16th Mississippi Legislature
| 16th Mississippi Legislature | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Mississippi Legislature | ||||
| Jurisdiction | Mississippi, United States | ||||
| Meeting place | Jackson, Mississippi | ||||
| Term | January 7, 1833 – March 2, 1833 | ||||
| Mississippi State Senate | |||||
| President | Charles Lynch | ||||
| Mississippi House of Representatives | |||||
| Speaker | David Pemble | ||||
| Sessions | |||||
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The 16th Mississippi Legislature met between January 7, 1833, and March 2, 1833, in Jackson, Mississippi.[1][2]
History
This legislature was the last under Mississippi's original state constitution.[3] Elections were held in December 1832.[3] The legislature published a resolve against nullification and in support of President Andrew Jackson.[4]
Senate
Charles Lynch was elected President of the Senate.[1] David Dickson was elected Secretary and Joseph Pierce was elected Door-Keeper.[1]
| County District | Senator Name |
|---|---|
| Adams | Fountain Winston |
| Wilkinson | Thomas H. Prosser |
| Pike, Marion | Franklin Love |
| Amite, Franklin | Archibald Smith[5] |
| Claiborne | Adam Gordon[6] |
| Copiah, Jefferson | Buckner Harris |
| Hinds | J. B. Morgan[6] |
| Monroe, Lowndes, Rankin | George Higgason |
| Wayne, Greene, Jackson, Hancock, Jones, Perry | John McLeod[5] |
| Warren, Washington | John I. Guion |
| Yazoo, Madison | David Ford |
| Lawrence, Simpson, Covington | Charles Lynch |
House
David Pemble was elected Speaker in fifteen ballots, over Joseph Dunbar, Adam L. Bingaman, and A. M. Keehan.[2][3] John H. Mallory was elected Clerk and Lewis Whiteside was elected Door-Keeper.[1]
| County | Representative Name |
|---|---|
| Adams | Adam L. Bingaman |
| William Vannerson | |
| Amite | David Pemble |
| William Vannorman | |
| Claiborne | John A. Barnes |
| Benjamin F. Stockton | |
| Copiah | Barnabas Allen |
| John Beasley | |
| Covington | Elam S. Ragan |
| Franklin | Orin Shurtleff |
| Green | David McRae |
| Hancock | Burwell B. Brewer |
| Hinds | William C. Demoss |
| Alexander Morrison | |
| Jackson | John McDonald |
| Jefferson | Philip Dickson |
| Joseph Dunbar | |
| Jones | Samuel Ellis |
| Lawrence | Aloysius M. Keegan |
| Lowndes | Tilghman M. Tucker |
| Marion | Charles D. Learned |
| Madison | Andrew E. Batie |
| Monroe | John Bell |
| Perry | Abner Carter |
| Pike | Jesse Harper |
| William G. Martin | |
| Rankin | Nathan G. Howard |
| Simpson | James Powel |
| Warren | William Vick |
| Washington | Robert P. Shelby |
| Wayne | John A. Edwards |
| Wilkinson | Gordon G. Boyd |
| Francis R. Richardson | |
| Yazoo | David Vance |
| James C. Bole |
References
- ^ a b c d "Mississippi Council/Senate Journals, 1798-: Jan 1833 16th Sess — LLMC". discover.llmc.com. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
- ^ a b "House of Representatives Journals, 1798-: Jan 1833 16th Sess — LLMC". discover.llmc.com. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
- ^ a b c Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: L-Z. Southern historical publishing association. pp. 82–83.
- ^ Library, Massachusetts General Court Committee on the (1834). State Papers on Nullification: Including the Public Acts of the Convention of the People of South Carolina, Assembled at Columbia, November 19, 1832 and March 11, 1833; the Proclamation of the President of the United States, and the Proceedings of the Several State Legislatures which Have Acted on the Subject. Dutton and Wentworth, printers to the state.
- ^ a b Lowry, Robert; McCardle, William H. (1891). A History of Mississippi: From the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto, Including the Earliest Settlement Made by the French Under Iberville, to the Death of Jefferson Davis. AMS Press. pp. 442, 556. ISBN 978-0-404-04610-1.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - ^ a b "MS. Leg. 4 Jan 1833". Mississippi Free Trader. January 4, 1833. p. 2. Retrieved December 22, 2025.