8th Mississippi Legislature

8th Mississippi Legislature
8th Mississippi Legislature
Overview
Legislative body	Mississippi Legislature
Jurisdiction	Mississippi, United States
Term	January 3, 1825 – February 4, 1825
Mississippi State Senate
President	Gerard C. Brandon
President pro tempore	Bartley C. Barry
Mississippi House of Representatives
Speaker	Cowles Mead
Sessions
1st
1st	January 3, 1825 – February 4, 1825

The 8th Mississippi Legislature met from January 3, 1825 to February 4, 1825 in Jackson, Mississippi.^[1]^[2]

Senate

In August 1824, elections were held for some of the Senate districts.^[2] Lieutenant governor Gerard C. Brandon served ex officio as the President of the Senate.^[2] Due to his absence on January 3 (the first day of the session), Bartley C. Barry was elected Senate President pro tempore for that day.^[2] Non-senator William H. Chaille was elected Secretary of the Senate.^[2] The Senate adjourned on February 1, 1825.^[2]

County District	Senator Name	Year Elected
Adams	Adam L. Bingaman	1823^[3]
Adams (City of Natchez)	James Foster	1824^[2]
Wilkinson	John Joor	1823^[3]
Warren, Claiborne	Thomas Freeland	1823^[3]
Pike, Marion	Wiley P. Harris	1824^[2]
Jackson, Hancock, Green, Perry	McLaughlin McKay	1822^[4]
Lawrence	Charles Lynch	1824^[2]
Wayne, Covington, Monroe	Bartley C. Barry	1822^[4]
Amite, Franklin	John Browne	1822^[4]
Hinds, Jefferson, Copiah, Simpson, Yazoo	Hardin D. Runnels	1824^[2]

House

Cowles Mead was elected Speaker of the House.^[1] Non-representatives Peter A. Van Dorn and Dillard Collins were elected Clerk and Door-keeper respectively.^[1] The House adjourned on February 4, 1825.^[1]

County	Representative Name
Adams	George Dougherty
Adams	Benjamin L. C. Wailes
Adams (Natchez)	Fountain Winston
Amite	Richard Hurst
	Francis Graves
	Solomon Weathersby
Claiborne	David D. Downing
Claiborne	Daniel Burnet
Copiah	Isaac R. Nicholson
Covington	Joseph Macafee
Franklin	Thomas K. Pickett
Franklin	Charles C. Slocumb
Hancock	Samuel White
Hancock	Daniel Burnett
Hinds	Charles M. Lawson
Jackson	Thomas Bilbo
Jefferson	Malcolm Gilchrist
Jefferson	Cowles Mead
Lawrence	Joseph Cooper
	John Tomlinson
	James H. Bull
Marion	Merry Bracey
Monroe	Christopher H. Williams
Perry	Jacob J. H. Morris
Pike	David Cleveland
	Peter Quinn Jr.
	Nathaniel Wells
Simpson	Stephen Howell
Warren	James Gibson
Wayne	Edward Gray
Wayne	William Patton
Wilkinson	Joseph Johnson
	Edward McGehee
	William Haile
Yazoo	Andrew E. Beaty

References

1 2 3 4 "Journal v.8 1825". HathiTrust. pp. 1–3, 124, 276–290. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Senate, Mississippi Legislature (1825). Journal. pp. 3–5, 27, 127.
1 2 3 "Journal of the Senate of the State of Mississippi ... 1823". HathiTrust. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
1 2 3 "Journal of the Senate of the state of Mississippi". Journal of the Senate of the state of Mississippi. Dec 1822 6th Sess. December 1822 – via LLMC Digital.

[:0-1] 1 2 3 4 "Journal v.8 1825". HathiTrust. pp. 1–3, 124, 276–290. Retrieved November 10, 2024.

[:1-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Senate, Mississippi Legislature (1825). Journal. pp. 3–5, 27, 127.

[:03-3] 1 2 3 "Journal of the Senate of the State of Mississippi ... 1823". HathiTrust. Retrieved November 10, 2024.

[:04-4] 1 2 3 "Journal of the Senate of the state of Mississippi". Journal of the Senate of the state of Mississippi. Dec 1822 6th Sess. December 1822 – via LLMC Digital.

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