John J. McRae

For those of a similar name, see John Macrae (disambiguation).

John Jones McRae


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 5th district
In office December 7, 1858 – January 12, 1861
Preceded by	John A. Quitman
Succeeded by	Legrand W. Perce
21st Governor of Mississippi
In office January 10, 1854 – November 16, 1857
Preceded by	John J. Pettus
Succeeded by	William McWillie
United States Senator from Mississippi
In office December 1, 1851 – March 17, 1852
Preceded by	Jefferson Davis
Succeeded by	Stephen Adams
Personal details
Born	(1815-01-10)January 10, 1815 Sneedsboro, North Carolina
Died	May 31, 1868(1868-05-31) (aged 53) Belize City, British Honduras (now Belize)
Political party	Democratic

John Jones McRae (January 10, 1815 – May 31, 1868) was an American Democratic politician.^[1]

Biography

McRae was born in Sneedsboro, North Carolina. In 1817, he moved with his parents to Winchester, Mississippi.^[2]

He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1847 to 1851.^[1] During that time, he helped set up the University of Mississippi.^[3] He also represented Mississippi in the United States Senate in 1851 and 1852, in the U.S. Congress in the 35th and 36th congresses, and in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.^[1] He then served as the 21st Governor of Mississippi from 1854 to 1857.^[1]

He died on a visit to Belize, where his brother Colin J. McRae lived in exile.^[3]

References

1 2 3 4 Colin J. McRae Collection, Columbia, South Carolina: South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum
↑ "McRAE, John Jones, (1815 - 1868)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved May 2014.
1 2 Donald C. Simmons, Jr., Confederate Settlements in British Honduras, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2001, p. 91

United States Senate
Preceded by Jefferson Davis	U.S. Senator (Class 1) from Mississippi 1851–1852 Served alongside: Henry S. Foote, Walker Brooke	Succeeded by Stephen Adams
Political offices
Preceded by John J. Pettus	Governor of Mississippi 1854-1857	Succeeded by William McWillie
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by John A. Quitman	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 5th congressional district 1858 – 1861	Succeeded by Legrand W. Perce

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

Governors of Mississippi

Territorial (1798–1817)	Sargent Claiborne R. Williams Holmes

State (since 1817)	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. J. Williams Waller Finch Winter Allain Mabus Fordice Musgrove Barbour Bryant

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 70428597 LCCN: n86836888 US Congress: M000596

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