Bee King

Not to be confused with King Bee.
Bee King
Member of the Mississippi Senate
from the 4th district
In office
January 1918 – January 1924
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Rankin County district
In office
January 1900 – January 1904
Personal details
Born(1866-01-24)January 24, 1866
Trenton, Mississippi
DiedJanuary 18, 1949(1949-01-18) (aged 82)
Mendenhall, Mississippi
Political partyDemocrat

Bee King (January 24, 1866 – January 18, 1949) was a Democratic member of the Mississippi State Legislature who served in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Early life

Bee King was born on January 24, 1866, in Trenton, Mississippi.[1][2][3] When he was young, he moved with his parents to Rankin County, Mississippi.[1] He became a farmer.[1] In 1897, he attended the Millsaps College law department and graduated in 1898.[1] He was admitted to the bar the same year and began practicing in Mendenhall, Mississippi.[1]

Political career

In 1899, he was elected to represent Rankin County as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives.[1][2] He served in that position from 1900 to 1904.[2][1][3] After his term ended, he moved to Simpson County, Mississippi, where he continued practicing law.[1] In a special election in February 1917, he was elected to represent Mississippi's redistricted 4th senatorial district in the Mississippi Senate.[4][1] (H. C. Yawn, the 4th district senator, was moved to the 40th district).[4] He served in the 1918 session.[4] He was then re-elected to the position in 1919 and served from 1920 to 1924.[1][3] He served as the mayor of Mendenhall, Mississippi, for several terms.[3]

Later life

He was the author of the "This and That" column of the Simpson County News.[5][3] He died on January 18, 1949, in the Brandon Clinic in Mendenhall, Mississippi, and was buried in the cemetery there.[3][5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Rowland, Dunbar (1923). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
  2. ^ a b c Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. Secretary of State. 1900. p. 90.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Bee King article 1983". Simpson County News. 1983-05-26. p. 11. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  4. ^ a b c Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
  5. ^ a b "Bee King obit". Clarion-Ledger. 1949-01-20. p. 3. Retrieved 2021-05-13.