Henry L. Muldrow

Henry Lowndes Muldrow (* February 8, 1837 at Tibbes Station, Clay County, Mississippi, † March 1, 1905 in Starkville, Mississippi ) was an American politician. Between 1877 and 1885 he represented the first electoral district of the state of Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Henry Muldrow graduated in 1857 from the University of Mississippi in Oxford. After studying law at the same university and his 1859 was admitted to the bar he began in Starkville to work in his new profession. During the Civil War he went into the Army of the Confederate States from simple soldiers to up to colonel of cavalry. After the war was Muldrow 1869-1871 District Attorney in the sixth judicial district of Mississippi. As a member of the Democratic Party, he was elected in 1875 in the House of Representatives from Mississippi. From 1876 to 1898 Muldrow was also curator of the University of Mississippi.

1876 ​​Muldrow was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. where he succeeded Lucius Lamar took on March 4, 1877, this changed in the U.S. Senate. After three elections Muldrow was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1885 a total of four legislative sessions. Between 1879 and 1881 he was Chairman of the Committee for the administration of the U.S. territories. He also served on the committee dealing with private land claims.

After his time in Congress Muldrow was First Deputy Minister of the Interior of the United States during the first term of President Grover Cleveland 1885-1889. He then worked again as a lawyer in Starkville. In 1890 he was a delegate at a meeting to revise the constitution of Mississippi. Since 1899 to 1905 he was Chancellor ( Chancellor ) in the first district of Mississippi. Henry Muldrow died on March 1, 1905 in Starkville and was also buried there.

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