M. A. C. Hussey
McCron Avondale Cook Hussey (19 May 1840 – 9 May 1929) was an American politician from Natchez, Mississippi.
He was a Circuit Court Clerk in 1869[1] and 1871.[2] In 1871 he was also an Alderman in Natchez.[3]
In 1872 he was one of the incorporators of the Natchez and Brookhaven Railroad Company.[4] He was an officer of the Natchez Pythian Lodge which was a Masonic lodge instituted August 7, 1872.[5] In the same year he was also the President of the newly formed Natchez Typographical Union No. 152.[6]
In 1873 he was a Circuit Court Clerk, served as the Secretary of the County School Board and was a member of the City School Board.[7]
In 1874 he was Circuit Court Clerk and a City School Trustee.[8]
He represented Adams County, Mississippi, along with Henry P. Jacobs and Fred Parsons, in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1876 and 1877.[9][10][11] He was elected as a Fusionist candidate and was described as a white moderate.[12] He later switched to the Democratic Party.[12][13]
References[edit]
- ^ "List of Officers 1869". Tri-Weekly Clarion. 25 May 1869. p. 4. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Election results for county officers in Adams county". Natchez Democrat. 9 November 1871. p. 2. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Proceedings of the Mayor and Aldermen". The Weekly Democrat. 15 February 1871. p. 4. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ Laws of the State of Mississippi. Fall & Marshall, state printers. 1872. p. 362.
- ^ Falck, Susan T. (23 August 2019). Remembering Dixie: The Battle to Control Historical Memory in Natchez, Mississippi, 1865–1941. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 295. ISBN 978-1-4968-2443-1. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Natchez Typographical Union No. 152". Natchez Democrat. 30 April 1872. p. 2. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Official Directory 1873". Natchez Democrat. 3 July 1873. p. 1. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Official Directory for 1874". Natchez Democrat. 20 September 1874. p. 4. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. 1908. p. 91.
- ^ A History of Mississippi: From the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto, Including the Earliest Settlement Made by the French Under Iberville, to the Death of Jefferson Davis. AMS Press. 1891. p. 438. ISBN 9780404046101.
- ^ "The Legislature 1876". Clarion-Ledger. 6 April 1876. p. 1. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ a b Behrend, Justin (March 24, 2015). Reconstructing Democracy: Grassroots Black Politics in the Deep South After the Civil War. University of Georgia Press. pp. 308, 313, 335. ISBN 9780820340333 – via Google Books.
- ^ "M. A. C. Hussey move to the Democratic Party". The Clarion-Ledger. 31 January 1877. p. 2. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
