Walter Leake
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Walter Daniel[ David Dickson Gerard Brandon | |
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Preceded by | George Poindexter |
Succeeded by | Gerard Brandon |
United States Senator from Mississippi | |
In office December 10, 1817 – May 15, 1820 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | David Holmes |
Personal details | |
Born | Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, British America | May 20, 1762
Died | November 6, 1825 Hinds County, Mississippi, U.S. | (aged 63)
Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Walter Daniel[
Biography
Early life
Walter Leake was born on May 20, 1762, in Albemarle County in the Colony of Virginia.[1] He was the son of Captain Mask Leake and nephew of Rev. Samuel Leake (Princeton University graduate and a member of the first Board of Trustees of Hampden–Sydney College), an ancestor of Senator John McCain of Arizona. Walter Leake was descended from John Leake. Leake served in the American Revolutionary War, serving in the Battle of Yorktown according to Marquis de Lafayette,[2] and later served in Virginia's General Assembly.[3]
Career
Leake was appointed a judge in the
Governor of Mississippi
On August 6, 1821, Walter Leake was elected the 3rd Governor of Mississippi. He faced attorney and state legislator Charles B Green in the general election.[6][7] During his first administration, Leake signed a law to eliminate debtor's prisons in Mississippi and attempted to promote a law to abolish dueling. Leake oversaw the expansion of Mississippi's road system, extending roads from the state's new capitol, Jackson, to other settlements in Mississippi. In the 1823 gubernatorial election, Leake was reelected, defeating former Congressional Delegate William Lattimore and Lieutenant Governor David Dickson.[6] Leake died in Mount Salus, Mississippi (now named Clinton) on November 17, 1825, while serving as Governor of Mississippi.[4]
Personal life
Leake married.[citation needed] His daughter, Susan Wingfield Leake, married Henry Goodloe Johnston of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, in 1807 and was an ancestor of Haley Barbour.[8]
Legacy
Leake County, Mississippi, as well as Leakesville, Mississippi, are named for him.[9]
See also
References
- ^ Horace W. Fuller, ed., The Green Bag, Vol. XI (1899), p. 505.
- ^ The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Apr., 1904), pp. 417-419 (3 pages)
- ^ a b "Walter Leake, Third Governor of Mississippi: 1822-1825 - 2003-12". www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Bioguide Search". bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ Franklin Lafayette Riley, School History of Mississippi: For Use in Public and Private Schools (1915), p. 380-82.
- ^ a b "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ "Walter Leake". National Governors Association. January 10, 2012. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ The Virginia magazine of history and biography, Volume 11 (Google eBook) (Virginia Historical Society, 1903)
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 183.