Horace Harned Explained

Horace Harned
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Birth Date:27 July 1920
Birth Place:State College, Mississippi
Death Place:Starkville, Mississippi
Party:Democratic
Occupation:Farmer, dairyman
Spouse:Nellie Jean Howell
Residence:Starkville, Mississippi
State Senate:Mississippi State
District:23rd
District1:23-A
State House1:Mississippi
Termstart:January 1952
Termend:January 1956
Termstart1:January 1960
Termend1:January 1980

Horace Hammerton Harned Jr. (July 27, 1920  - July 2, 2017) was an American politician in the state of Mississippi.[1] He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives and Mississippi State Senate. A Democrat,[2] [3] [4] he was one of seven legislators who sat on the segregationist Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission in the 1960s.[5] He served in the Senate from 1952 to 1956, and in the House from 1960 to 1980.[6]

Harned lived in Starkville, Mississippi. He served on the executive committee of Citizens Council.[7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Horace Harned. Starkville Daily News. 24 July 2017.
  2. Web site: The Political Graveyard: Freemasons, politicians, Mississippi. politicalgraveyard.com.
  3. Web site: Welcome to the Civil Rights Digital Library. crdl.usg.edu. October 31, 2015. September 7, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150907200103/http://crdl.usg.edu/export/html/usm/coh/crdl_usm_coh_mus-ohharned.html. dead.
  4. Web site: Horace Harned, Jr. and the Famed Flying Tigers :: Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum in Starkville, MS. 2015-10-31. 2015-12-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20151219020633/http://oktibbehaheritagemuseum.com/wordpress/2015/06/horace-harned-jr-and-the-famed-flying-tigers/. dead.
  5. Web site: Should the Mississippi Files Have Been Re-Opened? No, because .... Richard. Rubin. archive.nytimes.com.
  6. Mississippi. Legislature . 1976-01-01 . Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1976] ]. Mississippi Legislature Hand Books.
  7. Web site: The Mississippi Legislature 1964. crmvet.org. 23 January 2024.
  8. Web site: Memorandum. justice.gov. 23 January 2024.