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Mississippi state politician (1835–?)

William Washington Hence (born July 1835), was an American justice of the peace and a state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives representing Adams County, Mississippi from 1880 to 1882. He was a Republican.

During the American Civil War he served in the U.S. Colored Troops, a Union Army regiment. In 1873, the Natchez Democrat reported that he was a "black Modoc" who lost his campaign for treasurer. Testimony was given that he had been deputy marshal in Natchez.

References

  1. "William Washington Hence, July 1835 – Deceased". FamilySearch.org.
  2. ^ "William W. Hence". Against All Odds, Mississippi State University Libraries.
  3. Lowry, Robert; McCardle, William H. (April 2, 1891). A History of Mississippi: From the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto, Including the Earliest Settlement Made by the French Under Iberville, to the Death of Jefferson Davis. R.H. Henry & Company. ISBN 9780788448218 – via Google Books.
  4. "Journal". Mississippi Legislature House of Representatives. April 2, 1880 – via Google Books.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. Behrend, Justin (April 2, 2015). Reconstructing Democracy: Grassroots Black Politics in the Deep South After the Civil War. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820340333 – via Google Books.
  6. House, United States Congress (April 2, 1882). "Miscellaneous Documents: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session" – via Google Books.


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