Horace Hammerton Harned, Jr. (July 27, 1920 – July 2, 2017) was an American politician in the state of Mississippi. He served in the

Mississippi House of Representatives The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature, the lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Mississippi. According to the state constitution of 1890, it is to comprise no more than 122 members elected fo ...

and

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as a Democrat. He was one of seven legislators who sat on the

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in the 1960s. He served in the Senate from 1952 to 1956, and in the House from 1960 to 1980.

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1920 births 2017 deaths People from Starkville, Mississippi Democratic Party Mississippi state senators Democratic Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives {{Mississippi-politician-stub