Horace Harned

Horace Hammerton Harned Jr. (July 27, 1920 โ€“ July 2, 2017) was an American politician in the state of Mississippi.[1] He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives and Mississippi State Senate. A Democrat,[2][3][4] he was one of seven legislators who sat on the segregationist Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission in the 1960s.[5] He served in the Senate from 1952 to 1956, and in the House from 1960 to 1980.[6]

Horace Harned
Harned circa 1962
Member of the Mississippi State Senate
from the 23rd district
In office
January 1952 โ€“ January 1956
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the 23-A district
In office
January 1960 โ€“ January 1980
Personal details
Born(1920-07-27)July 27, 1920
State College, Mississippi
DiedJuly 2, 2017(2017-07-02) (aged 96)
Starkville, Mississippi
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseNellie Jean Howell
ResidenceStarkville, Mississippi
OccupationFarmer, dairyman

Harned lived in Starkville, Mississippi. He served on the executive committee of Citizens Council.[7][8]

References

  1. "Horace Harned". Starkville Daily News. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  2. "The Political Graveyard: Freemasons, politicians, Mississippi". politicalgraveyard.com.
  3. "Welcome to the Civil Rights Digital Library". crdl.usg.edu.
  4. "Horace Harned, Jr. and the Famed Flying Tigers :: Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum in Starkville, MS". Archived from the original on December 19, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  5. Rubin, Richard. "Should the Mississippi Files Have Been Re-Opened? No, because ..." archive.nytimes.com.
  6. Mississippi. Legislature (January 1, 1976). "Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1976]". Mississippi Legislature Hand Books.
  7. "The Mississippi Legislature 1964" (PDF). crmvet.org. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  8. "Memorandum". justice.gov. Retrieved January 23, 2024.


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