jefferson | Cowles Mead |
| Robert McCray | |
| Lawrence | Harmon Runnels |
| Brewster H. Jayne | |
| Joseph Cooper | |
| Marion | Charles Stovall |
| Monroe | William Cook |
| Perry | J. J. H. Morris |
| Pike | Wiley P. Harris |
| William Dickson | |
| James Y. McNabb | |
| Warren | Jacob Hyland |
| Wayne | Samuel W. Dickson |
| Josiah Watts | |
| Wilkinson | Moses Liddell |
| Abram M. Scott | |
| William Yerby |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Journal of the Senate of the State of Mississippi ... 1821-22". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
- ^ a b "Journal of the Senate of the state of Mississippi: reformatted from the original and including". Journal of the Senate of the state of Mississippi: reformatted from the original and including. June 1822 Adj Sess: 129, 273. June 1822 – via LLMC Digital.
- ^ a b "Journal of the House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi". Journal of the House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi. Nov 1821 5th Sess. Nov 1821 – via LLMC Digital.
- ^ "Journal of the House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi". Journal of the House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi. June 1822 Adj Sess. June 1822 – via LLMC Digital.
