M. M. McLeod explained

Successor:H. C. Carter
Predecessor:H. C. Carter
District1:Hinds County
Party:Republican
Death Place:Aberdeen, Mississippi
Termend1:January 1886
Birth Place:Ohio
Termstart1:January 1884
State House1:Mississippi
Termend:November 13, 1873
Termstart:October 20, 1873
Order:21st
Office:Secretary of State of Mississippi
Governor:Ridgley C. Powers

Murdock M. McLeod (c. 1847 - December 1895) was a lawyer who served as a city clerk and state legislator in Mississippi. A Republican, he served as the 21st Secretary of State of Mississippi from October to November 1873. He is listed as one of several "Negro" Mississippi Secretary of State officeholders who served during the Reconstruction era.[1]

Biography

Murdock M. McLeod was born circa 1847 in Ohio.[2] [3] He served as the city clerk of Jackson, Mississippi. On October 20, 1873, McLeod was appointed Secretary of State of Mississippi by Mississippi governor Ridgley C. Powers.[4] McLeod served until he resigned on November 13, 1873. From 1884 to 1886, he represented Hinds County in the Mississippi House of Representatives. McLeod died in December 1895 in Aberdeen, Mississippi.

References

  1. Web site: The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi . 1924 .
  2. Web site: Murdock M. McLeod – Against All Odds. 2021-06-22. en-US.
  3. Web site: 1884 House · Mississippi State University Libraries. 2021-06-22. msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com. 1884 .
  4. Book: Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. 1924. 31. en.