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W. Van Norman was a politician in the United States. He served as President of the Mississippi Senate from 1836-1837.[1] He also served in the Mississippi House of Representatives.[2]
Van Norman was elected to represent Amite County in the Mississippi Senate in 1835.[3][2][4] He was elected as president at the start of the session January 1836.[5]
He voted to postpone indefinitely a petition to manumit an enslaved person.[6]
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[edit]- ^ History, Mississippi Department of Archives and (August 14, 1904). "The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi". Department of Archives and History – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi: Volume II, Part II. Pelican Publishing. April 1, 1999. ISBN 978-1-56554-609-7 – via Google Books.
- ^ "1835 Elected to Legislature in state". Mississippi Free Trader. 18 December 1835. p. 2. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ Senate, Mississippi Legislature (August 14, 1836). "Journal" – via Google Books.
- ^ "Postscript: Mr Van Norman President of the Senate". Mississippi Free Trader. 8 January 1836. p. 3. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ Jones, Bernie D. (August 14, 2009). Fathers of Conscience: Mixed-race Inheritance in the Antebellum South. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-2980-2 – via Google Books.
