State House: | Mississippi |
District: | Greene County |
Termstart1: | September 1917 |
Termend1: | January 1920 |
Party: | Democratic |
Birth Date: | 21 November 1869 |
Birth Place: | Perry County, Mississippi, U.S. |
Prior Term: | Stone County (1917–1920) |
Term Start: | January 5, 1932 |
Term End: | January 1936 |
Alpheus Batson, (born November 21, 1869) also known as Alfred Batson[1], was an American lawyer and politician.
He was born on November 21, 1869, in Perry County, Mississippi.[2] He was a lawyer and a merchant. A resident of Recluse, Mississippi,[3] he represented Stone County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1917 to 1920.[4] [5] [6] In 1916, he defeated J. M. Culpeper in an election to represent the newly formed Stone County in the Mississippi House of Representatives, with a vote of 384 to 323.[7] He ran for re-election in 1919, but lost the Democratic primary to John M. "Mack" Alexander.[8] Batson moved to Bothwell, Mississippi. He was later re-elected to the House, representing Greene County, for the 1932–1936 term.
Batson was a Methodist, and was married as of 1932.