Alpheus Batson
American politician
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Alpheus Batson (November 21, 1869 – ?), also known as Alfred Batson,[1] was an American lawyer and politician.
Alpheus Batson | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the Greene County district Stone County (1917–1920) | |
| In office January 5, 1932 – January 1936 | |
| In office September 1917 – January 1920 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 21, 1869 |
| Party | Democratic |
He was born on November 21, 1869, in Perry County, Mississippi.[2] He was a lawyer and a merchant.[2] A resident of Recluse, Mississippi,[3] he represented Stone County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1917 to 1920.[4][5][6] In 1916, he defeated J. M. Culpeper in an election to represent the newly formed Stone County in the Mississippi House of Representatives, with a vote of 384 to 323.[7] He ran for re-election in 1919, but lost the Democratic primary to John M. "Mack" Alexander.[8] Batson moved to Bothwell, Mississippi.[2] He was later re-elected to the House, representing Greene County, for the 1932–1936 term.[2]