B. R. Webb
14th Secretary of State of Mississippi
In office
January 10, 1860 – January 16, 1860
GovernorJohn J. Pettus
Preceded byA. B. Dilworth
Succeeded byC. A. Brougher
Member of the Mississippi State Senate
from the Pontotoc County district
In office
1854–1857
Preceded byJohn Bell
Succeeded byJefferson Wilson
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Pontotoc County district
In office
1850
Preceded byJ. Barden, William Melton, Henry Duke
Succeeded byJ. C. Jones, J. Barden, Jefferson Wilson
Personal details
Bornc.1811 or 1812
Died(1860-01-16)January 16, 1860
Jackson, Mississippi

Britton R. Webb[1] (died January 16, 1860) was an American politician. He was the 14th Secretary of State of Mississippi, serving from January 10, 1860, to his death six days later.

Biography

Webb represented Pontotoc County in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1850.[2][3][4] He then represented the same county in the Mississippi State Senate from 1854 to 1857 (inclusive).[4][3][2][5] Webb was appointed as the Secretary of State of Mississippi on January 10, 1860, succeeding A. B. Dilworth.[3] However, Webb died in office, in Jackson, Mississippi, on January 16, 1860, six days after being appointment.[3][6][5] He was about 48 years old.[5] Charles Albert Brougher was appointed to replace him as Secretary.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Association, Texas Bar (1906). Proceedings of the ... Annual Sessions of the Texas Bar Association. order of the Association. p. 105.
  2. 1 2 "Judge Britain R. Webb (son of B. R. Webb) obituary". Austin American-Statesman. 1906-06-29. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. pp. 170, 273, 208.
  4. 1 2 Lowry, Robert; McCardle, William H. (1891). A History of Mississippi: From the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto, Including the Earliest Settlement Made by the French Under Iberville, to the Death of Jefferson Davis. R.H. Henry & Company. p. 561. ISBN 978-0-7884-4821-8.
  5. 1 2 3 The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year ... Vol. 32. Gray and Bowen. 1861. p. 398.
  6. 1 2 Mississippi (1900). Department Reports. p. 179.


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