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  Byrd, Adam M.
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AffiliationDemocratic   
NameAdam M. Byrd
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Philadelphia, Mississippi , United States
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Born July 06, 1859
DiedJune 21, 1912 (52 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Jan 31, 2015 11:17pm
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InfoBYRD, Adam Monroe, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Sumter County, Ala., July 6, 1859; moved to Neshoba County, Miss.; attended the common schools and Cooper Institute in Daleville; was graduated from the law department of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., in 1884; was admitted to the bar in 1885 and commenced practice in Philadelphia, Neshoba County, Miss.; superintendent of education for Neshoba County 1887-1889; member of the State senate 1889-1896; served in the State house of representatives in 1896 and 1897, when he resigned; prosecuting attorney for the tenth judicial district in 1897; judge of the sixth chancery district from 1897 until his resignation in 1903; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1911); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1910; resumed the practice of law in Philadelphia, Miss.; died at Hot Springs, Ark., June 21, 1912; interment in Town Cemetery, Philadelphia, Miss.


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Son Adam M. Byrd 1904-1951

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  11/03/1908 MS - District 05 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/06/1906 MS - District 05 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/08/1904 MS - District 05 Won 99.04% (+98.07%)
  11/04/1902 MS - District 05 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
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