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Fenelon D. Hewitt

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Fenelon D. Hewitt
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Pike County district
In office
January 1944 – January 1948
In office
January 1916 – January 1920
Personal details
Born(1883-02-26)February 26, 1883
Amite County, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedOctober 26, 1961(1961-10-26) (aged 78)
McComb, Mississippi
Political partyDemocrat

Fenelon Dobyns Hewitt (February 26, 1883 – October 29, 1961) was an American politician and lawyer. Hewitt was a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Pike County, from 1916 to 1920 and from 1944 to 1948.

Biography

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Hewitt was born in 1883 in Mars Hill, near Smithdale, in Amite County, Mississippi. He was one of 11 sons and a daughter born to Thomas J. and Emily Loflin Hewitt. Three of his siblings died in infancy, but five of his brothers became doctors.[1][2] He attended Mars Hill Public School.[2] He attended Millsaps College, graduating with honors in 1905.[2] He graduated from the University of Mississippi with a L. L. B. in 1907.[2]

He began practicing law in the same year in McComb, Mississippi.[2] He was a Judge of the Police Court there from 1909 to 1913.[2] After being elected in November 1915, he represented Pike County as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1916 to 1920.[2] Later, he served another term in the same position from 1944 to 1948.[3]

He died in McComb Infirmary in 1961, three days after suffering a stroke while presiding in a Magnolia court.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Judge Hewitt Dies at 78, Services Today". McComb Enterprise-Journal. October 30, 1961. p. 1. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
  3. ^ Mississippi. Legislature (1944-01-01). "Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1944]". Mississippi Legislature Hand Books.