Van Buren Boddie (January 20, 1869 - May 11, 1928) was a Democratic Mississippi state legislator in the early 20th century.
Van Buren Boddie | |
|---|---|
 c. 1917 | |
| Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 29th district | |
| In office January 1928 – 1928 | |
| Succeeded by | John L. Hebron |
| In office January 1912 – January 1920 | |
| Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the Washington County district | |
| In office 1906 – January 1912 | |
| In office 1902 – January 1904 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 20, 1869 Memphis, TN |
| Died | May 11, 1928 (aged 59) Greenville, MS |
| Political party | Democrat |
Biography
editVan Buren Boddie was born on January 20, 1869, in Memphis, Tennessee.[1][2][3] He was the son of Van Buren Boddie and Anna (Jewell) Boddie.[2] He did not go to college, but he studied law at a law firm.[4][3] He was admitted to the bar in 1892.[3] He was first appointed to the Mississippi House of Representatives, as a Democrat, in 1902, to fill in for the unfinished term of F. E. Larkin.[1] In 1906, he was appointed to fill in for the term of Percy Bell.[1] He was first elected to the House in 1907, and served from 1908 to 1912.[1] All three stints were for representing Washington County.[4] In 1911, he was elected to the Mississippi State Senate to represent the state's 29th district.[4] He was re-elected in 1915.[4] After this, he was partners in a law firm with fellow state senator Hazlewood Power Farish.[3] He was elected to serve in the Senate from 1928 to 1932, but resigned in the 1928 session because of illness.[2] He died on May 11, 1928, in his home in Greenville, Mississippi.[5][2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Rowland, Dunbar (1908). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
- ^ a b c d "Clipped From Semi-Weekly Journal". Semi-Weekly Journal. May 16, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
- ^ a b c d The American Bar. J.C. Fifield Company. 1919. p. 474.
- ^ a b c d Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
- ^ "The Greenwood Commonwealth from Greenwood, Mississippi on May 11, 1928 · Page 1". Newspapers.com. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
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