John Marshall Stone

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John Marshall Stone

John Marshall Stone (born April 30, 1830 in Milan , Gibson County , Tennessee , † March 26, 1900 in Holly Springs , Mississippi ) was an American politician and governor of the state of Mississippi from 1876 to 1882 and between 1890 and 1896 .

Early years

John Stone came from a poor family who could not financially afford to send him to school. So John taught himself the necessary knowledge. At least he got enough education to later earn his living as a teacher for some time. After moving to Mississippi, he worked in the town of Iuka for the Memphis and Charleston Railroad . During the Civil War , he made it to the rank of colonel in the Confederate Army . In early 1865 he was taken prisoner of war.

Political rise

After the war he returned to his old position in Iuka. Stone became a member of the Democratic Party and mayor of Iuko. Between 1866 and 1868 he was a chamberlain in Tishomingo County . He was a member of the Mississippi Senate from 1869 to 1876 . There he made it to the President of the House. In this capacity he had to take over on March 29, 1876 after the resignation of Governor Adelbert Ames his office, because Lieutenant Governor Alexander K. Davis had already been removed from his office.

Mississippi Governor

After John Stone had been elected to a separate term on November 6, 1877, he stayed until January 29, 1882 in this post. He was the first of a long unbroken line of Mississippi governors belonging to the Democratic Party. It was not until 1992 that a Republican, Kirk Fordice, was re- elected to this office. During his first term in office, Stone had to grapple with a yellow fever epidemic. The railway laws were revised and a health committee was established. In addition, an agricultural school and a craft school were established in Mississippi.

In 1881 he unsuccessfully applied for a new candidacy. In 1889 he was elected again to the highest office in his state. His second term began on January 13, 1890 and ended on January 20, 1896. This took place under the new state constitution, amended in 1890, and continued to provide for four-year terms of office for the governor; but this could no longer be directly re-elected. In addition, some new government and administrative agencies had emerged. In order to ensure a smooth transition to the new constitution, the terms of office of all elected offices were extended once for two years. Because of this, Stone was able to stay in office for six years. The new constitution also supported racial segregation and the "poll-tax" laws, according to which the right to vote was tied to certain property relations, in order to exclude especially African Americans , but also poorer whites from the elections. With a total of twelve years as governor of Mississippi, Stone still holds the record in office in this state.

Another résumé

After his governorship ended, Stone became president of the Agriculture and Crafts College. John Stone died in March 1900. He had five children with his wife, Mary G. Coman.

literature

  • Robert Sobel and John Raimo (Eds.): Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789–1978. Volume 2, Meckler Books, Westport, 1978. 4 volumes.

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personal data
SURNAME Stone, John Marshall
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan , Gibson County , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 1900
Place of death Holly Springs , Mississippi