1904–1908 Mississippi Legislature
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The 1904–1908 Mississippi Legislature was convened in two sessions, the first between January 5, 1904, and March 22, 1904, and the second between January 2, 1906 and April 21, 1906.
Legislative bodyMississippi Legislature
JurisdictionMississippi, 
United States
United StatesMeeting placeMississippi State Capitol
Term5 January 1904 – 7 January 1908
| 1904–1908 Mississippi Legislature | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Mississippi Legislature | ||||
| Jurisdiction | Mississippi, United States | ||||
| Meeting place | Mississippi State Capitol | ||||
| Term | 5 January 1904 – 7 January 1908 | ||||
| Election | 1903 Mississippi elections | ||||
| Mississippi State Senate | |||||
| Members | 45 | ||||
| President | John Prentiss Carter | ||||
| President pro tempore | E. H. Moore | ||||
| Party control | Democratic | ||||
| Mississippi House of Representatives | |||||
| Members | 133 | ||||
| Speaker | Emmet Thomas | ||||
| Party control | Democratic | ||||
| Sessions | |||||
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History
Members were elected on November 3, 1903.[1] The House and the Senate first convened on January 5, 1904.[2][3] That session adjourned on March 22, 1904.[2] During that session, laws were passed mandating a "uniform series of school books", racial segregation on street cars, creating Lamar County, and authorizing a law code for 1906.[4] They also authorized appropriations for new buildings for the Mississippi Institution for the Deaf and Dumb after the old dormitory was destroyed by fire on March 18, 1902.[4]
A second session was held between January 2, 1906, and April 21, 1906.[5][6] The term officially ended when the 1908-1912 session began on January 7, 1908.[7]
James K. Vardaman served as governor during this term.[8]
Officers
Senate
John Prentiss Carter, as lieutenant governor, served ex officio as President of the Senate.[1] E. H. Moore was near-unanimously elected President Pro Tempore of the Senate.[3] John Y. Murry, Jr. served as Secretary, P. M B. Self served as Sergeant-at-Arms, and H. J. Thornton served as Doorkeeper.[1]
House
Emmet Thomas was elected Speaker of the House.[1] L. Pink Smith served as Clerk, A. H. Hutchinson served as Sergeant-at-Arms, and the Doorkeepers were Elias Phillips and John Barfield.[1]
Senate
All members were Democrats.[1] Several new members joined in 1906.[9]
| District Number | Counties | Senator Name | Residence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hancock, Harrison, Jackson | Horace Bloomfield | Scranton |
| 2 | Wayne, Jones, Perry, Greene | J. T. Parks (1904) | Hattiesburg |
| R. S. Hall (1906) | Hattiesburg | ||
| 3 | Jasper, Clarke | D. W. Heidelberg | Shubuta |
| 4 | Simpson, Covington, Marion, Pearl River | Henry Mounger | Columbia |
| 5 | Rankin, Smith | Patrick Henry | Brandon |
| 6 | Pike, Franklin | Clem V. Ratcliff | Summit |
| 7 | Amite, Wilkinson | Charles H. Frith | Bates Mill |
| 8 | Lincoln, Lawrence | G. Wood Magee | Monticello |
| 9 | Adams | James A. Clinton (1904) | Natchez |
| Gerard Brandon (1906) | Natchez | ||
| 10 | Claiborne, Jefferson | Stephen Thrasher | Port Gibson |
| 11 | Copiah | M. S. McNeil | Crystal Springs |
| 12 | Hinds, Warren | W. K. McLaurin | Vicksburg |
| Murry F. Smith | Vicksburg | ||
| W. J. Croom | Bolton | ||
| 13 | Scott, Newton | J. M. Stephenson (1904) | Morton |
| Oliver McIlhenny (1906) | Forrest | ||
| 14 | Lauderdale | C. C. Dunn | Meridian |
| 15 | Kemper, Winston | J. D. Doss | Louisville |
| 16 | Noxubee | A. T. Dent | Macon |
| 17 | Leake, Neshoba | Presley Groves | Ofahoma |
| 18 | Madison | H. B. Greaves | Canton |
| 19 | Yazoo | A. M. Hicks | Myrleville |
| 20 | Sharkey, Issaquena | H. J. McLaurin | Rolling Fork |
| 21 | Holmes | H. H. Elmore | Lexington |
| 22 | Attala | Wiley Sanders | Kosciusko |
| 23 | Oktibbeha, Choctaw | W. W. Magruder | Starkville |
| 24 | Clay, Webster | W. R. Scott | Eupora |
| 25 | Lowndes | M. A. Franklin | Columbus |
| 26 | Carroll, Montgomery | G. A. McLean | Winona |
| 27 | Leflore, Tallahatchie | C. E. Harris | Sumner |
| 28 | Yalobusha, Grenada | James Moore | Oakland |
| 29 | Washington, Sunflower | W. W. Stone | Greenville |
| John L. Hebron | Greenville | ||
| 30 | Bolivar | E. H. Moore | Rosedale |
| 31 | Chickasaw, Calhoun, Pontotoc | James Gordon | Okolona |
| C. E. Franklin | Pontotoc | ||
| 32 | Lafayette | G. R. Hightower | Oxford |
| 33 | Panola | A. S. Yarbrough | Como |
| 34 | Coahoma, Tunica, Quitman | J. A. Glover | Clarksdale |
| 35 | DeSoto | Leonard J. Farley | Hernando |
| 36 | Tate, Benton, Marshall, Union, Tippah | R. D. Simpson | Pegram |
| W. A. Boyd | Gossett | ||
| W. A. Belk | Holly Springs | ||
| 37 | Tishomingo, Alcorn, Prentiss | Carroll Kendrick | Kendrick |
| 38 | Monroe | W. B. Walker (died 1903) | Aberdeen |
| R. E. Houston (1904-) | Aberdeen | ||
| Lee, Itawamba | J. M. Weaver | Rara Avis |
House
Emmet N. Thomas was elected Speaker of the House on January 5, 1904.[1] Several new members joined in 1906.[9] All members were Democrats.[1]
| County District | Representative | Residence |
|---|---|---|
| Adams | E. E. Brown | Natchez |
| C. N. Winston | Stanton | |
| Alcorn | T. J. Dalton | Rienzi |
| G. W. Bynum | Corinth | |
| Amite | Edward J. Forman | Nat |
| Polk Talbert | Gloster | |
| Attala | John F. Allen | Hallum |
| Arthur Reynolds | Ethel | |
| Benton | R. M. Owen | Ashland |
| Bolivar | J. C. Burrus | Bennoit |
| Julius Lesser | Duncan | |
| Calhoun | T. M. Murphree (1904) | Pittsboro |
| T. L. Beadles (1906) | Pittsboro | |
| J. L. Bates | Pittsboro | |
| Carroll | S. E. Turner | Vaiden |
| A. J. Coleman | Emory | |
| Chickasaw | N. W. Bradford | Houston |
| J. R. Gilfoy | Woodland | |
| Choctaw | Lafayette Robinson | Ackerman |
| Claiborne | J. W. Clark | Hermanville |
| Clarke | W. M. Estes | Enterprise |
| Clay | John G. Millsaps | West Point |
| J. E. Caradine | Montpelier | |
| Coahoma | W. A. Alcorn | Clarksdale |
| John A. Suddoth | Friars Point | |
| Copiah | J. B. Errington | Hazlehurst |
| W. B. Lockwood | Crystal Springs | |
| E. C. McMichael | Wesson | |
| Covington | G. W. Holloway | Mt. Carmel |
| DeSoto | Julius R. Tipton | Hernando |
| A. S. Meharg | Eudora | |
| Franklin | S. P. Butler | Little Springs |
| Greene | Dan McLeod | Leakesville |
| Grenada | S. A. Morrison | Grenada |
| Hancock | J. Q. Fountain | Pearlington |
| Harrison | E. M. Barber | Biloxi |
| Hinds | W. C. Wells Jr. | Jackson |
| J. C. Ward | Jackson | |
| Paul D. Ratliff | Raymond | |
| Holmes | S. M. Smith | Lexington |
| H. S. Hooker Jr. | Lexington | |
| S. N. Sample | Ebenezer | |
| Issaquena | L. C. Dulaney | Grace |
| Itawamba | W. S. Sheffield | Dorsey |
| Jackson | W. D. Bullard | Scranton |
| Jasper | W. J. McFarland | Paulding' |
| Jefferson | C. W. Whitney Jr. | Fayette |
| Jones | Henry Hilbun | Ellisville |
| Kemper | G. H. Ethridge | DeKalb |
| A. E. Grantham (1904) | Enondale | |
| S. D. Stennis (1906) | Mt. Nebo | |
| Lamar | J. R. Holcomb (1906) | Purvis |
| Lafayette | D. M. Kimbrough | Oxford |
| M. C. Denton | Tula | |
| Lauderdale | W. R. Denton | Hookston |
| J. D. Stennis | Bailey | |
| S. B. Watts | Meridian | |
| Lawrence | E. L. H. Bird | Tryus |
| Leake | W. A. Ellis | Carthage |
| Lee | J. M. Hoyle | Tupelo |
| P. E. Caruthers | Tupelo | |
| Leflore | S. R. Coleman | Greenwood |
| Lincoln | V. B. Watts | Brookhaven |
| Lowndes | P. W. Maer | Columbus |
| J. I. Sturdivant | Columbus | |
| A. J. Ervin | Crawford | |
| Madison | Clarence B. Greaves | Flora |
| R. Sidney Powell | Canton | |
| Marion | S. J. Hathorn | Columbia |
| Marshall | R. L. Tucker | Chulahoma |
| John M. Eddins | Byhalia | |
| H. K. Mahon | Holly Springs | |
| Monroe | E. E. Cowley | Amory |
| Ben McFarland | Aberdeen | |
| D. A. Beeks | Quincey | |
| Montgomery | W. T. McCuiston (1904) | Sweatman |
| S. I. Robinson (1906) | Winona | |
| Neshoba | R. L. Breland | Philadelphia |
| Newton | Floyd Loper (1904) | Conehatta |
| Thomas Keith (1906) | Decatur | |
| J. R. Byrd | Newton | |
| Noxubee | H. H. Brooks | Macon |
| E. D. Cavett | Macon | |
| E. C. Patty | Macon | |
| Oktibbeha | James W. Norment | Starkville |
| Joseph W. Crumpton | Sturges | |
| Panola | A. S. Kyle | Bateville |
| N. C. Knox | Reynolds | |
| D. B. Arnold | Popes | |
| Pearl River | H. K. Rouse | Poplarville |
| Perry | Hiram S. Stevens | Hattiesburg |
| Pike | W. W. Pope | Tylertown |
| W. B. Mixon | McComb City | |
| Pontotoc | J. B. Fontaine | Pontotoc |
| F. M. Lantrip (1904) | Thaxton | |
| W. T. Stegall (1906) | Plymouth | |
| Prentiss | J. A. Cunningham | Marietta |
| L. M. Burge | Baldwyn | |
| Quitman | T. E. Williams | Belen |
| Rankin | J. S. Roberts | Langford |
| J. C. Robinson | Pisgah | |
| Scott | A. N. Cooper | Forest |
| Sharkey | Anthony Miller | Panther Burn |
| Simpson | J. D. Wilkinson | Magee |
| Smith | Thomas Mayfield | Taylorsville |
| Sunflower | W. E. Ringold | Linn |
| Tallahatchie | J. S. Thompson | Charleston |
| Tate | W. J. East | Senatobia |
| S. T. Clayton (1904) | Strayhorn | |
| T. C. House (1906) | Senatobia | |
| Tippah | James Duncan | Ripley |
| Tishomingo | D. L. Ross | Iuka |
| Tunica | C. W. Doherty | Tunica |
| Union | J. C. Patterson | Cotton Plant |
| R. S. Bell | Avenelle | |
| Warren | S. N. Collier | Vicksburg |
| O. S. Robbins | Vicksburg | |
| T. R. Foster | Vicksburg | |
| Washington | E. N. Thomas | Greenville |
| R. W. Garrison | Leland | |
| Percy Bell (1904) | Greenville | |
| Van Buren Boddie (1906) | Greenville | |
| Wayne | W. M. McAlister | Waynesboro |
| Webster | J. W. Spencer | Glenlyn |
| Wilkinson | W. F. Tucker | Woodville |
| D. M. Huff | Woodville | |
| Winston | W. C. Hight | Louisville |
| Yalobusha | J. G. McGowan | Water Valley |
| J. Mel Smith | Coffeeville | |
| Yazoo | J. W. George | Yazoo City |
| W. W. Coody | Phoenix | |
| Fayette Caruthers | Yazoo City | |
| Floater Representatives | ||
| Franklin and Lincoln | T. H. Montgomery | Brookhaven |
| Benton and Tippah | J. B. Blackwell | Finger |
| Claiborne and Jefferson | J. S. Hicks | Fayette |
| Clarke and Jasper | W. W. Heidelberg | Heidelberg |
| Grenada and Montgomery | W. S. P. Doty | Grenada |
| Leake and Winston | W. L. Evans | Madden |
| Harrison and Jackson | R. C. Cowan | Scranton |
| Lee and Itawamba | Guy W. Mitchell | Guntown |
| Hinds and Yazoo | W. J. McGee | Jackson |