The 15th Mississippi Legislature met between November 21, 1831, and December 20, 1831, in Jackson, Mississippi.[1][2]
Senate
Parmenas Briscoe was elected President pro Tempore.[2] John P. Gilbert was elected Secretary of the Senate, and Joseph Pierce was elected Door-Keeper.[2]
| County District
|
Senator Name
|
| Adams
|
Robert T. Dunbar
|
| Wilkinson
|
Cotesworth Pinckney Smith
|
| Pike, Marion
|
William Clinton Cage
|
| Amite, Franklin
|
Willie Jackson
|
| Claiborne
|
Parmenas Briscoe
|
| Copiah, Jefferson
|
Benjamin Kennedy
|
| Hinds
|
Isaac Caldwell
|
| Monroe, Lowndes, Rankin
|
James F. Trotter
|
| Wayne, Greene, Jackson, Hancock, Jones, Perry
|
Thomas S. Sterling
|
| Warren, Washington
|
John I. Guion
|
| Yazoo, Madison
|
Thomas Land
|
| Lawrence, Simpson, Covington
|
A. M. Keegan
|
House
M. F. DeGraffenreid was elected Speaker, defeating Charles B. Green in a 31-3 vote.[1] John H.. Mallory was elected Clerk, and Lewis Whitesides was elected Door-Keeper.[1]
| County
|
Representative Name
|
| Adams
|
John F. H. Claiborne
|
| Adam L. Bingaman
|
| Amite
|
Edmund Smith
|
| David Pemble
|
| Claiborne
|
Benjamin F. Stockton
|
| James H. Maury
|
| Copiah
|
Daniel B. Egan
|
| Seth Granberry
|
| Covington
|
Morgan McAfee
|
| Franklin
|
Richard W. Webber
|
| Green
|
David McRae
|
| Hancock
|
Elihu Carver
|
| Hinds
|
Jeremiah Conant
|
| James Scott
|
| Jackson
|
John McDonald
|
| Jefferson
|
Armstead B. Bradford
|
| John L. Irwin
|
| Jones
|
Samuel Ellis
|
| Lawrence
|
Samuel Benson
|
| George Granberry
|
| Lowndes
|
Tilman M. Tucker
|
| Marion
|
William M. Rankin
|
| Madison
|
Charles B. Green
|
| Monroe
|
George Higgason
|
| Perry
|
George D. Gaines
|
| Pike
|
John Gwin
|
| Franklin Love
|
| Rankin
|
Thomas J. Coffee
|
| Simpson
|
Frederick Carr
|
| Warren
|
Gideon Gibson
|
| Washington
|
Claudius Gibson
|
| Wayne
|
John A. Edwards
|
| Wilkinson
|
M. F. DeGraffenreid
|
| George H. Gordon
|
| Yazoo
|
Richard Sparks
|
| William M. Walton
|
References