W. H. H. Tison | |
Office: | 39th Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives |
Term Start: | January 3, 1882 |
Term End: | December 4, 1882 |
Predecessor: | Benjamin F. Johns |
Successor: | William M. Inge |
Office1: | Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from Lee County |
Term Start1: | January 3, 1882 |
Term End1: | December 4, 1882 |
Term2: | 1874 – 1880 |
Office3: | Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from Tishomingo County |
Term3: | 1856 – 1858 |
Term4: | 1850 – 1852 |
Birth Date: | 6 November 1822 |
Birth Place: | Jackson County, Alabama, U.S. |
Death Place: | Baldwyn, Mississippi, U.S. |
Death Cause: | Homicide (gunshot wound) |
Resting Place: | Masonic Cemetery, Baldwyn, Mississippi, U.S. |
Resting Place Coordinates: | 34.4969°N -88.6288°W |
Children: | 5 |
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Party: | Democratic |
Allegiance: | Confederate States |
Branch: | Army |
Branch Label: | Branch |
Serviceyears: | 1861–1865 |
Rank: | Colonel |
Battles: | |
Battles Label: | Battles |
William Henry Haywood Tison (November 6, 1822December 4, 1882) was an American politician who served as the 39th speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives from January 1882 until his assassination 11 months into his speakership. On December 4, 1882, J. Edward Sanders shot him on the sidewalk of Front Street in Baldwyn, Mississippi.[1] A member of the Democratic Party, Tison represented Lee and Tishomingo counties.[2] During the American Civil War, he served as an officer in the Confederate States Army.[3]