17th Mississippi Legislature
| 17th Mississippi Legislature | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Mississippi Legislature | ||||
| Jurisdiction | Mississippi, United States | ||||
| Meeting place | Jackson, Mississippi | ||||
| Term | November 18, 1833 – January 30, 1835 | ||||
| Mississippi State Senate | |||||
| President | Parmenas Briscoe | ||||
| Mississippi House of Representatives | |||||
| Speaker | Adam L. Bingaman | ||||
| Sessions | |||||
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The 17th Mississippi Legislature met in two sessions: a regular session between November 18, 1833 and December 25, 1833;[1][2] and a called session between January 19, 1835, and January 30, 1835.[3][4]
History
This was the first of the two-year legislative terms as ordered by Mississippi's 1832 constitution.[5] Elections were held on the first Monday of May in 1833.[5]
Senate
Parmenas Briscoe was elected President of the Senate.[2] John P. Gilbert was elected Secretary and Major Craft was elected Door-Keeper.[2]
| County District | Senator Name |
|---|---|
| Adams | Fountain Winston (Regular) |
| John A. Quitman (Called) | |
| Wilkinson | John Henderson (Called) |
| Pike, Marion | Jesse Harper |
| Amite, Franklin | David Davis |
| Claiborne | Parmenas Briscoe |
| Copiah, Jefferson | Solomon Tracey |
| Hinds | Silas Brown |
| Monroe, Lowndes, Rankin | Stephen Cocke |
| Wayne, Greene, Jackson, Hancock, Jones, Perry | Thomas S. Sterling (Regular) |
| Thomas P. Falconer (Called) | |
| Warren, Washington | Eugene Magee |
| Lawrence, Simpson, Covington | Richard A. Hargis |
| Yazoo, Madison, Holmes | Thomas Land (Called) |
House
Adam L. Bingaman was elected Speaker, defeating Russell Williamson.[6] Several new members were elected for the Called Session.[7] These included representatives from new state counties.[7]
| County | Representative Nam (Main Session) |
Representative Name (Called Session) |
|---|---|---|
| Adams | Adam L. Bingaman | |
| William Vannerson | ||
| Amite | William Van Norman | |
| Morgan Davis | ||
| Carroll | Greenwood Leflore | |
| Choctaw | William Peery | |
| Claiborne | James H. Maury | |
| Thomas M. Newell | ||
| Clark | Samuel K. Lewis | |
| Copiah | Buckner Harris | |
| John Beesley | Seth Granberry | |
| Covington | Thomas H. Hopkins | |
| Franklin | Robert Anderson | |
| Green | David McRae | Allen McCaskill |
| Hancock | Burwell B. Brewer | |
| Hinds | A. Albert Allen | Thomas H. Williams |
| William C. Demoss | ||
| Holmes | James C. Bole | William W. George |
| Jackson | Allen McLendon | |
| Jasper | John C. Thomas | |
| Jefferson | Thomas H. Watkins | Malcolm Gilchrist |
| Joseph Dunbar | ||
| Kemper | Francis Thomas | |
| Lauderdale | Samuel Dale | |
| Lawrence | Samuel Jayne | |
| Samuel Hunter | Major Newton | |
| Leake | Henry Harper | |
| Lowndes | Tilghman M. Tucker | |
| Marion | Charles D. Learned | |
| Madison | Russel M. Williamson | David M. Fulton |
| Monroe | Samuel J. Gholson | |
| Neshoba | James Ellis | |
| Noxubee | Thomas D. Wooldridge | |
| Oktibbeha | Henry Gibson | |
| Perry | James Carpenter | |
| Pike | Charles C. Cage | Franklin Love |
| James Y. McNabb | ||
| Rankin | Oliver C. Dease | |
| Scott | Jeremiah B. White | |
| Simpson | Charles K. Brown | |
| Smith | Emanuel A. Durr | |
| Tallahatchie | Charles Bowen | |
| Warren | William Vick | |
| Washington | Robert P. Shelby | |
| Wayne | John Watts | Alfred Brown |
| Wilkinson | Gordon D. Boyd | |
| John W. Gildart | ||
| Winston | Jesse M. Field | |
| Yalobusha | Robert Edrington | |
| Yazoo | John M. Sharp | |
| John Alston | ||
References
- ^ "House of Representatives Journals, 1798-: Nov 1833 17th Sess — LLMC". discover.llmc.com. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
- ^ a b c "Mississippi Council/Senate Journals, 1798-: Nov 1833 17th Sess — LLMC". discover.llmc.com. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
- ^ "Mississippi Council/Senate Journals, 1798-: Jan 1835 Call Sess — LLMC". discover.llmc.com. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
- ^ "House of Representatives Journals, 1798-: Jan 1835 Call. Sess — LLMC". discover.llmc.com. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
- ^ a b Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: L-Z. Southern historical publishing association. p. 83.
- ^ "House of Representatives Journals, 1798-: Nov 1833 17th Sess — LLMC". discover.llmc.com. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
- ^ a b Representatives, Mississippi Legislature House of (1835). Journal.