W. Van Norman was a politician in the United States. He served as President of the Mississippi Senate from 1836-1837. He also served in the Mississippi House of Representatives.
Van Norman was elected to represent Amite County in the Mississippi Senate in 1835. He was elected as president at the start of the session January 1836.
He voted to postpone indefinitely a petition to manumit an enslaved person.
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References
- History, Mississippi Department of Archives and (August 14, 1904). "The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi". Department of Archives and History – via Google Books.
- ^ Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi: Volume II, Part II. Pelican Publishing. April 1, 1999. ISBN 978-1-56554-609-7 – via Google Books.
- "1835 Elected to Legislature in state". Mississippi Free Trader. 18 December 1835. p. 2. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- Senate, Mississippi Legislature (August 14, 1836). "Journal" – via Google Books.
- "Postscript: Mr Van Norman President of the Senate". Mississippi Free Trader. 8 January 1836. p. 3. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- Jones, Bernie D. (August 14, 2009). Fathers of Conscience: Mixed-race Inheritance in the Antebellum South. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-2980-2 – via Google Books.
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