1908–1912 Mississippi Legislature

1908–1912 Mississippi Legislature
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Overview
Legislative bodyMississippi Legislature
JurisdictionMississippi,  United States
Meeting placeMississippi State Capitol
Term7 January 1908 (1908-01-07) – 2 January 1912 (1912-01-02)
Election1907 Mississippi elections
Mississippi State Senate
Members45
PresidentLuther Manship
President pro temporeJohn Lawrence Hebron Jr.
Party controlDemocratic
Mississippi House of Representatives
Members133
SpeakerHugh McQueen Street
Party controlDemocratic
Sessions
1st7 January 1908 (1908-01-07) – 21 March 1908 (1908-03-21)
2nd4 January 1910 (1910-01-04) – 16 April 1910 (1910-04-16)
3rd1 November 1911 (1911-11-01) – 15 November 1911 (1911-11-15)

The 1908–1912 Mississippi Legislature met in three sessions between January 1908 and November 1911.[1][2]

Elections were held on November 5, 1907.[3] The first session of the term, and the Legislature's 80th overall, met between January 7, 1908 and March 21, 1908.[2][1] The second session, and the Legislature's 81st overall, met between January 4, 1910 and April 16, 1910.[1][4] The third and final session, and the legislature's 82nd overall, met from November 1, 1911, to November 15, 1911.[1][5]

Senate

As Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi, Luther Manship served ex officio as President of the Senate.[3] John L. Hebron Jr. served as President pro tempore, elected over W. T. McDonald in a 30-11 vote.[3][2] Frank Roberson served as Secretary, and L. F. Chiles served as Assistant Secretary.[3] Several new senators were sworn in in 1910.[4] Three senators died, and five resigned, between the 1910 and 1911 sessions, and their vacancies were not filled.[5] All senators were Democrats.[3]

1908 Mississippi State Senate
District Counties Senator Name Residence
First Hancock, Harrison, Jackson W. T. McDonald Bay St. Louis
Second Wayne, Jones, Perry, Greene W. W. West Richton
Third Jasper, Clarke Sam Whitman (1908) Bay Springs
C. W. Thigpen (1910)
Fourth Simpson, Covington, Marion, Pearl River, Lamar Theodore G. Bilbo Poplarville
Fifth Rankin, Smith W. T. Simmons Raleigh
Sixth Pike, Franklin M. C. McGehee Little Springs
Seventh Amite, Wilkinson W. F. Tucker Woodville
Eighth Lincoln, Lawrence F. M. Bush New Hebron
Ninth Adams Charles F. Engle Natchez
Tenth Claiborne, Jefferson J. S. Logan Fayette
Eleventh Copiah E. A. Rowan Wesson
Twelfth Hinds, Warren W. K. McLaurin Vicksburg
Clayton D. Potter Jackson
J. R. McDowell Jackson
Thirteenth Scott, Newton G. H. Banks Newton
Fourteenth Lauderdale John A. Bailey Bailey
Fifteenth Kemper, Winston J. R. Key (1908, 1910) Rio
Sixteenth Noxubee Walter Price Prairie Point
Seventeenth Leake, Neshoba R. L. Breland Philadelphia
Eighteenth Madison E. B. Harrell Canton
Nineteenth Yazoo W. D. Gibbs Bentonia
Twentieth Sharkey, Issaquena H. P. Farish Mayersville
Twenty-first Holmes S. N. Sample (1908) Ebenezer
W. A. Pierce (1910)
Twenty-second Attala Wiley Sanders Kosciusko
Twenty-third Oktibbeha, Choctaw J. Lem Seawright Ackerman
Twenty-fourth Clay, Webster F. G. Barry (1908) West Point
Stacy Hibbler (1910)
Twenty-fifth Lowndes M. A. Franklin Columbus
Twenty-sixth Carroll, Montgomery Lee McMillan Carrollton
Twenty-seventh Leflore, Tallahatchie R. V. Pollard Greenwood
Twenty-eighth Yalobusha, Grenada F. H. Harper Grenada
Twenty-ninth Washington, Sunflower J. L. Hebron Greenville
Thomas R. Baird (1908, 1910) Indianola
Thirtieth Bolivar J. C. Burrus Benoit
Thirty-first Chickasaw, Calhoun, Pontotoc C. E. Franklin Pontotoc
J. J. Adams Pittsboro
Thirty-second Lafayette G. R. Hightower (Resigned Jan 25, 1908) Oxford
R. A. Dean Not listed
Thirty-third Panola C. B. Vance Batesville
Thirty-fourth Coahoma, Tunica, Quitman B. D. Simpson (1908, 1910) Marks
Thirty-fifth DeSoto G. L. Darden Hernando
Thirty-sixth Union, Tippah, Benton, Marshall, Tate W. J. East Senatobia
Hugh K. Mahon Holly Springs
S. Joe Owen New Albany
Thirty-seventh Tishomingo, Alcorn, Prentiss J. A. Cunningham Booneville
Thirty-eighth Monroe, Lee, Itawamba W. D. Anderson Tupelo
G. J. Leftwich Aberdeen

House

All representatives were Democrats.[3]

Officers of the House[3]
Office Name
Speaker H. M. Street
Clerk L. Pink Smith
Journal Clerk Lee J. Wilson
Sergeant-at-Arms W. E. Caffee
Postmistress Annie Glass
Doorkeepers U. H. Tompkins and W. R. Hoover
Stenographers Madie Fitzgerald and Nettie Ratliff
Pages Marvin Stainton, Holloway Bird, Jake Myers, Albert O. Mitchell, Lewis Whitson, Solon Dobbs, Edward Wright, Hoke Frazier, James K. Vardaman, Jr.
1908 Mississippi House of Representatives[6]
County Name Postoffice
Adams (outside Natchez) W. A. Killingsworth Cannonsburg
Adams (Natchez) Israel N. Moses Natchez
Alcorn S. M. Nabors Rienzi
W. T. Bennett Corinth
Amite Eugene Gerald Smithdale
Claude L. Fenn Smithdale
Attala D. C. Bailey Ayres
J. J. Britt Bolatusha
Benton R. M. Frazier Hickory Flat
Bolivar C. R. Smith Cleveland
George B. Shelby Shelby
Calhoun J. B. Going Pittsboro
W. J. Patterson Pittsboro
Carroll T. O. Yewell Carrollton
S. S. Monday North Carrollton
Chickasaw Frank Burkitt Okolona
J. A. Lewis Houston
Choctaw C. A. Lindsey Eupora
Claiborne R. B. Anderson Port Gibson
Clarke A. Johnston Shubuta
Clay J. C. Bridges Pheba
J. P. Valentine Pheba
Coahoma O. G. Johnston Friars Point
W. A. Alcorn Jr. Clarksdale
Copiah C. E. Hood Dentville
W. W. Robertson Wesson
W. B. Miller Hazlehurst
Covington W. L. Cranford Seminary
DeSoto E. J. Pollard Hernando
J. H. Simpson Watson
Forrest Stokes V. Robertson Hattiesburg
Franklin M. H. Jones Little Springs
Greene E. W. Breland Leakesville
Grenada S. A. Morrison Grenada
Hancock E. J. Gex Bay St. Louis
Harrison J. B. Clark Nugent
Hinds H. M. Quin Jackson
M. Ney Williams Raymond
S. A. D. Greaves Asylum P. O.
Holmes J. B. Mitchell Goodman
L. S. Rogers West
J. A. Dicken Durant
Issaquena L. Peyton Mayersville
Itawamba J. F. Dison Eastman
Jackson M. A. Dees Scranton
Jasper M. A. Lewis Missionary
Jefferson Davis J. O. Cowart Prentiss
Jefferson J. E. Lamb Union Church
Jones L. Stainton Laurel
Kemper G. J. Rencher DeKalb
S. M. Graham Oak Grove
Lafayette L. M. Russell Oxford
C. E. Slough Oxford
Lamar J. L. Bryant Baxterville
Lauderdale (Outside Meridian) Joe D. Stennis Bailey
Lauderdale (Whole County) W. R. Denton Hookston
Lauderdale (Meridian) H. M. Street Meridian
Lawrence Lee H. Bird Tryus
Leake L. A. Zachry Lena
Lee George H. Hill, Jr. Tupelo
F. A. Greene Verona
Leflore J. A. Tyson Greenwood
Lincoln M. McCullough Brookhaven
Lowndes (East of Tombigbee) T. A. Stinson Columbus
B. G. Hull Columbus (R. F. D. No. 3)
Lowndes (West of Tombigbee) W. R. Moody Columbus
Madison R. W. Stewart Madison
John B. Martin Cameron
Marion A. L. Yates Columbia
Marshall C. H. Curd Holly Springs
W. H. King Tasca
John Calhoon Holly Springs
Monroe H. F. Broyles Greenwood Springs
D. A. Beeks Aberdeen (R. F. D. No. 2)
T. R. Caldwell Amory (R. F. D.)
Montgomery Sid I. Robinson Winona
Neshoba A. D. Sharpe Engine
Newton J. D. Carr Newton
M. P. Foy Decatur
Noxubee E. D. Cavett Macon
M. O'Byrne Macon
I. L. Dorroh Macon
Oktibbeha (West) N. Q. Adams Sturges
Oktibbeha (East) J. H. Wellborn Starkville
Panola W. E. Davis Como
J. M. Cox Batesville
L. C. Johnson Reynolds
Pearl River J. C. Shivers Poplarville
Perry D. K. McDonald New Augusta
Pike G. H. Alford Magnolia
L. W. Felder Felder's P. O.
Pontotoc W. T. Stegall Pontotoc
J. I. Longest Troy
Prentiss W. A. White Booneville
J. H. Gardner Booneville
Quitman J. B. Stone Belen
Rankin A. G. Norrell Plain
W. D. Heslep Pelahatchie
Scott Oliver McIlhenny Forest
Sharkey B. Goodman Cary
Simpson W. M. Lofton Mendenhall
Smith E. G. Robinson (1908) Raleigh
J. J. Terry Not listed
Sunflower C. P. Adair Indianola
Tate Walker Wood Senatobia
Herbert Holmes Senatobia
Tallahatchie John N. Sullivant Teasdale
Tippah S. O. Love Ripley
Tishomingo M. D. Adams Iuka
Tunica Charles Doherty Tunica
Union G. L. Jones New Albany
A. J. Jones Myrtle
Warren J. J. O'Neill Vicksburg
T. R. Foster Vicksburg
George R. Hawkins Bovina
Washington J. H. Nelms Greenville
Van B. Boddie Greenville
N. W. Sumrall Belzoni
Wayne E. W. Stewart Waynesboro
Webster T. R. Langston Walthall
Wilkinson W. J. Stockett Woodville
S. R. Jones Centreville
Winston O. A. Bennett Louisville
Yalobusha J. L. Harris Water Valley
J. R. Coleman Velma
Yazoo Will H. Hudson Yazoo City
Theo. Schmidt Yazoo City
C. J. Burrus Yazoo City
Floater Representatives
District / Counties Name Postoffice Notes
Franklin and Lincoln R. E. Bennett Meadville
Tippah and Benton A. C. Anderson Ripley
Claiborne and Jefferson J. F. Frierson Port Gibson
Clarke and Jasper J. D. Fatheree Quitman
Grenada and Montgomery M. H. Allen Winona
Leake and Winston W. B. Woodall Noxapater
Harrison and Jackson Horace Bloomfield Gulfport
Yazoo and Hinds Charles Perkins Yazoo City
Lee and Itawamba W. S. Sheffield Dorsey

References

  1. ^ a b c d Mississippi (1964). "Mississippi official and statistical register". Mississippi official and statistical register: v. 203. ISSN 0196-4755.
  2. ^ a b c "Mississippi Council/Senate Journals, 1798-: Jan 1908 Sess — LLMC". discover.llmc.com. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Rowland, Dunbar (1908). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 992.
  4. ^ a b "Mississippi Council/Senate Journals, 1798-: Jan 1910 Sess — LLMC". discover.llmc.com. p. 1072. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Mississippi Council/Senate Journals, 1798-: Nov 1911 Sp Sess — LLMC". discover.llmc.com. Retrieved December 28, 2025.
  6. ^ "House of Representatives Journals, 1798-: Jan 1910 Sp Sess — LLMC". discover.llmc.com. Retrieved December 28, 2025.
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