Benjamin King Jr.

Benjamin King Jr.
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the Copiah County district
In office January 1916 – January 1920 Serving with George Washington Russell John A. Smylie
Personal details
Born	(1890-12-30)December 30, 1890 Beauregard, Mississippi
Died	April 1956(1956-04-00) (aged 65) Jackson, Mississippi
Political party	Democrat

Benjamin King Jr. (December 30, 1890 - April 1956) was a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Copiah County, from 1916 to 1920.[1]

Biography

Benjamin King, Jr. was born on December 30, 1890, in Beauregard, Copiah County, Mississippi.[1] He was the son of Mississippi state senator Benjamin King Sr. and Evaline (Harris) King.[1] Benjamin Junior graduated from Wesson High School in 1909.[1] He then attended Ruskin Cave College in Tennessee for two years.[1] He then was a teacher in Copiah County schools for three years.[1] After studying law privately, he passed the bar examination in 1912 and began practicing law in Hazlehurst.[1] He was elected to represent Copiah County as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1915 for the 1916–1920 term.[1] He died after a brief illness in April 1956 in Jackson, Mississippi.[2]

References

1. Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. pp. 850–851.
2. "Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi on April 7, 1956 · Page 8". Newspapers.com. 7 April 1956. Retrieved 2021-05-01.