William Hemingway (politician)

William Hemingway (July 19, 1869 - November 5, 1937) was the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, from 1901 to 1905, and a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1920.[1] He was a Democrat.[1]

William Hemingway
Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi
In office
1901–1905
Preceded byJohn W. Todd
Succeeded byOliver Clifton
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Hinds County district
In office
January 1920 – 1920
Preceded byE. H. Green
J. S. Rhodes
Succeeded byRobert Stafford Curry
Personal details
Born(1869-07-19)July 19, 1869
Carroll County, Mississippi
DiedNovember 5, 1937(1937-11-05) (aged 68)
Political partyDemocrat

Biography

Hemingway was born on July 19, 1869, in Teoc, Carroll County, Mississippi, to Colonel William Linn Hemingway and Mary Elizabeth McCain Hemingway.[1][2] He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1889, and was admitted to the bar in 1897.[1] He was the Jackson city attorney from 1909 to 1921.[1] He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives to represent Hinds County in 1920, but he resigned soon after election to be the state's Assistant Attorney General.[1] He died on November 5, 1937.[2]

Personal life

Hemingway married Grace Hyer in 1901.[1] Her father, William Fisk Hyer, was a member of the Mississippi Legislature in 1871.[1] William and Grace had several children, but all of them died in infancy.[1]

References
  1. History, Mississippi Department of Archives and (1923). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
  2. My Mother's Family: Hemingway, Giles, Patterson, Jenkins. E.C. Wicker. 2002.


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