Henry L. Muldrow

Henry L. Muldrow

Henry Lowndes Muldrow (born February 8, 1837 at Tibbes Station , Clay County , Mississippi , † March 1, 1905 in Starkville , Mississippi) was an American politician . Between 1877 and 1885 he represented the first constituency of the state of Mississippi in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Henry Muldrow graduated from the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1857 . After studying law at the same university and being admitted to the bar in 1859, he began to work in his new profession in Starkville. During the Civil War he went into the army of the Confederate States from a simple soldier to colonel of cavalry. After the war, Muldrow was a district attorney for Mississippi's sixth judicial district from 1869 to 1871. As a member of the Democratic Party , he was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1875 . From 1876 to 1898, Muldrow was also a curator of the University of Mississippi.

In 1876, Muldrow was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC . where he succeeded Lucius Lamar on March 4, 1877 , who moved to the US Senate . After three re-elections, Muldrow was able to complete a total of four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1885 . Between 1879 and 1881 he was chairman of the committee for the administration of the US territories. He was also a member of the committee that dealt with private land claims.

After serving in Congress, Muldrow served as the United States' first assistant secretary of the interior during President Grover Cleveland's first term from 1885 to 1889 . He then worked again as a lawyer in Starkville. In 1890 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Mississippi Constitution. From 1899 to 1905 he was chancellor ( Chancellor ) in the first district of Mississippi. Henry Muldrow died on March 1, 1905 in Starkville and was buried there.

Web links

• Henry L. Muldrow in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Henry L. Muldrow in the database of Find a Grave (English)