John Black (U.S. senator)

John Black
John Black
United States Senator; from Mississippi
	In office; November 12, 1832 – March 3, 1833 – November 22, 1833 – January 22, 1838
Preceded by	Powhatan Ellis
Succeeded by	James F. Trotter
Personal details
Born	August 11, 1800; Massachusetts
Died	August 29, 1854 (aged 54); Winchester, Virginia
Political party	Whig

John Black (August 11, 1800 – August 29, 1854) was a politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi, most notably serving in the United States Senate as a Whig from 1832 to 1838.

Biography[]

Black was born in Massachusetts,^[1] and became a teacher. He then moved to Louisiana, where he practiced law. After moving to Mississippi, he was elected a judge in 1826, eventually being elected to the Mississippi Supreme Court.^[1]^[2] In 1832, Governor Charles Lynch appointed him as a Jacksonian, the forerunner of the modern Democratic Party, to fill the vacancy left by Powhatan Ellis. He ran for the seat in his own right as an anti-Jacksonian (later Whig) and served from November 22, 1833 to January 22, 1838, when he resigned.

During his time in office, he served as the chairman of the . After leaving the Senate, he moved to Winchester, Virginia, where he resumed practicing law until his death.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Thomas H. Somerville, "A Sketch of the Supreme Court of Mississippi", in Horace W. Fuller, ed.,The Green Bag, Vol. XI (1899), p. 507.
^ Franklin Lafayette Riley, School History of Mississippi: For Use in Public and Private Schools (1915), p. 380-82.

External links[]

United States Congress. "John Black (id: B000503)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. Senate
Preceded by Powhatan Ellis	U.S. senator (Class 1) from Mississippi November 12, 1832 – March 3, 1833 (Legislature failed to elect.) November 22, 1833 – January 22, 1838 Served alongside: George Poindexter, Robert J. Walker	Succeeded by James F. Trotter
Political offices
Preceded by Isaac Caldwell	Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi 1826–1832	Succeeded by

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[Green_Bag-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Thomas H. Somerville, "A Sketch of the Supreme Court of Mississippi", in Horace W. Fuller, ed.,The Green Bag, Vol. XI (1899), p. 507.

[2] Franklin Lafayette Riley, School History of Mississippi: For Use in Public and Private Schools (1915), p. 380-82.

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John Black


United States Senator from Mississippi
In office November 12, 1832 – March 3, 1833 – November 22, 1833 – January 22, 1838
Preceded by	Powhatan Ellis
Succeeded by	James F. Trotter

Personal details
Born	August 11, 1800 Massachusetts
Died	August 29, 1854 (aged 54) Winchester, Virginia
Political party	Whig