LeRoy Percy

LeRoy Percy (born November 9, 1860 in Greenville , Washington County , Mississippi , † December 24, 1929 in Memphis , Shelby County , Tennessee ) was an American politician . From 1910 to 1913 he represented the state of Mississippi in the US Senate .

Career

LeRoy Percy attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1879 at the University of the South in Sewanee , Tennessee. After a subsequent law degree at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and his admission to the bar in 1881, he began to work in his native Greenville in his new profession. In doing so, he made some wealth, which allowed him to acquire a plantation and to cultivate it with the help of African-American workers. He was also involved in other plantations. Gradually, as a member of the Democratic Party , he gained greater political influence.

After the death of US Senator Anselm J. McLaurin , James Gordon was initially appointed as his acting successor. Then LeRoy Percy was elected to that position. Between February 23, 1910 and March 3, 1913, he ended the beginning of McLaurin's term of office. In 1910 he was a member of the United States Joint Immigration Commission . For the elections of 1912 he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party.

After serving as a US Senator, LeRoy Percy returned to practice as a lawyer in Greenville. He also continued his agricultural activities. Since 1914, he was also a director of the St. Louis branch of the Federal Reserve Board . Percy also appeared against the Ku Klux Klan in his homeland, and he was involved in fighting the Mississippi flood of 1927 . He commissioned his son to use his African-American workers to fortify the levees around Greenville. LeRoy Percy died on December 24, 1929.

Web links

• LeRoy Percy in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)