Truman Gray

Truman Gray
Member of the Mississippi State Senate
from the 2nd district
In office
January 7, 1896 – January 1900
Preceded byN. C. Hill[1]
Succeeded byFrancis M. Sheppard
Personal details
Born(1854-04-05)April 5, 1854
Wayne County, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedJanuary 12, 1940(1940-01-12) (aged 85)
Wayne County, Mississippi, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic

Truman Gray (April 5, 1854 - January 12, 1940) was an American Democratic politician and educator. He represented the 2nd District of the Mississippi State Senate between 1896 and 1900. He was also the Superintendent of Education for Wayne County, Mississippi, from 1886 to 1892.

Biography

Truman Gray was born on April 5, 1854, in Wayne County, Mississippi, the son of Major John L. Gray (died 1900)[2] and Caroline (Salter) Gray.[3][4] He was a brother of Baron De Kalb Gray, a clergyman (born 1855).[5][2][4] His other siblings included Mollie, Walter (died 1931), Ed, Asa M., and C. H.[6] Truman attended the public schools of his area and then Mississippi College.[3] He then worked as an educator. merchant and a planter, and lived in Boyce, Mississippi.[3][7][8]

On July 6, 1886, he was appointed to the position superintendent of public education for Wayne County, replacing the deceased J. H. Mallard.[3][9][10] His term as Superintendent ended in January 1892, after which he was replaced by W. E. Lloyd.[1]

In 1895, Gray won the Democratic primary[8] and was then elected to represent the 2nd District in the Mississippi State Senate for the 1896 and 1898 sessions.[11] During these sessions, Gray was the member of the following committees: Agricultural Commerce; Public Education; Registration and Elections; Penitentiary and Prisons; and Public Lands.[11] In 1900, Gray was succeeded in the Senate by Francis M. Sheppard.[12] Gray died at his family residence on January 12, 1940.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b Mississippi (1892). Mississppi Department Reports. pp. 11, 483.
  2. ^ a b "Truman Gray and Brother". The Semi-Weekly Leader. 1900-08-22. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  3. ^ a b c d Herringshaw, Thomas William (1909). Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States; Illustrated with Three Thousand Vignette Portraits ... American publishers' association. p. 633.
  4. ^ a b Leonard, John W.; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1928). Who's who in America. Marquis Who's Who. p. 899.
  5. ^ "The Winona Times from Winona, Mississippi". Newspapers.com. 1901-03-01. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  6. ^ "The Clarke County Tribune from Quitman, Mississippi". Newspapers.com. 1931-07-24. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  7. ^ The American Blue Book of Biography: Men of 1912-. American Publishers' Association. 1914. p. 441.
  8. ^ a b "Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi". Newspapers.com. 1895-09-18. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  9. ^ Mississippi (1888). Biennial Reports of the Departments and Benevolent Institutions of the State of Mississippi. p. 204.
  10. ^ "Article clipped from The Vicksburg Herald". The Vicksburg Herald. 1886-07-07. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  11. ^ a b Senate, Mississippi Legislature (1896). Journal. G.R. & J.S. Fall. p. 3.
  12. ^ Mississippi (1900). Department Reports. p. 53.
  13. ^ "Sun Herald from Biloxi, Mississippi". Newspapers.com. 1940-01-18. Retrieved 2024-08-06.