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Tenant Weatherly (January 1851 - ?) was an American state legislator in Mississippi. He represented
Tenant Weatherly (January 1851 - ?) was an American state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Holmes County, Mississippi
Holmes County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi; its western border is formed by the Yazoo River and the eastern border by the Big Black River. The western part of the county is within the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta. As of the 2010 cen ...
from 1874 to 1875 and 1880 to 1881 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 ...
. He was a Methodist.
Initially no representative was listed for Holmes County in the 1880 legislature as the registrars referred an issue to the House to decide the outcome.
The issue had been that the voting box from Acona had been lost or destroyed along with approximately 300 votes.
The House decided to elect those with the highest votes from the rest of the county, thus appointing Weatherly along with H. Christmas and C. T. Murphy.
See also
*African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era
More than 1,500 African American officeholders served during the Reconstruction era (1865–1877) after passage of the Reconstruction Acts in 1867 and 1868 as well as in the years after Reconstruction before white supremacy, disenfranchisement, ...
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1851 births Members of the Mississippi House of Representatives People from Holmes County, Mississippi Year of death missing {{Mississippi-politician-stub