Emanuel Handy | |
Office: | Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives |
Term Start: | 1870 |
Term End: | 1873 |
Birth Place: | Copiah County, Mississippi, U.S. |
Occupation: | politician, farmer, constable |
Emanuel Handy, sometimes recorded as Emmanuel Handy, was an American politician. He was a delegate at the 1868 Mississippi Constitutional Convention and served in the Mississippi House of Representatives.
Handy was born in Copiah County, Mississippi.[1]
He served as a sergeant in the Union Army during the American Civil War, a delegate to Mississippi's 1868 Constitutional Convention, a farmer, a constable, and a state legislator in Mississippi.[2] [1] He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, serving in office from 1870 to 1873.[1]