Hiram Runnels

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Hiram George Runnels (December 15, 1796 – December 17, 1857) was a U.S. politician from the state of Mississippi.

He was a Democrat who served as the ninth Governor of Mississippi from November 20, 1833 to December 3, 1835.

Runnels was born on December 15, 1796, in Hancock County, Georgia. At an early age he moved with his parents to Mississippi. During the Indian wars he served for a short time in the United States Army. On March 3, 1821, President James Monroe nominated Hiram G. Runnels, of the State of Mississippi, to be Collector of the Customs and Inspector of the Revenue for the District of Pearl river. From 1822 to 1830 he was state auditor of Mississippi. In 1829 he was elected to represent Hinds County in the Mississippi legislature. He was defeated in the race for the office of governor of Mississippi in 1831, was elected governor in 1833, and ran unsuccessfully again in 1835. Runnels's service as president of the Union Bank in 1838 led to a dispute wherein he caned then-Mississippi governor McNutt in the streets of Jackson and dueled with Mississippian editor Volney E. Howard in 1840. In 1841 he again represented Hinds County in the legislature. Runnels moved to Texas in 1842 and became a planter on the Brazos River. He represented Brazoria County in the Convention of 1845. He died in Houston on December 17, 1857, and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery.

Runnels County, Texas was named in his honor.

Runnels was the uncle of Texas Governor Hardin Richard Runnels, and William R. Baker, a Texas State Senator was married to Runnels’ niece, Hester, He is also a distant relative of Virgil Runnels AKA WWE Superstar Dusty Rhodes

External links

Hiram George Runnels from the Handbook of Texas Online

Political offices
Preceded by Charles Lynch	Governor of Mississippi 1833 – 1835	Succeeded by John A. Quitman

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

Persondata
Name	Runnels, Hiram
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	December 15, 1796
Place of birth
Date of death	December 17, 1857
Place of death	Houston, Texas

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