B._R._Webb

B. R. Webb

B. R. Webb

American politician

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.

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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. [1]
    Association, Texas Bar (1906). Proceedings of the ... Annual Sessions of the Texas Bar Association. order of the Association. p. 105.
  2. [2]
    "Judge Britain R. Webb (son of B. R. Webb) obituary". Austin American-Statesman. 1906-06-29. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  3. [3]
    Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. pp. 170, 273, 208.
  4. [4]
    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. [5]
    The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year ... Vol. 32. Gray and Bowen. 1861. p. 398.
  6. [6]
    Mississippi (1900). Department Reports. p. 179.


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