John Isaac Guion

John Isaac Guion ( born November 18, 1802 Adams County, Mississippi, † June 6, 1855 in Jackson, Mississippi ) was an American politician and in 1851, Governor of the State of Mississippi.

Career

After primary school Guion studied in Lebanon Jura. After graduating and being admitted to the bar he began in Vicksburg to work in his new profession. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party. Since 1842 he was a member of the Senate of Mississippi and in 1850 its president. Following the resignation of Governor John A. Quitman, he had to take over his office as his deputy on February 3, 1851; the position of Lieutenant Governor, there was not at that time in Mississippi. Guion could hold such office until 4 November 1851. On this day ended his Senate seat and thus its legitimacy as acting governor. Thus, the state of Mississippi was for 20 days without governor. The next Senate President James Whitfield was elected on 24 November and was only from that date to assume the office of the governor. After the end of his governorship Guion judge was in a district court. This office he held until his death in 1855. With his wife, Lucinda J. McCaleb he had four children.

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