William M. Hancock
William M. Hancock | |
|---|---|
| 14th President pro tempore of the Mississippi State Senate | |
| In office January 1870 – January 1872 | |
| Preceded by | John M. Simonton |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Bennett |
| Member of the Mississippi State Senate from the 9th district | |
| In office January 1870 – January 1872 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1817 or 1818 |
| Died | (aged 73) Meridian, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
William M. Hancock (1817/1818 - March 8, 1891) was a judge[1][2] and state legislator in Mississippi.[3] His father was Judge Jubal Braxton Hancock.
The Clarion-Ledger identified him as a Radical Republican in 1869.[4]
Hancock served in the provisional legislature in 1870 as president pro-tem of the Mississippi State Senate.[5][6] He represented the 9th District, or Jasper County, from 1870 to 1871.[7] John R. Lynch's book on Reconstruction reported him to be the only Republican legislator to vote against Hiram R. Revels as nominee to the U.S. Senate. Lynch said Hancock believed an African American could not legally serve in the body.[3]
In 1877, the Clarion-Ledger endorsed his nomination to be deputy collector noting his service during Democrat and Republican state governments.[8]
He served as postmaster in Meridian, Mississippi, having been appointed by presidents Chester Arthur before being ousted by Grover Cleveland, and was reappointed by Benjamin Harrison.[9] He died of pneumonia at 5 AM on March 8, 1891, aged 73.[9][10] His widow Mary Jane Hancock was nominated to take his place after his death.[11][9]
References
- ^ History, Mississippi Department of Archives and (July 26, 1904). "The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi". Department of Archives and History – via Google Books.
- ^ Bynum, Victoria E. (February 1, 2003). The Free State of Jones: Mississippi's Longest Civil War. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807854679 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Facts Of Reconstruction, by John R. Lynch". www.gutenberg.org. (Chapter 3)
- ^ "Clipped from the Clarion-Ledger". The Clarion-Ledger. December 9, 1869. p. 2.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Rowland, Dunbar (July 26, 1907). "Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form". Southern Historical Publishing Association – via Google Books.
- ^ Lowry, Robert; McCardle, William H. (1891). 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. R.H. Henry & Company. p. 502. ISBN 978-0-7884-4821-8.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - ^ "Clipped From The Clarion-Ledger". The Clarion-Ledger. July 18, 1877. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c https://www.newspapers.com/article/oxford-eagle/170089973/
- ^ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vicksburg-post-death-of-judge-hancoc/170089884/
- ^ Senate, United States. Congress (1909). "Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America".