McCron Avondale Cook Hussey (19 May 1840 – 9 May 1929) was an American politician from

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. He was a Circuit Court Clerk in 1869 and 1871. In 1871 he was also an

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in Natchez. In 1872 he was one of the incorporators of the Natchez and Brookhaven Railroad Company. He was an officer of the ''Natchez Pythian Lodge'' which was a Masonic lodge instituted August 7, 1872. In the same year he was also the President of the newly formed ''Natchez Typographical Union No. 152''. In 1873 he was a Circuit Court Clerk, served as the Secretary of the County School Board and was a member of the City School Board. In 1874 he was Circuit Court Clerk and a City School Trustee. He represented

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, along with Henry P. Jacobs and Fred Parsons, in the

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in 1876 and 1877. He was elected as a

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candidate and was described as a white moderate. He later switched to the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hussey, McCron Democratic Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives Politicians from Natchez, Mississippi 1840 births 1929 deaths Mississippi city council members School board members in Mississippi 19th-century American legislators American Freemasons