John Black (U.S. senator)

American politician

John Black

United States Senator
from Mississippi
In office
November 12, 1832 – March 3, 1833 – November 22, 1833 – January 22, 1838
Preceded by| Powhatan Ellis
Succeeded by| James F. Trotter
Personal details
Born| August 11, 1800
Massachusetts
Died| August 29, 1854 (aged 54)
Winchester, Virginia
Political party| Whig

John Black (August 11, 1800 – August 29, 1854) was a politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi, most notably serving in the United States Senate as a Whig from 1832 to 1838.

## Biography[edit]

Black was born in Massachusetts,[1] and became a teacher. He then moved to Louisiana, where he practiced law. After moving to Mississippi, he was elected a judge in 1826, eventually being elected to the Mississippi Supreme Court.[1][2] In 1832, Governor Charles Lynch appointed him as a Jacksonian, the forerunner of the modern Democratic Party, to fill the vacancy left by Powhatan Ellis. He ran for the seat in his own right as an anti-Jacksonian (later Whig) and served from November 22, 1833 to January 22, 1838, when he resigned.

During his time in office, he served as the chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Private Lands. After leaving the Senate, he moved to Winchester, Virginia, where he resumed practicing law until his death.

Like many southern United States politicians of his day, Black was a slave owner.[3]

## See also[edit]

* List of justices of the Supreme Court of Mississippi

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Thomas H. Somerville, "A Sketch of the Supreme Court of Mississippi", in Horace W. Fuller, ed., The Green Bag, Vol. XI (1899), p. 507.
2. ^ Franklin Lafayette Riley, School History of Mississippi: For Use in Public and Private Schools (1915), p. 380-82.
3. ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, 2022-01-27, retrieved 2022-01-31

## External links[edit]

* United States Congress. "John Black (id: B000503)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. Senate

Preceded by

Powhatan Ellis

|  U.S. senator (Class 1) from Mississippi
November 12, 1832 – March 3, 1833
(Legislature failed to elect.)
November 22, 1833 – January 22, 1838
Served alongside: George Poindexter, Robert J. Walker | Succeeded by

James F. Trotter

Political offices
Preceded by

Isaac Caldwell

|  Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
1826–1832  | Succeeded by

Eli Huston

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United States senators from Mississippi

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* Leake
* Holmes
* Ellis
* Reed
* Ellis
* Black
* Trotter
* T. Hickman Williams
* Henderson
* Speight
* Davis
* McRae
* S. Adams
* Davis
* Ames
* Pease
* Bruce
* George
* Money
* J. Williams
* Stephens
* Bilbo
* Stennis
* Lott
* Wicker

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* T. Hill Williams
* Reed
* R. Adams
* Poindexter
* Walker
* Chalmers
* Foote
* Brooke
* Brown
* Revels
* Alcorn
* Lamar
* Walthall
* McLaurin
* Walthall
* Sullivan
* McLaurin
* Gordon
* Percy
* Vardaman
* Harrison
* Eastland
* Doxey
* Eastland
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