State House: | Mississippi |
Termstart: | January 1904 |
Termend: | January 1912 |
District: | Tunica County |
Birth Date: | 5 January 1857 |
Birth Place: | Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Death Place: | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
Successor: | James M. Anderson |
Charles Wiley Doherty (January 5, 1857 – December 11, 1934) was a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Tunica County, from 1904 to 1912.
Charles Wiley Doherty was born on January 5, 1857, in Jackson, Mississippi.[1] [2] His parents were Paul Manson Doherty and Mary (O'Sullivan) Doherty. He was of Irish descent. He was a telegraph operator and cotton planter by profession. He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives to represent Tunica County as a Democrat in 1903. He was re-elected in 1907. Afterwards, he became a consul at Cartagena, Colombia, and at Mexicali, Mexico.[3] He died on December 11, 1934, in Phoenix, Arizona.
He was a Catholic. He married Meta White in 1883. They had two children: Annette Longstreet Doherty and Clark White Doherty.