M. A. C. Hussey Explained

McCron Avondale Cook Hussey (19 May 1840 – 9 May 1929) was an American politician from Natchez, Mississippi.

He was a Circuit Court Clerk in 1869^[1] and 1871.^[2] In 1871 he was also an Alderman in Natchez.^[3]

In 1872 he was one of the incorporators of the Natchez and Brookhaven Railroad Company.^[4] He was an officer of the Natchez Pythian Lodge which was a Masonic lodge instituted August 7, 1872.^[5] In the same year he was also the President of the newly formed Natchez Typographical Union No. 152.^[6]

In 1873 he was a Circuit Court Clerk, served as the Secretary of the County School Board and was a member of the City School Board.^[7]

In 1874 he was Circuit Court Clerk and a City School Trustee.^[8]

He represented Adams County, Mississippi, along with Henry P. Jacobs and Fred Parsons, in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1876 and 1877.^{[9] [10] [11]} He was elected as a Fusionist candidate and was described as a white moderate. He later switched to the Democratic Party.^{[12] [13]}

Notes and References

1. News: List of Officers 1869 . 19 April 2022 . Tri-Weekly Clarion . 25 May 1869 . 4.
2. News: Election results for county officers in Adams county . 19 April 2022 . Natchez Democrat . 9 November 1871 . 2.
3. News: Proceedings of the Mayor and Aldermen . 19 April 2022 . The Weekly Democrat . 15 February 1871 . 4.
4. Book: Laws of the State of Mississippi. 1872. Fall & Marshall, state printers. 362.
5. Book: Falck . Susan T. . Remembering Dixie: The Battle to Control Historical Memory in Natchez, Mississippi, 1865–1941 . 23 August 2019 . Univ. Press of Mississippi . 978-1-4968-2443-1 . 295 . 19 April 2022 . en.
6. News: Natchez Typographical Union No. 152 . 19 April 2022 . Natchez Democrat . 30 April 1872 . 2.
7. News: Official Directory 1873 . 19 April 2022 . Natchez Democrat . 3 July 1873 . 1.
8. News: Official Directory for 1874 . 19 April 2022 . Natchez Democrat . 20 September 1874 . 4.
9. Book: The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. 1908. Department of Archives and History. 91.
10. Book: A History of Mississippi: From the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto, Including the Earliest Settlement Made by the French Under Iberville, to the Death of Jefferson Davis. 9780404046101. 1891. AMS Press. 438.
11. News: The Legislature 1876 . 19 April 2022 . Clarion-Ledger . 6 April 1876 . 1.
12. Book: Behrend, Justin. Reconstructing Democracy: Grassroots Black Politics in the Deep South After the Civil War. March 24, 2015. University of Georgia Press. 9780820340333. Google Books. 308, 313, 335.
13. News: M. A. C. Hussey move to the Democratic Party . 19 April 2022 . The Clarion-Ledger . 31 January 1877 . 2.