{"id":164,"date":"2018-07-10T18:44:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T23:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=164"},"modified":"2026-02-15T12:57:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:57:29","slug":"wilson-hicks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/wilson-hicks\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilson Hicks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-165\" src=\"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/hicks.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/hicks.png 286w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/hicks-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Wilson Hicks (Rankin County)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>State House:\u00a0<\/strong>1874-1875<\/p>\n<p><strong>Born:<\/strong> c. 1837 in Mississippi<br \/>\n<strong>Died:\u00a0<\/strong>1896-1900<\/p>\n<p>Hicks held office in the Rankin County Republican Party both before and after his term in the state legislature. He is listed as a farmer on the 1870 and 1880 census with wife Sarah and children. Sarah is a widow on the 1900 census.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1553\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/wilson-hicks\/hicks6\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1553 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hicks6-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hicks6-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hicks6-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tri-Weekly Clarion, November 25, 1868<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1547\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1547\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/wilson-hicks\/hicks3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1547 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hicks3-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hicks3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hicks3-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Mississippi Pilot, Dec 11, 1869<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1551\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1551\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/wilson-hicks\/hicks5\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1551 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hicks5-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hicks5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hicks5-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, February 3, 1870\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6507\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6507\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/wilson-hicks\/hicks-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6507\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6507\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hicks-150x150.png\" alt=\"Meridian Daily Gazette, July 2, 1870\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hicks-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hicks-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meridian Daily Gazette, July 2, 1870<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5850\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5850\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/a-peal\/the_weekly_mississippi_pilot_1875_03_13_page_6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5850\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5850\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Mississippi_Pilot_1875_03_13_Page_6-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Weekly Mississippi Pilot, March 13, 1875\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Mississippi_Pilot_1875_03_13_Page_6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Mississippi_Pilot_1875_03_13_Page_6-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Mississippi Pilot, March 13, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1555\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1555\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/wilson-hicks\/hicks7\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1555 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hicks7-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hicks7-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hicks7-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Mississippi Pilot, Aug 14, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1557\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1557\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/wilson-hicks\/hicks8\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1557 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hicks8-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hicks8-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hicks8-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, July 12, 1876<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1544\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1544\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/wilson-hicks\/hicks-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1544 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hicks-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hicks-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hicks-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Herald, September 5, 1885<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1545\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1545\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/wilson-hicks\/hicks2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1545 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hicks2-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hicks2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hicks2-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily Commercial Herald, Feb 21, 1892<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1549\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1549\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/wilson-hicks\/hicks4\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1549 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hicks4-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hicks4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hicks4-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Clarion-Ledger, Nov 26, 1896<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wilson Hicks (Rankin County) State House:\u00a01874-1875 Born: c. 1837 in Mississippi Died:\u00a01896-1900 Hicks held office in the Rankin County Republican Party both before and after his term in the state legislature. He is listed as a farmer on the 1870 and 1880 census with wife Sarah and children. Sarah is a widow on the 1900 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/wilson-hicks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wilson Hicks&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-164","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6508,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164\/revisions\/6508"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}