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W. P. S. Ventress

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W. P. S. Ventress
Member of the Mississippi Senate
from the 7th district
In office
January 1900 – January 1902
Preceded byW. I. Causey
Succeeded byCharles H. Frith
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Wilkinson County district
In office
January 1892 – January 1900
Personal details
Born(1854-05-28)May 28, 1854
Wilkinson County, MS
DiedNovember 22, 1911(1911-11-22) (aged 57)
Woodville, MS
Political partyDemocrat
Children3

William Pynchon Stewart Ventress (May 28, 1854 - November 22, 1911) was a Democratic member of the Mississippi state legislature in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Early life

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William Pynchon Stewart Ventress was born on May 28, 1854, in Wilkinson County, Mississippi.[1][2][3] He was the son of James Alexander Ventress, who was the Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1841 to 1842, and his wife, Charlotte (Pynchon) Ventress.[3] He received his early education from private tutors.[2][3] He attended the University of Virginia for one session before attending the University of Mississippi, from which he graduated in 1873 with a Bachelor of Laws degree.[3][4] He then practiced law in Woodville, Mississippi.[2]

Political career

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In 1891, Ventress was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, where he represented Wilkinson County as a Democrat from 1892 to 1900.[5][2] He was then elected to the Mississippi Senate, where he represented the state's 7th district, which was composed of Amite and Wilkinson counties, in the 1900 session.[1][2] Before the 1902 session, Mississippi's governor, Andrew H. Longino, appointed Ventress as the chancellor of the fourth Chancery district, a position from which he retired in 1906.[3][2]

Later life

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After retiring, Ventress continued practicing law.[2] He was then a member of the board of trustees of the Edward McGehee College.[2] He died in his home in Woodville, Mississippi, on November 22, 1911.[2]

Personal life

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Ventress was a Methodist.[1][3] He married Willie Galloway, daughter of Methodist bishop Charles Galloway, in 1893.[3] They had three children, Harriet, Charles, and Margaret.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Mississippi (1900). Department Reports.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Alumni Bulletin of the University of Virginia. University of Virginia Press. 1912. p. 109.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Contemporary biography. Reprint Company. pp. 831–832. ISBN 978-0-87152-222-1.
  4. ^ Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the University of Mississippi, at Oxford, Mississippi. The University of Mississippi. 1878. p. 6.
  5. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.