Roderick Benton McGill (July 15, 1888 – July 1968) was a Democratic member of 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 ...

, representing Benton County, from 1916 to 1920.

Biography

Roderick Benton McGill was born on July 15, 1888, in Falkner, Tippah County, Mississippi. His parents were Henry Augustus McGill and Jessie Martha (Elliott) McGill. He was elected to the

, representing Benton County as a

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, in 1915. He was succeeded by his predecessor, W. E. Houston. He died in July 1968, while residing in

Ripley, Mississippi Ripley is a city in Tippah County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 5,395 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Tippah County. Colonel William Clark Falkner, great-grandfather of authors William Faulkner and John Faulkner, w ...

References

1888 births 1968 deaths Democratic Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives People from Tippah County, Mississippi People from Ripley, Mississippi {{Mississippi-politician-stub