Robert Locke Ralston (1860-1926) was a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Coahoma County, from 1916 to 1920.

Robert L. Ralston
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Coahoma County district
In office
January 1916 – January 1920
Mayor of Coahoma, Mississippi
In office
January 27, 1898 – 1914
Personal details
Born(1860-02-12)February 12, 1860
Smyrna, TN
DiedApril 3, 1926(1926-04-03) (aged 66)
Memphis, TN
Political partyDemocrat

Biography

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Robert Locke Ralston was born in Smyrna, Rutherford County, Tennessee, on February 12, 1860.[1] He was the son of Robert Lock Ralston and Mary M. (Stephens) Ralston.[1] The junior Robert was a farmer and a planter.[1] He married Mary Elizabeth Shaw in 1891.[1] On January 27, 1898, he was appointed the mayor of Coahoma, Mississippi, a position in which he served for 16 years.[1][2] He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives as a Democrat to represent Coahoma County in November 1915, for the 1916–1920 term.[1] Ralston died in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 3, 1926.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Mississippi Department of Archives and History (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. pp. 848–849.
  2. ^ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. Secretary of State. 1900. p. 24.
  3. ^ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS5P-C3J  : 23 February 2021), Robert Locke Ralston, 3 Apr 1926; Death, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.