Weldon Hicks was a farmer, judge and state legislator in Mississippi. [1] He was born in Virginia. He served as a Justice of the Peace and represented Hinds County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1874, 1875, and 1878. He was documented as having been illiterate. [2]
He lived in Edwards, Mississippi. [3]
William Lewis Moore was a postal worker and Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) member who staged lone protests against racial segregation. He was assassinated in Keener, Alabama, during a protest march from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi, where he intended to deliver a letter to Governor Ross Barnett, supporting civil rights.
Joseph Weldon Bailey, Sr., was a United States senator, United States Representative, lawyer, and Bourbon Democrat who was famous for his speeches extolling conservative causes, such as opposition to woman suffrage or restrictions on child labor. He served as a Congressional Representative between 1891 and 1901, and as the House minority leader from 1897 until 1899. In 1901, he was elected to the Senate, serving until 1913. Historian Elna C. Green says that Bailey was known in Texas as a rigorous defender of states' rights, constitutional conservatism, and governmental economy. His opponents considered him the symbol of privilege and corruption in government.
Ron Hicks is an American politician from the state of Missouri. A Republican, he began representing district 102 in the Missouri House of Representatives in January 2019; he represented district 107 from 2013 to 2016.
Murdock M. McLeod was a lawyer who served as a city clerk and state legislator in Mississippi. A Republican, he served as the 21st Secretary of State of Mississippi from October to November 1873. He is listed as one of several "Negro" Mississippi Secretary of State officeholders who served during the Reconstruction era.
James D. Cessor was a saddle and harness maker, state legislator, and public official in Mississippi. He represented Jefferson County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1871 to 1877.
William H. Gray was a Baptist minister and state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi Senate during the Reconstruction era.
Weldon W. Edwards was an alderman, deputy sheriff, and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Warren County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1874 to 1877 and in 1882 and 1883.
Wilson Hicks was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Rankin County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875. He was a Republican and was of the last generation of African-Americans to be elected to state office in Mississippi prior to what was then called "the end to Republican reconstruction" in Mississippi.
J. W. McFarland was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Rankin County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875.
Harrison H. Truhart. was a blacksmith and state legislator in Mississippi serving as a representative from 1872 to 1875. In 1872 he was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives to represent Holmes County, Mississippi along with Perry Howard and F. Stewart. In 1874, again with Perry Howard and Tenant Weatherly replacing Stewart, he represented Holmes County in the House.
William R. Landers was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Jefferson County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1872 to 1876.
William H. Allen was a farmer, magistrate, and state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1884–1887. He was born in Jackson, Mississippi. He was a Methodist. He was a Republican.
Charles P. Clemens was a soldier, reverend, and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Clarke County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875.
Jeremiah M. P. Williams was a Baptist preacher and state legislator in Mississippi. He served several terms in the Mississippi Senate during and after the Reconstruction era. He represented Adams County, Mississippi.
J. Wesley Caradine was a farmer and state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875. He was the first state representative for Clay County, Mississippi after it was established in 1871.
James A. Shorter, Jr. was a farmer, teacher, and state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1874 to 1875 and in 1882. He was a Republican. In 1879 he was reportedly attacked by white Greenback Party member William Miller. His father was an A.M.E. bishop. The son graduated from Tougaloo. He served on the Hinds County Board of Registrars. He was a chosen as a delegate to the 1875 Mississippi Republican Party Convention as one of three delegates for Dry Grove, Mississippi.
Doctor Stites was a delegate to Mississippi's 1868 constitutional convention and a state legislator in Mississippi. He was a trustee of Alcorn University. He was a party to the dispute between new and old trustees after a changing of the guard.
William H. Mallory was a storekeeper, farmer, and state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1872 to 1873 and from 1876 to 1877 first for Warren County, Mississippi and then for LeFlore County and Sunflower County. Before serving as a state representative he was a policeman and alderman. In 1872 he was elected president of Vicksburg Fire Company #2.
Albert Johnson was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Warren County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1870 and 1871.
David Jenkins was an abolitionist, civil rights campaigner, newspaper founder, and politician in Columbus, Ohio and Mississippi. He served as a state legislator in the Mississippi House of Representatives. He was a Republican. He represented Madison County, Mississippi.