Carroll Kendrick (May 24, 1852 – February 17, 1923) was a Mississippi state legislator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was the President Pro Tempore of the Mississippi State Senate from 1916 to 1920.
Carroll Kendrick | |
|---|---|
 c. 1916 | |
| President pro tempore of the Mississippi State Senate | |
| In office January 1916 – January 1920 | |
| Preceded by | A. C. Anderson |
| Succeeded by | J. D. Fatheree |
| Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 37th district | |
| In office January 1912 – January 1920 | |
| Succeeded by | Edward Strickland |
| In office January 1904 – January 1908 | |
| In office 1890 – January 1900 | |
| Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the Tishomingo County district | |
| In office January 1884 – January 1888 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 24, 1852 Hardin County, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | February 17, 1923 (aged 70) |
| Political party | Democratic |
Biography edit
Carroll Kendrick was born on May 24, 1852, near Hamburg, in Hardin County, Tennessee.[1][2][3][4] He was the son of Allen Kendrick and Nancy (Rose) Kendrick.[1][4] He graduated from the Iuka Normal Institute with an A. B., and from Hiram College with a M. A. degree.[1][4] In 1873, he graduated from the University of Louisville with an M. D. degree.[1][4] During Reconstruction, he was a member of the Ku Klux Klan.[1][5]
Political career edit
From 1884 to 1888, he served in the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Tishomingo County as a Democrat.[4][1][6][7] He was then in the Mississippi State Senate, representing the state's 37th district, which was composed of the state's Tishomingo, Alcorn, and Prentiss counties, from 1890 to 1900.[1][4][7] He was re-elected in 1903, for the 1904–1908 term, and in 1911, for the 1912–1916 term.[4][1] In 1907, he was the president of Mississippi's state Medical Association.[1] Kendrick was re-elected to the Senate for the 1916–1920 term, in which he also served the position of president pro tempore.[1][8] Kendrick died on February 17, 1923.[9]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j History, Mississippi Department of Archives and (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. pp. 803–805.
- ^ Howard, E. F. (1910). History of the Mississippi State Medical Association. The Association. p. 68.
- ^ Mississippi Medical Monthly. 1909. p. 115.
- ^ a b c d e f g History, Mississippi Department of Archives and (1904). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. pp. 509–510.
- ^ "Kendrick, Carroll 1873 UL grad obit". Clarion-Ledger. 1923-02-18. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ^ Mississippi (1886). Department Reports.
- ^ a b History, Mississippi Department of Archives and (1908). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
- ^ https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/ed_pubs/pubs/BlueBook16-20/16%20Historical%20and%20Statistical%20Info%20Section%20707-738.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Hargrave-McAnulty Bible records published". The Times. 1981-03-29. p. 77. Retrieved 2022-09-08.