A. M. Hicks
A. M. Hicks | |
|---|---|
c. 1904 | |
| Member of the Mississippi State Senate from the 19th (1892-1908) district 24th (1890-1892) | |
| In office January 7, 1890 – January 7, 1908 | |
| Succeeded by | F. G. Barry |
| Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the Yazoo County district | |
| In office January 1876 – January 1882 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 5, 1835 |
| Died | December 22, 1915 (aged 80) |
| Party | Democratic |
Allen M. Hicks (June 5, 1835 - December 22, 1915) was an American politician and planter. He represented the Yazoo County in the Mississippi State Senate from 1890 to 1908, and in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1876 to 1882.
Early life
Allen M. Hicks was born on June 5, 1835, in Maury County, Tennessee.[1] He was the son of George Hicks (died 1848), a Methodist minister and Mississippi state senator of English descent, and Julia Adelaide (Gant) Hicks (died 1853)[2], of Scottish descent.[1] Hicks attended the Classical Hall school in Yazoo City.[1] He then entered the University of Mississippi, as a member of the Class of 1854,[3] but left during his junior year[2] due to poor health.[1] In 1854, Hicks became a planter in Yazoo County.[1]
Career
Hicks enlisted in the Confederate Army.[1] He was discharged due to bad health.[1] He then served as a volunteer in General William Wing Loring's commissary department for two years.[1][2]
1875-1890
In 1875, Hicks was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Yazoo County as a Democrat, for the 1876-1878 term.[1][4] He was reelected in 1877 for the 1878-1880 term.[1][5] He was re-elected once again in 1879 for the 1880-1882 term.[1] In 1882, Hicks was appointed Superintendent of Education for Yazoo County.[1] He resigned from this position in 1890.[1]
1890-1908
In 1889, Hicks was elected to the Mississippi State Senate, representing the 24th District,[6] for the 1890-1892 term.[1] On November 24, 1891, Hicks was re-elected, this time representing the 19th District (Yazoo County), for the 1892-1896 term.[1][7] In 1895, Hicks was re-elected for the 1896-1900 term.[1] During this term, Hicks chaired the Public Education committee, and served on the Universities & Colleges committee as well.[8] On November 7, 1899, Hicks was re-elected to the Senate for the 1900-1904 term.[1][9] During this term, Hicks chaired the Public Education Committee, and also served on the Military committee.[9] Hicks was re-elected to the Senate in 1903 for the 1904-1908 term.[1] During this term, he chaired the Public Education committee, and served on the following other committees: Humane & Benevolent Institutions; Levees; Engrossed Bills; and Temperance.[1]
Personal life
Hicks was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.[1] He joined the Freemasons in 1859.[1][2] He held several roles of leadership in the Freemasons in his Myrleville chapter and beyond[10]: he was Deputy Grand Master in 1879, Grand Junior Warden in 1884, and a Grand Lecturer of Mississippi from 1895 to his death.[1][11][12] Hicks married Martha Potress Bostick on October 29, 1861, in Canton, Mississippi.[1] Martha's maternal grandfather was an uncle of John Bell.[1] Allen and Martha had four children: Julia, Lillabell, Mattie, and Allen G.[1]
Hicks died on December 22, 1915, at his home near Bentonia, Mississippi.[11][12]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. 1904. pp. 485, 498–499.
- ^ a b c d Goodspeed Brothers (1891). Biographical and historical memoirs of Mississippi, embracing an authentic and comprehensive account of the chief events in the history of the state and a record of the lives of many of the most worthy and illustrious families and individuals. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Chicago, Goodspeed. p. 918.
- ^ University, Mississippi State (1910). Historical Catalogue ... 1849-1909. p. 120.
- ^ "1876 House · Mississippi State University Libraries". msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com. Retrieved 2026-01-01.
- ^ Representatives, Mississippi Legislature House of (1878). Journal. p. 5.
- ^ "Mississippi Council/Senate Journals, 1798-: Jan 1890 Sess — LLMC". discover.llmc.com. Retrieved 2026-01-01.
- ^ Mississippi (1892). Biennial Reports of the Departments and Benevolent Institutions of the State of Mississippi. pp. 11–12.
- ^ "Mississippi Council/Senate Journals, 1798-: Jan 1896 Sess — LLMC". discover.llmc.com. Retrieved 2026-01-01.
- ^ a b Mississippi (1900). Department Reports. pp. 53, 191.
- ^ Mississippi, Royal Arch Masons Grand Chapter of (1897). Proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons in Mississippi at Its ... Annual Convocation. p. 14.
- ^ a b Scotia, Freemasons Grand Lodge of Nova (1914). Proceedings ... of the Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable Order of Free and Accepted Masons of Nova Scotia ... E.M. Macdonald. p. 265.
- ^ a b Freemasons (1916). Official proceedings of the ... annual communication of the M.W. Grand Lodge A.F. and A.M. of the State of Missouri. Proceedings, Grand Lodge of Missouri. Saint Louis, Louis, Missouri: Masonic Temple. p. 144.