John Black (Mississippi politician)

John Black
John Black
United States Senator; from Mississippi
	In office; November 12, 1832 – March 3, 1833 – November 22, 1833 – January 22, 1838
Preceded by	Powhatan Ellis
Succeeded by	James F. Trotter
Personal details
Born	August 11, 1800; Massachusetts
Died	August 29, 1854 (aged 54); Winchester, Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Whig

John Black (August 11, 1800 – August 29, 1854) was a politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi, most notably serving in the United States Senate as a Whig from 1832 to 1838.

Biography

Black was born in Massachusetts,^[1] and became a teacher. He then moved to Louisiana, where he practiced law. After moving to Mississippi, he was elected a judge in 1826, eventually being elected to the Mississippi Supreme Court.^[1]^[2] In 1832, Governor Charles Lynch appointed him as a Jacksonian, the forerunner of the modern Democratic Party, to fill the United States Senate vacancy left by Powhatan Ellis. He ran for the seat in his own right as an anti-Jacksonian (later Whig) and served from November 22, 1833 to January 22, 1838, when he resigned.

During his time in office, he served as the chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Private Lands. After leaving the Senate, he moved to Winchester, Virginia, where he resumed practicing law until his death.

Like many southern United States politicians of his day, Black was a slave owner.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Thomas H. Somerville, "A Sketch of the Supreme Court of Mississippi", in Horace W. Fuller, ed., The Green Bag, Vol. XI (1899), p. 507.
^ Franklin Lafayette Riley, School History of Mississippi: For Use in Public and Private Schools (1915), p. 380-82.
^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, 2022-01-27, retrieved 2022-01-31

External links

United States Congress. "John Black (id: B000503)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. Senate
Preceded by Powhatan Ellis	U.S. senator (Class 1) from Mississippi November 12, 1832 – March 3, 1833 (Legislature failed to elect.) November 22, 1833 – January 22, 1838 Served alongside: George Poindexter, Robert J. Walker	Succeeded by James F. Trotter
Political offices
Preceded by Isaac Caldwell	Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi 1826–1832	Succeeded by Eli Huston

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[Green_Bag-1] Thomas H. Somerville, "A Sketch of the Supreme Court of Mississippi", in Horace W. Fuller, ed., The Green Bag, Vol. XI (1899), p. 507.

[2] Franklin Lafayette Riley, School History of Mississippi: For Use in Public and Private Schools (1915), p. 380-82.

[3] "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, 2022-01-27, retrieved 2022-01-31

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v t e United States senators from Mississippi
Class 1	Leake Holmes Ellis Reed Ellis Black Trotter T. Hickman Williams Henderson Speight Davis McRae S. Adams Davis Ames Pease Bruce George Money J. Williams Stephens Bilbo Stennis Lott Wicker
Class 2	T. Hill Williams Reed R. Adams Poindexter Walker Chalmers Foote Brooke Brown Revels Alcorn Lamar Walthall McLaurin Walthall Sullivan McLaurin Gordon Percy Vardaman Harrison Eastland Doxey Eastland Cochran Hyde-Smith

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