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10th Mississippi Legislature
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Overview
Legislative body	Mississippi Legislature
Jurisdiction	Mississippi,  United States
Term	January 1, 1827 (1827-01-01) – February 8, 1827 (1827-02-08)
Mississippi State Senate
President	Gerard C. Brandon
President pro tempore	Abram M. Scott
Mississippi House of Representatives
Speaker	Isaac R. Nicholson
Sessions
1st January 1, 1827 (1827-01-01) – February 8, 1827 (1827-02-08)

The 10th Mississippi Legislature met from January 1, 1827, to February 8, 1827, in Jackson, Mississippi. Elections, for all representatives and some senators, were held in August 1826.

Senate

State senators were elected to three-year terms on a rotating basis. Burnett, Scott, Cooper, and Irwin were elected to full three-year terms in August 1826. Torrence was elected to a two-year term in August 1826 to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Senator Charles C. Slocumb.

Abram M. Scott was elected president pro tempore of the Senate to fill in for Senate President and Lieutenant Governor Gerard C. Brandon who was serving as acting Governor. Non-senators William H. Chaille and Joseph Pearce were elected Secretary and Door-keeper respectively. The Senate adjourned on February 8, 1827.

House

All representatives were elected in August 1826. Isaac R. Nicholson was elected Speaker of the House. Non-representatives James Phillips Jr. and Dillard Collins were elected Clerk and Door-Keeper respectively. The House adjourned on February 7, 1827.

References

1. ^ "Journal of the Senate of the state of Mississippi: reformatted from the original and including, Jou". Journal of the Senate of the State of Mississippi: Reformatted from the Original and Including, Jou. Jan 1827 10th Sess: 3–5, 230. January 1827 – via LLMC Digital.
2. ^ "Journal of the House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi: reformatted from the original". Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Mississippi: Reformatted from the Original. Jan 1827 10th Sess: 3–4, 298. January 1827 – via LLMC Digital.
3. ^ "Mississippi Legislature 1826". Newspapers.com. 1826-08-31. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
4. ^ Senate, Mississippi Legislature (1825). Journal. p. 27.
5. ^ "Journal of the Senate of the State of Mississippi ... 1826 v.9". HathiTrust. p. 20. Retrieved 2024-11-23.

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