William M. Hancock
William M. Hancock (died 1891) was a judge[1][2] and state legislator in Mississippi.[3] His father was Judge Jubal Braxton Hancock.
The Clarion-Ledger identified him as a Radical Republican in 1869.[4] In 1877, it endorsed his nomination to be deputy collector noting his service during Democrat and Republican state governments.[5] He served as postmaster in Meridian, Mississippi. Mary J. Hancock was nominated to take his place after his death in 1891.[6]
Hancock served in the provisional legislature in 1870 as president pro-tem of the Mississippi State Senate.[7][8] John R. Lynch's book on Reconstruction reported him to be the only Republican legislator to vote against Hiram R. Revels as nominee to the U.S. Senate. Lynch said Hancock believed an African American could not legally serve in the body.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ History, Mississippi Department of Archives and (July 26, 1904). "The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi". Department of Archives and History – via Google Books.
- ^ Bynum, Victoria E. (February 1, 2003). The Free State of Jones: Mississippi's Longest Civil War. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807854679 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Facts Of Reconstruction, by John R. Lynch". www.gutenberg.org. (Chapter 3)
- ^ "Clipped from the Clarion-Ledger". The Clarion-Ledger. 9 December 1869. p. 2.
- ^ "Clipped From The Clarion-Ledger". The Clarion-Ledger. July 18, 1877. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Senate, United States. Congress (1909). "Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America".
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-07. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Rowland, Dunbar (July 26, 1907). "Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form". Southern Historical Publishing Association – via Google Books.
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