Tenant Weatherly (January 1851 - ?) was an American state legislator in Mississippi.[1][2] He represented Holmes County, Mississippi from 1874 to 1875 and 1880 to 1881 in the Mississippi House of Representatives.[3] He was a Methodist.[3]
Initially no representative was listed for Holmes County in the 1880 legislature as the registrars referred an issue to the House to decide the outcome.[4] The issue had been that the voting box from Acona had been lost or destroyed along with approximately 300 votes.[5] The House decided to elect those with the highest votes from the rest of the county, thus appointing Weatherly along with H. Christmas and C. T. Murphy.[5]
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- ^ Foner, Eric; Foner, Professor of History Eric (October 20, 1993). Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507406-2 – via Google Books.
- ^ Representatives, Mississippi Legislature House of (October 20, 1874). "Journal" – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Tenant Weatherly (Holmes County) · Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi · Mississippi State University Libraries". msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com.
- ^ "Clipped From The Clarion-Ledger". The Clarion-Ledger. 24 December 1879. p. 3. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Holmes County Elections". The Clarion-Ledger. 14 January 1880. p. 1. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
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