Anselm J. McLaurin

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Anselm J. McLaurin

United States Senator from Mississippi
In office February 7, 1894 – March 4, 1895
Preceded by	Edward C. Walthall
Succeeded by	Edward C. Walthall
In office March 4, 1901 – December 22, 1909
Preceded by	William V. Sullivan
Succeeded by	James Gordon
Personal details
Born	Anselm Joseph McLaurin (1848-03-26)March 26, 1848 Brandon, Mississippi, United States
Died	December 22, 1909(1909-12-22) (aged 61) Brandon, Mississippi, United States
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Laura Elvira Victoria Rauch^[1]^[2]

Anselm Joseph McLaurin (March 26, 1848 – December 22, 1909) was the Governor of Mississippi.

Life and career

McLaurin was born on March 26, 1848 in Brandon, Mississippi to Ellen Caroline Tullus and Lauchlin McLaurin III. He married Laura Elvira Rauch and had a daughter, Stella May McLaurin.

He became district attorney at age 21 and was described as "one of the foremost lawyers in the State". He participated in the convention for the writing of the Mississippi Constitution in 1890 and was described as a free-coinage man.^[3] A Democrat, he served briefly in the U.S. Senate from 1894 to 1895. He became the first Governor of Mississippi to be elected under the Mississippi Constitution of 1890, serving from 1896 to 1900. McLaurin returned to the Senate in 1901 after being elected in 1900; he was re-elected in 1906.

He died of heart disease on December 22, 1909 at his home in Brandon, Mississippi while in a rocking chair sitting in front of his fireplace at age 61.^[4]

Legacy

Through his daughter, Stella May McLaurin, he is the great-great-grandfather of American actor and comedian Robin Williams.^[5]

References

↑ Cecil L. Sumners (1999). The Governors of Mississippi. Pelican Publishing. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-56554-503-8.
↑ The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, 1908, Pg. 977; "He [Anselm J. McLaurin] was married at Trenton, Miss., February 22, 1870, to Laura Elvira Victoria Rauch, daughter of John Rauch and wife, Epsilon Rauch, of Trenton, Miss. Mrs. McLaurin's paternal ancestors immigrated to America from Germany; maternal from England and Germany."
↑ "A.J. McLaurin Nominated to be Senator from Mississippi". The New York Times. February 7, 1894. Retrieved 2012-01-01. "... one of the foremost lawyers in the State ... District Attorney when twenty-one ... member of the Constitutional Convention of 1890 ... free-coinage man"
↑ "Senator M'Laurin Dies at Fireside. Seized with Heart Disease While in a Rocking Chair in His Mississippi Home. Fought For South At 18. Afterward Studied Law on Farm, and Rose Rapidly in Politics. His Work on Senate Committees". New York Times. December 23, 1909. Retrieved 2010-03-23. "United States Senator Anselm Joseph McLaurin died suddenly to-night of heart disease at his home in Brandon, Miss. The fatal attack seized Senator McLaurin while he was seated in a rocking chair in front of the fireplace in his library. He fell forward without speaking a word, and life was extinct when members of his family reached his side. ..."
↑ Williams' mother's obituary attests to this fact (San Francisco Chronicle, September 8, 2001).

External links

Anselm J. McLaurin at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States Senate
Preceded by Edward C. Walthall	U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Mississippi 1894–1895 Served alongside: James Z. George	Succeeded by Edward C. Walthall
Political offices
Preceded by John M. Stone	Governor of Mississippi 1896-1900	Succeeded by Andrew H. Longino

v t e United States Senators from Mississippi

Class 1	Leake Holmes Ellis Reed Ellis Black Trotter T. Hickman Williams Henderson Speight Davis McRae S. Adams Davis Ames Pease Bruce George Money J. Williams Stephens Bilbo Stennis Lott Wicker

Class 2	T. Hill Williams Reed R. Adams Poindexter Walker Chalmers Foote Brooke Brown Revels Alcorn Lamar Walthall McLaurin Walthall Sullivan McLaurin Gordon Percy Vardaman Harrison Eastland Doxey Eastland Cochran

v t e Governors and Lieutenant Governors of Mississippi

Governors	Holmes Poindexter Leake Brandon Holmes Brandon Scott Lynch Runnels Quitman Lynch McNutt Tucker Brown Matthews Quitman Guion J. Whitfield Foote Pettus McRae McWillie Pettus Clark Sharkey Humphreys Ames Alcorn Powers Ames Stone Lowry Stone McLaurin Longino Vardaman Noel Brewer Bilbo Russell H. Whitfield Murphree Bilbo Conner White Johnson, Sr. Murphree Bailey Wright White Coleman Barnett Johnson, Jr. Williams Waller Finch Winter Allain Mabus Fordice Musgrove Barbour Bryant

Lieutenant Governors	Stewart Patton Dickson Brandon Scott Winston office abolished 1832–1870 Powers Davis Stone Sims Shands Evans Jones Harrison Carter Manship Bilbo Russell Casteel Murphree Adams Murphree Sinder Murphree Wright Lumpkin Gartin Johnson Gartin Sullivan Winter Gandy Dye Briggs Musgrove Tuck Bryant Reeves

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 53827840 LCCN: no2002108746

Persondata
Name	McLaurin, Anselm J.
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	March 26, 1848
Place of birth	Brandon, Mississippi
Date of death	December 22, 1909
Place of death	Brandon, Mississippi

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