John D. Webster (died December 27, 1887) was a state legislator, government official, and lawyer in Mississippi.[1] He was born in Virginia and arrived in Mississippi in 1869. He was appointed a clerk of the Washington County, Mississippi circuit court in 1871 and was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1872 and 1873. He was a candidate for Louisiana Superintendent of Education but lost the Republican nomination to Thomas W. Cardozo. He studied law and was admitted to the Mississippi bar in the late 1870s.[2] During the American Civil War he served in the 54th Massachusetts regiment and was a "quarter-master sergeant".[3] He was one of Mississippi's attendees at an 1872 Colored Convention.[4]
In 1877 he was one of the candidates seeking Democratic Party nomination for Mississippi Secretary of State.[1] He was on the House committee investigating Judge Alderson.[5]
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edit- ^ a b "John D. Webster – Against All Odds".
- ^ Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner Louisiana State University Press (1996) page 225
- ^ New National Era, March 27, 1873
- ^ "Weekly Louisianian, April 11, 1872 – Against All Odds".
- ^ "New National Era, March 27, 1873 – Against All Odds".
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