John J. McRae

John Jones McRae ( born January 10, 1815 in Sneedsboro, Anson County, North Carolina, † May 31, 1868 in Belize ) was an American politician. He was governor of the state of Mississippi, which he also represented in both chambers of the U.S. Congress and in Konföderiertenkongress.

Life

McRae moved in 1817 at the age of two years after Wayne County, Mississippi, where he spent his childhood in Winchester. He enjoyed an academic education and made 1834 graduate of Miami University in Ohio. He then studied law and opened in Pearlington after his graduation in the small town of Paulding a law firm. In addition to his work as a lawyer McRae was instrumental in building the Eastern Clarion responsible, one in Paulding weekly newspaper.

Policy

McRae's entry into politics was in 1848, when he was elected for the Democrats in the House of Representatives from Mississippi; In 1850 he officiated for a short time as its speakers. In 1851, McRae successfully ran for a seat in the U.S. Senate and served there for four months from 1 December 1851 to 17 March 1852. In 1853 McRae ran for the governorship of Mississippi and was on November 7, 1853 selected. In 1855 he was re-elected and served in this manner until 16 November 1857 his tenure, the first neurological hospital of the State of Mississippi was built.; also the railway network was expanded.

John McRae was still politically active and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives on December 7, 1858 after the death of Congressman John A. Quitman, a position which he held until January 12, 1861. From 1862 to 1864 McRae represented Mississippi in the first Konföderiertenkongress.

About the private life of John McRae is only known that he was married to a woman whose maiden name was McGuire. John McRae, who had a brother in Belize, undertook the end of May 1868 to visit him. In Belize - that much is assured - McRae died at the age of 53 years. Neither his exact place of death, nor the location of his grave is unknown.