William Jasper East (September 1, 1854 - 1933) was a longtime Democratic Mississippi state legislator from Tate County in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
William J. East | |
|---|---|
 c. 1907 | |
| Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 36th district | |
| In office January 1928 – January 1932 | |
| In office January 1920 – January 1924 | |
| Preceded by | Sam Mims Jr. William H. Dyson Henry C. Collins |
| In office January 1908 – January 1912 | |
| In office January 1892 – January 1896 | |
| Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the Tate County district | |
| In office January 1916 – January 1920 Serving with Servetus L. Crockett | |
| In office January 1904 – January 1908 | |
| In office January 1896 – January 1900 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 1, 1854 Monroe County, MS |
| Died | 1933 (aged 78–79) Mississippi |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Residence | Senatobia, Mississippi |
Early life edit
William Jasper East was born on September 1, 1854, in Monroe County, Mississippi.[1][2][3] He was the eldest child of Josiah Robertson East and Matilda (Callahan) East.[1] William attended the public schools of Panola County.[3] He entered the University of Mississippi in 1879 and graduated from there with a L. L. B. in 1881.[4][1][5] He then studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1883.[1][4] He then went to practice law in Senatobia.[3][1][4]
Political career edit
He was the mayor of Senatobia, Mississippi, from 1887 to 1888.[1][3] He then was a member of the Mississippi State Senate, representing the state's 36th district which was composed of Union, Tippah, Benton, Marshall, and Tate counties, from 1892 to 1896.[1][3][2] From 1896 to 1900, he was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives for Tate County.[3][2][1] He was a presidential elector in the 1900 presidential election.[3] After being re-elected in 1903, he was again a member of the Mississippi House for Tate County from 1904 to 1908.[3][1][2] From 1908 to 1912, he was again a member of the Mississippi State Senate for the 36th district.[3][1][2] He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives for Tate County a final time from 1916 to 1920.[1][2] He was again a member of the Mississippi Senate for the 36th district from 1920 to 1924.[2] He then served in the same position from 1928 to 1932.[2] East died in Mississippi in 1933.[6]
Personal life edit
East was an Episcopalian.[1][2] He was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi (ΦΚΨ) fraternity.[4][5] East married Lula Whitten in 1892.[1] They had three children, Whitten, Fletcher, and Lula.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. pp. 929, 195, 227.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Mississippi. Legislature (1928-01-01). "Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1928]". Mississippi Legislature Hand Books: 7.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Rowland, Dunbar (1908). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. pp. 1019–1020.
- ^ a b c d Phi Kappa Psi (1894). Catalogue of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. Journal-gazette printing house. p. 154.
- ^ a b Phi Kappa Psi (1910). Grand Catalogue of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity: February 1, 1910. p. 106.
- ^ "Mississippi, Death Certificate Index, 1912-1943", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CLQY-FVPZ : 28 March 2020), William J East, 1933.