The 8th Mississippi Legislature met from January 3, 1825 to February 4, 1825 in Jackson, Mississippi.[1][2]
Senate
In August 1824, elections were held for some of the Senate districts.[2] Lieutenant governor Gerard C. Brandon served ex officio as the President of the Senate.[2] Due to his absence on January 3 (the first day of the session), Bartley C. Barry was elected Senate President pro tempore for that day.[2] Non-senator William H. Chaille was elected Secretary of the Senate.[2] The Senate adjourned on February 1, 1825.[2]
| County District
|
Senator Name
|
Year Elected
|
| Adams
|
Adam L. Bingaman
|
1823[3]
|
| Adams (City of Natchez)
|
James Foster
|
1824[2]
|
| Wilkinson
|
John Joor
|
1823[3]
|
| Warren, Claiborne
|
Thomas Freeland
|
1823[3]
|
| Pike, Marion
|
Wiley P. Harris
|
1824[2]
|
| Jackson, Hancock, Green, Perry
|
McLaughlin McKay
|
1822[4]
|
| Lawrence
|
Charles Lynch
|
1824[2]
|
| Wayne, Covington, Monroe
|
Bartley C. Barry
|
1822[4]
|
| Amite, Franklin
|
John Browne
|
1822[4]
|
| Hinds, Jefferson, Copiah, Simpson, Yazoo
|
Harden D. Runnels
|
1824[2]
|
House
Cowles Mead was elected Speaker of the House.[1] Non-representatives Peter A. Van Dorn and Dillard Collins were elected Clerk and Door-keeper respectively.[1] The House adjourned on February 4, 1825.[1]
| County
|
Representative Name
|
| Adams
|
George Dougherty
|
| Benjamin L. C. Wailes
|
| Adams (Natchez)
|
Fountain Winston
|
| Amite
|
Richard Hurst
|
| Francis Graves
|
| Solomon Weathersby
|
| Claiborne
|
David D. Downing
|
| Daniel Burnet
|
| Copiah
|
Isaac R. Nicholson
|
| Covington
|
Joseph Macafee
|
| Franklin
|
Thomas K. Pickett
|
| Charles C. Slocumb
|
| Hancock
|
Samuel White
|
| Daniel Burnett
|
| Hinds
|
Charles M. Lawson
|
| Jackson
|
Thomas Bilbo
|
| Jefferson
|
Malcolm Gilchrist
|
| Cowles Mead
|
| Lawrence
|
Joseph Cooper
|
| John Tomlinson
|
| James H. Bull
|
| Marion
|
Merry Bracey
|
| Monroe
|
Christopher H. Williams
|
| Perry
|
Jacob J. H. Morris
|
| Pike
|
David Cleveland
|
| Peter Quinn Jr.
|
| Nathaniel Wells
|
| Simpson
|
Stephen Howell
|
| Warren
|
James Gibson
|
| Wayne
|
Edward Gray
|
| William Patton
|
| Wilkinson
|
Joseph Johnson
|
| Edward McGehee
|
| William Haile
|
| Yazoo
|
Andrew E. Beaty
|
References
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