Horace Harned
Harned circa 1962
Member of the Mississippi State Senate
from the 23rd district
In office
January 1952 – January 1956
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the 23-A district
In office
January 1960 – January 1980
Personal details
Born(1920-07-27)July 27, 1920
State College, Mississippi
DiedJuly 2, 2017(2017-07-02) (aged 96)
Starkville, Mississippi
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseNellie Jean Howell
ResidenceStarkville, Mississippi
OccupationFarmer, dairyman

Horace Hammerton Harned Jr. (July 27, 1920 – July 2, 2017) was an American politician in the state of Mississippi.[1] He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives and Mississippi State Senate. A Democrat,[2][3][4] he was one of seven legislators who sat on the segregationist Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission in the 1960s.[5] He served in the Senate from 1952 to 1956, and in the House from 1960 to 1980.[6]

Harned lived in Starkville, Mississippi. He served on the executive committee of Citizens Council.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Horace Harned". Starkville Daily News. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "The Political Graveyard: Freemasons, politicians, Mississippi". politicalgraveyard.com.
  3. ↑ "Welcome to the Civil Rights Digital Library". crdl.usg.edu.
  4. ↑ "Horace Harned, Jr. and the Famed Flying Tigers :: Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum in Starkville, MS". Archived from the original on 2015-12-19. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  5. ↑ Rubin, Richard. "Should the Mississippi Files Have Been Re-Opened? No, because ..." archive.nytimes.com.
  6. ↑ Mississippi. Legislature (1976-01-01). "Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1976]". Mississippi Legislature Hand Books.
  7. ↑ https://www.crmvet.org/docs/6406_cofo_ms_leg-rpt.pdf
  8. ↑ https://www.justice.gov/crt/foia/file/662941/download


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