Before: | 1st Mississippi Legislature |
After: | 3rd Mississippi Legislature |
State: | Mississippi |
Jurisdiction: | Mississippi |
Country: | USA |
Chamber1: | Mississippi State Senate |
Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | President |
Chamber1 Leader1: | Duncan Stewart |
Chamber2: | Mississippi House of Representatives |
Chamber2 Leader1 Type: | Speaker |
Chamber2 Leader1: | Edward Turner |
Meeting Place: | Natchez, Mississippi |
Body: | Mississippi Legislature |
The 2nd Mississippi Legislature first met on January 4, 1819, in Natchez, Mississippi.[1] [2] It adjourned in February 1819.[3]
The Mississippi State Senate was composed of the following members. Lieutenant Governor Duncan Stewart served ex officio as President of the Senate, and non-senator Spotswood Mills served as the Senate's secretary.
County District | Senator | |
Adams | Henry Postlethwaite | |
Amite | David Lea | |
Jefferson | Armstrong Ellis | |
Wilkinson | Joseph Johnson | |
Franklin, Pike | Richardson Bowman | |
Lawrence, Marion, Hancock | Howell W. Runnels | |
Warren, Claiborne | Henry D. Downs | |
Wayne, Greene, Jackson | Josiah Skinner |
The Mississippi House of Representatives was composed of the following. Edward Turner was elected Speaker of the House. Non-representatives Peter A. Vandorn and Henry Vaughan served as Clerk and Doorkeeper respectively.
County | Representative |
Adams | Charles B. Green |
Joseph Sessions | |
John B. Newitt | |
Edward Turner | |
Amite | Henry Hanna |
John Burton | |
William Gardner | |
Claiborne | William Willis |
Stephen D. Carson | |
Franklin | John Cameron |
Green | Isaac R. Nicholson |
Hancock | Noel Jourdon |
Jackson | ? |
Jefferson | Roswell Valentine |
James Calvin | |
Lawrence | Harmon Runnells |
Marion | Jacob Tomlinson |
Pike | Vincent Gardner |
David Cleveland | |
Warren | Jacob Hyland |
Wayne | William Patton |
Wilkinson | Thomas M. Gildart |
Joshua Child | |
John R. Holliday |