Alpheus Batson
Alpheus Batson | |
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| 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 Perry County, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
Alpheus Batson (November 21, 1869 – ?), also known as Alfred Batson,[1] was an American lawyer and politician.
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]
Personal life
[edit]Batson was a Methodist, and was married as of 1932.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bilbo Will Deliver His Message Wednesday". Jackson Daily News. 1917-09-25. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ a b c d e "Journal 1932". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
- ^ Representatives, Mississippi Legislature House of (1918). Journal. p. 6.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 812.
- ^ Representatives, Mississippi Legislature House of (1917). Journal. p. 6.
- ^ Representatives, Mississippi Legislature House of (1917). Journal. p. 6.
- ^ "Stone County Election". Sun Herald. 1916-06-27. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ "Stone County Enterprise from Wiggins, Mississippi on August 30, 1919 · 1". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-05-19.