John Isaac Guion
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John Isaac Guion | |
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| Member of the Mississippi State Senate | |
| In office 1842–1851 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 18, 1802 Adams County, Mississippi Territory, U.S. |
| Died | June 6, 1855 (aged 52) Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. |
John Isaac Guion (November 18, 1802 – June 6, 1855) was an American politician from Mississippi who served as Governor in 1851.
Biography
Guion was born in Adams County in the Mississippi Territory. He studied law in Lebanon, Tennessee, was admitted to the bar, and established a successful practice in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He practiced in partnership with William L. Sharkey and later with Seargent Smith Prentiss.
A Democrat in politics, Guion was first elected to the Mississippi State Senate in 1842. He later moved to Jackson, and continued to serve in the State Senate.
Guion supported slavery and states' rights. As a result, he played a prominent role in the Jackson convention of 1849, which was called to discuss how the Southern states should respond to the possibility of California being admitted to the union as a free state.
In 1850 Guion was chosen to serve as the Senate's
Guion had not run for reelection to the State Senate because he had run for the Mississippi District Circuit Court judge in Jackson. He began his term as scheduled and served until his death. He died on June 6, 1855, and was buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Jackson.
References
- John Isaac Guion at National Governors Association
- General Tour Information (including burial information for John Isaac Guion) at Greenwood Cemetery
- Sansing, David G. (December 1, 2003). "John Isaac Guion: Seventeenth Governor of Mississippi: February 1851 to November 1851". Mississippi History Now. Mississippi Historical Society.
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