Van Buren Boddie
c. 1917
Member of the Mississippi Senate
from the 29th district
In office
January 1928 – 1928
Succeeded byJohn L. Hebron
In office
January 1912 – January 1920
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Washington County district
In office
1906 – January 1912
In office
1902 – January 1904
Personal details
Born(1869-01-20)January 20, 1869
Memphis, TN
DiedMay 11, 1928(1928-05-11) (aged 59)
Greenville, MS
Political partyDemocrat

Van Buren Boddie (January 20, 1869 - May 11, 1928) was a Democratic Mississippi state legislator in the early 20th century.

Biography

Van Buren Boddie was born on January 20, 1869, in Memphis, Tennessee.[1][2][3] He was the son of Van Buren Boddie and Anna (Jewell) Boddie.[2] He did not go to college, but he studied law at a law firm.[4][3] He was admitted to the bar in 1892.[3] He was first appointed to the Mississippi House of Representatives, as a Democrat, in 1902, to fill in for the unfinished term of F. E. Larkin.[1] In 1906, he was appointed to fill in for the term of Percy Bell.[1] He was first elected to the House in 1907, and served from 1908 to 1912.[1] All three stints were for representing Washington County.[4] In 1911, he was elected to the Mississippi State Senate to represent the state's 29th district.[4] He was re-elected in 1915.[4] After this, he was partners in a law firm with fellow state senator Hazlewood Power Farish.[3] He was elected to serve in the Senate from 1928 to 1932, but resigned in the 1928 session because of illness.[2] He died on May 11, 1928, in his home in Greenville, Mississippi.[5][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Rowland, Dunbar (1908). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Clipped From Semi-Weekly Journal". Semi-Weekly Journal. May 16, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 The American Bar. J.C. Fifield Company. 1919. p. 474.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
  5. ↑ "The Greenwood Commonwealth from Greenwood, Mississippi on May 11, 1928 · Page 1". Newspapers.com. Retrieved April 10, 2021.


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