| 10th Mississippi Legislature | |||||
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| Legislative body | Mississippi Legislature | ||||
| Jurisdiction | Mississippi,  United States | ||||
| Term | January 1, 1827 (1827-01-01) – February 8, 1827 (1827-02-08) | ||||
| Mississippi State Senate | |||||
| President | Gerard C. Brandon | ||||
| President pro tempore | Abram M. Scott | ||||
| Mississippi House of Representatives | |||||
| Speaker | Isaac R. Nicholson | ||||
| Sessions | |||||
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The 10th Mississippi Legislature met from January 1, 1827, to February 8, 1827, in Jackson, Mississippi. Elections, for all representatives and some senators, were held in August 1826.
Senate
State senators were elected to three-year terms on a rotating basis. Burnett, Scott, Cooper, and Irwin were elected to full three-year terms in August 1826. Torrence was elected to a two-year term in August 1826 to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Senator Charles C. Slocumb.
Abram M. Scott was elected president pro tempore of the Senate to fill in for Senate President and Lieutenant Governor Gerard C. Brandon who was serving as acting Governor. Non-senators William H. Chaille and Joseph Pearce were elected Secretary and Door-keeper respectively. The Senate adjourned on February 8, 1827.
| County District | Senator Name | Year Elected |
| Pike, Marion | Willie P. Harris | 1824 |
| Lawrence, Simpson | Charles Lynch | 1824 |
| Hinds, Warren, Yazoo | Hardin D. Runnels | 1824 |
| Adams | Fountain Winston | 1825 |
| Jackson, Hancock, Green, Perry | John McLeod | 1825 |
| Monroe | William Dowsing | 1825 |
| Amite, Franklin | Thomas Torrence | 1826 |
| Wayne, Covington, Jones | Hamilton Cooper | 1826 |
| Wilkinson | Abram M. Scott | 1826 |
| Claiborne | Daniel Burnett | 1826 |
| Copiah, Jefferson | John L. Irwin | 1826 |
House
All representatives were elected in August 1826. Isaac R. Nicholson was elected Speaker of the House. Non-representatives James Phillips Jr. and Dillard Collins were elected Clerk and Door-Keeper respectively. The House adjourned on February 7, 1827.
| County | Name of Representative |
| Adams | Charles B. Green |
| Archibald Dunbar | |
| Amite | Solomon Weathersby |
| Richard Hurst | |
| Claiborne | Joseph Moore |
| John Henderson | |
| Copiah | Isaac R. Nicholson |
| Samuel N. Gilleland | |
| Covington | Abel L. Hatten |
| Franklin | John F. Weatherspoon |
| Thomas Cotton | |
| Green | Archibald McManus |
| Hancock | R. Rutelus P. Pray |
| Hinds | William J. Austin |
| Jackson | William C. Seamon |
| Jefferson | Cowles Mead |
| Philip Dickson | |
| Jones | John C. Thomas |
| Lawrence | Joseph Cooper |
| Anthony Butler | |
| Marion | Nathaniel Robbins |
| Monroe | George Higgason |
| Robert Edrington | |
| James T. Trotter | |
| Perry | J. J. H. Morris |
| Pike | David Cleveland |
| Peter Quinn | |
| Simpson | Franklin E. Plummer |
| Warren | James Gibson |
| Wayne | Thomas S. Sterling |
| Wilkinson | Cotesworth P. Smith |
| M. T. Degraffenreid | |
| Yazoo | Richard Sparks |
References
- ^ "Journal of the Senate of the state of Mississippi: reformatted from the original and including, Jou". Journal of the Senate of the State of Mississippi: Reformatted from the Original and Including, Jou. Jan 1827 10th Sess: 3–5, 230. January 1827 – via LLMC Digital.
- ^ "Journal of the House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi: reformatted from the original". Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Mississippi: Reformatted from the Original. Jan 1827 10th Sess: 3–4, 298. January 1827 – via LLMC Digital.
- ^ "Mississippi Legislature 1826". Newspapers.com. August 31, 1826. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
- ^ Senate, Mississippi Legislature (1825). Journal. p. 27.
- ^ "Journal of the Senate of the State of Mississippi ... 1826 v.9". HathiTrust. p. 20. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
