Zachary Taylor Champlin (March 28, 1847 – September 15, 1924) was a Democratic Mississippi state senator, representing the state's 1st senatorial district from 1918 to 1920.[1]
Zachary T. Champlin | |
|---|---|
 c. 1917 | |
| Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 1st district | |
| In office January 1918 – January 1920 | |
| Preceded by | Francis M. Johnson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 28, 1847 Harrison County, MS |
| Died | September 15, 1924 (aged 77) Biloxi, Mississippi |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Children | 6 |
| Parent | William A. Champlin (father) |
Biography
editZachary Taylor Champlin was born on March 28, 1847, in Handsboro, Harrison County, Mississippi.[1] He was the son of William Aaron Champlin, a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1874 to 1875, and Margaret (Smith) Champlin, a native of Liverpool, England.[1] Champlin was educated in the private schools of Harrison County.[1] At the age of 15, he enlisted in the Confederate Army in the Civil War.[1]
Political career and later life
editChamplin was a justice of the peace from 1888 to 1912.[1] After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in February 1907.[1] He was the Police Justice of Biloxi from 1912 to 1917.[1] After the state's first senatorial district was redistricted, Champlin was elected to represent it, composed of Harrison and Stone Counties, as a Democrat in the Mississippi Senate on February 10, 1917.[1] He died on September 15, 1924, in Biloxi, Mississippi.[2]
Personal life
editChamplin was first married to Virginia White, who died before him.[1] He then married Wilhelmina Schulze.[1] Champlin had six children.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. pp. 757–758, 220.
- ^ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q59Q-HTVG : 18 July 2020), Judge Z T Champlin, 1924.