Hernando Money

Hernando De Soto Money (born August 26, 1839 in Zeiglersville , Holmes County , Mississippi , † September 18, 1912 in Biloxi , Mississippi) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ) who represented the state of Mississippi in both chambers of the US Congress represented.

Hernando Money, named after the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto , was a child when he and his family moved to Carrollton , Carroll County . There he attended public school, but also received private lessons. He graduated from the University of Mississippi , Oxford , with a law degree , was admitted to the bar and practiced as a lawyer in Carrollton in the early 1860s.

As a young man, he served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War . After the war, he gained an important position as a planter , lawyer and newspaper editor in Mississippi.

In 1875, Money, who had been a member of the Democratic Party his entire political life, entered the US House of Representatives for the first time . After being re-elected several times, he did not stand for election in 1884 and resigned from Congress the following year to return to work as a lawyer. In 1891 he returned to Carrollton from Washington , but two years later he went the other way and became a member of the House of Representatives again until 1897. That year he moved to the Senate within Congress after being appointed to succeed the late Senator James Z. George . The election for a full term followed in 1899, the re-election in 1905. He was chairman of the Democratic Group from 1909 to 1911, when he decided to resign. He returned to Mississippi, where he died on September 18, 1912.

Web links

Hernando Money in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Money, Hernando
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Money, Hernando De Soto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	August 26, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zeiglersville , Mississippi
DATE OF DEATH	September 18, 1912
Place of death	near Biloxi , Mississippi