Lorraine C. Dulaney
Lorraine C. Dulaney | |
|---|---|
 c. 1917 | |
| Member of the Mississippi State Senate from the 20th district | |
| In office January 1916 – January 1920 | |
| In office January 1900 – January 1904 | |
| Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the Issaquena County district | |
| In office January 1904 – January 1908 | |
| In office January 1892 – January 1896 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 25, 1863 Madison County, Mississippi |
| Died | November 30, 1945 (aged 81) Grace, Mississippi |
| Political party | Democratic |
Lorraine Catchings Dulaney (December 25, 1863 - November 30, 1945) was an American planter and Democratic politician. He served in both houses of the Mississippi State Legislature in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Biography[edit]
Lorraine Catchings Dulaney was born on December 25, 1863, in Madison County, Mississippi.[1][2] He was the son of William Johnson Dulaney and his wife, Lorraine (Catchings) Dulaney.[1] He was of French descent.[1] Dulaney attended the public schools of Madison County, and graduated from Poughkeepsie Business College in New York in 1882.[1] Dulaney was a planter, merchant, and railroad and levee contractor.[1] A Democrat, he represented Issaquena County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1892 to 1896.[1][3] From 1900 to 1904, he represented the 20th District in the Mississippi State Senate.[2] In November 1903, he was elected to another term in the House and served from 1904 to 1908.[1][3] He served again in the Senate in the same district from 1916 to 1920.[3]
Dulaney died on November 30, 1945, at his home in Grace, Mississippi.[4]
Bribery charges[edit]
In 1910, Dulaney was charged for attempting to bribe state senator Theodore G. Bilbo to vote for LeRoy Percy for the U. S. Senate.[5] Dulaney was acquitted.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. 1904. p. 539.
- ^ a b Mississippi (1900). Department Reports. pp. 85, 194, 779–781.
- ^ a b c Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 226.
- ^ "L. C. Dulaney Obituary". Sun Herald. 1945-11-30. p. 7. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
- ^ a b Wise, Benjamin E. (2012-03-12). William Alexander Percy: The Curious Life of a Mississippi Planter and Sexual Freethinker. Univ of North Carolina Press. pp. 105–106. ISBN 978-0-8078-6995-6.