1916–1920 Mississippi Legislature

The 1916-1920 (or 84th)[1] Mississippi Legislature met in three sessions, from January to April 1916, from September to October 1917, and from January to March 1918.[2] 45 senators and 133 representatives were in each session.[1]

## District apportionment

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### Senate

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In the 1916 session, the Senate was made of 38 senatorial districts.[1] After the constitutional amendment of 1916, 4 more districts were added.[1] Some districts had more than one representative.[1]

### House

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From 1916 to 1920, each county served as a district with representatives. There were some floater representatives that served between two different counties.[1]

## Party breakdown

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### Senate

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Affiliation  | Members

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| Democratic Party | 45
| Other party* | 0
| Seat Vacant** | 0
Total | 45

### House of Representatives

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Affiliation  | Members

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| Democratic Party | 132
| Other party* | 1
| Seat Vacant** | 0
Total | 133

## Officers

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### Senate

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#### Presiding Officer

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| Position  | Name  | Party  | District

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| President | Lee M. Russell | Democratic Party | n/a
| President Pro Tempore  | Carroll Kendrick | Democratic Party | 37

### House of Representatives

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#### Presiding Officer

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| Position  | Name  | Party  | County

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| Speaker of the House  | Martin S. Conner | Democratic Party | Covington

## Members of the Mississippi State Senate, 1916-1920

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District  | Name  | Party  | Residence

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1  | Francis Marion Johnson (1916)  | D  | Ford
Zachary Taylor Champlin (1918)  | D  | Biloxi
2  | Columbus W. Walley | D  | Waynesboro
3  | John W. White | D  | Rose Hill
4  | Henry Clay Yawn (1916)  | D  | Lumberton
Bee King (1918)  | D  | Mendenhall
5  | Edgar M. Lane | D  | Taylorsville
6  | Charles E. Thompson | D  | Garden City
7  | Daniel W. Huff | D  | Centerville
8  | E. Harvey McGehee | D  | Monticello
9  | William C. Bowman | D  | Natchez
10  | Battaille H. Wade | D  | Tillman
11  | James M. Coen | D  | Mizpah
12  | Joseph A. Baker | D  | Jackson
G. Edward Williams (1916)  | D
George Anderson (1918)  | D  | Vicksburg
H. K. Murray | D
13  | Lamar Q. C. Williams | D  | Union
14  | Richard E. Thompson | D  | Toomsuba
15  | John A. Clark | D  | DeKalb
16  | John Q. Poindexter | D  | Ravine
17  | Earl S. Richardson | D  | Philadelphia
18  | Clarence B. Greaves | D  | Flora
19  | Peter Stubblefield | D  | Yazoo City
20  | Lorraine C. Dulaney | D  | Grace
21  | Homer H. Casteel | D  | Pickens
22  | David E. Crawley | D  | Kosciusko
23  | William R. Chrismond | D  | Ackerman
24  | Scheller A. Miller | D  | West Point
25  | William P. Stribling | D  | Columbus
26  | Lewis S. Hemphill | D  | Valley Hill
27  | William M. Whittington | D  | Greenwood
28  | James A. Blount | D  | Grenada
29  | Van Buren Boddie (1916)  | D  | Greenville
Walton Shields (1918)  | D
John F. Burrow | D  | Ruleville
30  | Walter B. Parks | D  | Merigold
31  | N. W. Bradford | D  | Houston
Marshal T. Adams | D  | Pontotoc
32  | James C. Eskridge | D  | DeLay
33  | Calvin B. Vance | D  | Batesville
34  | Lester C. Franklin | D  | Clarksdale
35  | John W. Barbee (1916)[a] | D  | Hernando
Joseph N. Brown (1918)  | D  | Olive Branch
36  | William H. Dyson | D  | Hickory Flat
Sam C. Mims, Jr. | D  | Holly Springs
Henry Clay Collins | D  | Myrtle
37  | Carroll Kendrick | D  | Kendrick
38  | Thomas K. Boggan | D  | Tupelo
Anthony J. Cox | D  | Smithville
39  | S. J. Hathorn (1918)  | D  | Columbia
40  | Henry Clay Yawn (1918)  | D  | Lumberton
41  | Francis M. Johnson (1918)  | D  | Ford
42  | Claude E. Hill (1918)  | D  | Hattiesburg

## Members of the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1916-1920

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County  | Name  | Party  | Full terms of office  | Residence

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Adams | Walter G. Green | D  | 1916–1920  | Natchez
L. T. Kennedy | D  | 1918–1932  | Natchez
Albert B. Sojourner | D  | 1916–1924  | Natchez
Alcorn | Robert B. Cotton[b] (1916)  | D  | 1911–1917  | Corinth
J. R. Hill (1918)  | D  | 1917-1920  |
John B. Splann | D  | 1916–1920  | Kendrick
Amite | John F. Cassels | D  | 1916–1920  | Gloster
Drury Wall | D  | 1916–1920  | Peoria
Attala | James C. Wasson | D  | 1916–1920  | Ethel
Icey W. Day | D  | 1916–1920; 1932–1940; 1944–1952  | Ethel
Benton | Roderick McGill | D  | 1916–1920  | Falkner
Bolivar | Walter Sillers, Jr. | D  | 1916–1966  | Rosedale
Stanley F. Gaines | D  | 1916–1920  | Boyle
Calhoun | John B. Going | D  | 1908–1920, 1940-1948  | Calhoun City
Dennis Murphree | D  | 1911–1924  | Pittsboro
Carroll | George I. Redditt | D  | 1916–1920  | McCarley
Lafayette J. Lott | D  | 1916–1920  | Grenada
Chickasaw | Irvin Abernathy | D  | 1916-1925  | Okolona
Eugene Verrell | D  | 1916-1920  | Houston
Choctaw | Carlton A. Lindsey | D  | 1908-1920; 1928-1932  | Eupora
Claiborne | Talbert Luster | D  | 1912-1920  | Utica
Clarke | Howard L. Miller | D  | 1916-1920  | Quitman
Clay | Barney S. Semmelman (1916)[c] | D  | 1916-1917  | West Point
J. A. McArthur (1918)  |  | 1917-1920  | West Point
Frank B. Stephens | D  | 1916-1920  | West Point
Coahoma | Oscar G. Johnston | D  | 1908-1920  | Clarksdale
Robert L. Ralston | D  | 1916-1920  | Coahoma
Copiah | John A. Smylie | D  | 1916-1920  | Crystal Springs
Benjamin King | D  | 1916-1920  | Hazlehurst
George W. Russell | D  | 1916-1924  | Hazlehurst
Covington | Martin Sennet Conner | D  | 1916-1924  | Seminary
DeSoto | Dalton F. Warren | D  | 1916-1920  | Olive Branch
John C. Lauderdale | D  | 1916-1920  | Bright
Forrest | Elisha A. Anderson | D  | 1912-  | Hattiesburg
Franklin | Charles A. Everett | D  | 1916-1920  | Monroe
George | Luther W. Maples | D  | 1916-1920  | Clarence
Greene | William I. McLain | D  | 1916-1920  | Richton
Grenada | William Aylmer Winter | D  | 1916-1924  | Grenada
Hancock | Robert L. Genin | D  | 1912-1920; 1926-1928  | Bay St. Louis
Harrison | Ernest E. O'Neal | D  | 1916-  | Saucier
Hinds | Verell P. Ferguson | D  | 1912-1923  | Learned
Edward H. Green | D  | 1916-  | Jackson
John Sivley Rhodes | D  | 1916-  | Jackson
Holmes | Thomas G. Stephenson | D  | 1912-  | Lexington
Leland N. White | D  | 1916-  | Lexington
Henry H. Johnson | D  | 1916-  | Lexington
Issaquena | Robert E. Foster | D  | 1912-1931  | Shiloh
Itawamba | William C. Gray | D  | 1916-  | Fulton
Jackson | William R. David | D  | 1916-  | Carterville
Jasper | Henry Lloyd Finch | D  | 1916-1924  | Heidelberg
Jefferson | William M. Darden | D  | 1912-  | McNair
Jefferson Davis | Oliver C. Luper | D  | 1916-  | Prentiss
Jones | James H. Bush | D  | 1912-  | Laurel
Kemper | Joseph J. Daniel | D  | 1916-  | DeKalb
Edmund J. Irby | D  | 1916-  | Scooba
Lafayette | David F. Hoyle | D  | 1916-  | Paris
Henry L. Davis | D  | 1916-1920; 1924-1928  | Tula
Lamar | John A. Yeager | D  | 1916-1932  | Lumberton
Lauderdale | Thomas L. Bailey | D  | 1916-1940  | Meridian
Willis M. Taylor | D  | 1916-1920  | Meridian
Jesse D. Bounds | D  | 1916-1920; 1928-1932  | Bailey
Lawrence | Charles E. Gibson | D  | 1916-  | Monticello
Leake | Martin M. Miller | D  | 1916-1920  | Edinburg
Lee | Frank L. Kincannon | D  | 1916-  | Tupelo
James S. Howerton | D  | 1912-  | Baldwyn
Leflore | William S. Barry | D  | 1888-1892; 1916-1920  | Greenwood
Lincoln | John F. Cole | D  | 1916-  | Bogue Chitto
Lowndes | John F. Frierson | D  | 1916-  | Columbus
Dabney L. Ervin | D  | 1912-  | Columbus
Joseph R. Thomas | D  | 1916-  | Columbus
Madison | John B. Dendy | D  | 1912-  | Pickens
Tip Ray | D  | 1916-  | Canton
Marion | Ethelbert I. Singley | I  | 1916-1920  | Columbia
Marshall | William W. Stamps | D  | 1916-  | Colliersville, TN
Wilfred I. Spears | D  | 1916-  | Byhalia
John A. Hardin | D  | 1916-  | Potts Camp
Monroe | William H. Kolb | D  | 1916-  | Aberdeen
William L. C. Bailey | D  | 1916-  | Aberdeen
Arna A. Tubb | D  | 1916-  | Amory
Montgomery | Elijah M. Thompson | D  | 1912-  | Winona
Neshoba | Thomas B. Williams | D  | 1916-  | Philadelphia
Newton | Nathan M. Everett | D  | 1912-  | Hickory
Bennie W. Dearing | D  | 1916-  | Newton
Noxubee | Thomas W. Brame | D  | 1912-  | Macon
Clinton E. Dorroh | D  | 1916-  | Macon
Prince DeWitt Hubbard | D  | 1916-  | Shuqualak
Oktibbeha | Joseph S. Rice | D  | 1916-  | Starkville
John D. Greene Jr. | D  | 1916-  | Sturgis
Panola | Albert Sidney Kyle | D  | 1900-1912; 1916-  | Batesville
Felix H. Nelson | D  | 1916-  | Pope
Robert T. Keys | D  | 1916-  | Sardis
Pearl River | Jess E. Stockstill | D  | 1916-  | Picayune
Perry | Gabriel D. Draughn | D  | 1916-  | New Augusta
Pike | Joseph E. Norwood | D  | 1916-  | Magnolia
Fenelon D. Hewitt | D  | 1916-  | McComb
Pontotoc | William T. Stegall | D  | 1896-  | Pontotoc
Frank Roberson | D  | 1916-1917  | Pontotoc
Thomas J. Wingo | D  | 1917-  | Toccopola
Prentiss | Robert E. L. Sutherland | D  | 1916-  | Wheeler
Bartho L. Breedlove | D  | 1916-  | Booneville
Quitman | Ula B. Ross | D  | 1916-1920  | Lambert
Rankin | William E. McIntyre | D  | 1916-  | Brandon
Richard H. Watts | D  | 1916-  | Pelahatchie
Scott | William L. Weems | D  |  | Sun
Sharkey | Samuel B. Alexander | D  | 1916-  | Rolling Fork
Simpson | William F. Stroud | D  | 1916-  | Pinola
Smith | Henry C. Thornton | D  | 1916-  | Taylorville
Stone | A. Batson | D  | 1916-1920  |
Sunflower | Arthur B. Clark | D  | 1916-1924  | Indianola
Tallahatchie | Rowe Hays | D  | 1916-  | Sumner
Tate | William J. East | D  | 1896-1900; 1904-1908; 1916–1920  | Senatobia
Servetus L. Crockett | D  | 1916-  | Tyro
Tippah | William R. Wildman | D  | 1916-  | Ripley
Tishomingo | James R. Mann | D  | 1916-  | Iuka
Tunica | James M. Anderson | D  | 1916-  | Tunica
Union | John N. Magill | D  | 1916-  | Bethany
Sam J. Purvis | D  | 1916-  | Blue Springs
Walthall | William W. Pope | D  |  | Tylertown
Warren | Thomas R. Foster | D  | 1902-1912; 1916-  | Vicksburg
George R. Hawkins | D  | 1908-1912; 1916-  | Vicksburg
Robert L. C. Barret | D  | 1916-  | Vicksburg
Washington | Alfred H. Stone | D  | 1916-1924  | Dunleith Plantation
Alexander G. Paxton | D  | 1916-  | Greenville
Walter S. Knotts | D  | 1916-  | Belzoni
Wayne | Grover C. Clark | D  | 1916-  | Heidelberg
Webster | Solon S. Gore | D  | 1916-  | Embry
Wilkinson | James R. Hutcheson | D  | 1916-  | Centerville
C. T. Netterville, Jr. | D  | 1916-  | Wilkinson
Winston | Frank McGehee Glenn | D  | 1916-  | Noxapater
Yalobusha | George E. Denley | D  | 1916-  | Coffeeville
William A. Nolen | D  | 1916-  | Water Valley
Yazoo | Benjamin F. Roberts | D  | 1916-  | Satartia
Patrick C. Meagher | D  | 1916-1920  | Yazoo City
Excell Coody | D  | 1916-  | Phoenix
Franklin &

Lincoln

| Fred A. Wright | D  | 1916-  | Lucien
Tippah &

Benton

| Frederick B. Smith | D  | 1916-  | Ripley
Claiborne &

Jefferson

| Samuel R. Young | D  | 1916-  | Pattison
Clarke &

Jasper

| William L. West | D  | 1916-  | Vossburg
Grenada &

Montgomery

| William H. Dyre | D  | 1916-1920  | Winona
Leake &

Winston

| John C. Holton | D  | 1916-  | Louisville
Harrison &

Jackson

| John M. Hairston | D  | 1916-  | Gulfport
Lee &

Itawamba

| Robert S. Sheffield | D  | 1916-  | Dorsey
Yazoo &

Hinds

| Dr. Virgil M. Perry | D  | 1916-  | Satartia
R. S. Bowman | D  | 1916-  | Benton

## Notes

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1. ^ Resigned before 1918 session
2. ^ Died in 1917
3. ^ Resigned to fight in World War I

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
2. ^ "2016-2020 MISSISSIPPI BLUE BOOK". www.sos.ms.gov. Archived from the original on 2021-05-04. Retrieved 2021-05-05.

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