{"id":2475,"date":"2020-10-19T16:22:08","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T21:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=2475"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:42:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T20:42:38","slug":"m-m-mcleod","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/","title":{"rendered":"Murdock M. McLeod"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mcleod.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2476\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mcleod-208x300.png\" alt=\"M M McLeod\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mcleod-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mcleod.png 337w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Murdock M. McLeod (Hinds County)<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>State House:<\/strong> 1884 -1885<strong><br \/>Secretary of State:\u00a0<\/strong>Oct-Nov 1873<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Born:\u00a0<\/strong>c. 1847 in Ohio<br \/><strong>Died: <\/strong>December 1895 in Aberdeen, MS<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attorney who served as Jackson&#8217;s city clerk. In October 1873, Governor Ridgley Powers appointed him Secretary of State, a position he resigned only weeks later. From his arrival in Jackson in the early 1870s to his death in 1895, McLeod was a prominent businessman and civic leader.<\/p>\r\n<p>One of several sons of Mary A. Monroe McLeod (c. 1825-1910), a free woman of color in Cincinnati, Ohio, McLeod is listed with his mother and siblings on the 1850 and 1860 census. In 1870, he was listed as a lottery vendor in St. Louis, living with wife Caledonia (&#8220;Callie&#8221;). Because he is listed as &#8220;Monroe McLeod,&#8221; it is possible that Monroe was his middle name. Listed on the 1880 census in Jackson with Callie.<\/p>\r\n<p>When Callie died in 1907, the <em>Clarion-Ledger<\/em> called her &#8220;one of the wealthiest negro women of the south.&#8221; McLeod&#8217;s mother, Mary, died in Cincinnati in 1910 and is buried in historic Union Baptist Cemetery.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/176617296\/m_-m_-mcleod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Memorial on Find A Grave<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/157750991\/mary-a.-mcleod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mary Monroe McLeod&#8217;s memorial on Find A Grave<\/a> (includes family photo)<\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_4066\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4066\" style=\"width: 518px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcollections.nypl.org\/items\/510d47df-7bad-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4066\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/nypl.digitalcollections.510d47df-7bad-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99.001.w.jpg\" alt=\"Freemasonry in Mississippi\" width=\"518\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/nypl.digitalcollections.510d47df-7bad-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99.001.w.jpg 703w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/nypl.digitalcollections.510d47df-7bad-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99.001.w-278x300.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4066\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freemasons in Mississippi, from New York Public Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_5721\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5721\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/the_st_louis_republic_1870_08_26_2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5721\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5721\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_St_Louis_Republic_1870_08_26_2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"St. Louis Republic, August 26, 1870\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_St_Louis_Republic_1870_08_26_2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_St_Louis_Republic_1870_08_26_2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5721\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St. Louis Republic, August 26, 1870<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2637\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2637\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/sos\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2637 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/sos-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/sos-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/sos-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Herald, November 18, 1873<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2633\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2633\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/club\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2633 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/club-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/club-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/club-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily Mississippi Pilot, July 29, 1875\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_5833\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5833\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/the_weekly_mississippi_pilot_1875_08_07_page_2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5833\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5833\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Mississippi_Pilot_1875_08_07_Page_2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Weekly Mississippi Pilot, Aug 7, 1875\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Mississippi_Pilot_1875_08_07_Page_2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Mississippi_Pilot_1875_08_07_Page_2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Mississippi Pilot, Aug 7, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2615\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2615\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/nom\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2615 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/nom-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/nom-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/nom-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion Ledger, August 20, 1879<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2594\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2594\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/green-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2594 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/green-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/green-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/green-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion Ledger, May 26, 1880<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2617\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2617\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/ballot\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2617 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ballot-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ballot-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ballot-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion Ledger, October 11, 1882<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2536\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2536\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/l-k-atwood\/daily84\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2536 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/daily84-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/daily84-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/daily84-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Mississippian, Feb 4, 1884<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2674\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2674\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/william-h-allen\/wat\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2674 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wat-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wat-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wat-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Ledger, March 14, 1884<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2635\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2635\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/bruce\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2635 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bruce-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bruce-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bruce-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Ledger, April 25, 1884<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2609\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2609\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/chicago\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2609 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/chicago-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/chicago-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/chicago-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Evening Post, May 26, 1884<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2603\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2603\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/eman-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2603 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/eman-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/eman-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/eman-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2603\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aberdeen Examiner, May 29, 1884<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2622\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2622\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/meet\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2622 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/meet-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/meet-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/meet-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Ledger, October 17, 1884<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2657\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/william-h-allen\/eman-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2657 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/eman-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/eman-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/eman-1-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Commercial Herald, Sep 25, 1885<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2601\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2601\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/anti\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2601 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/anti-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/anti-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/anti-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion Ledger, July 21, 1886<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2626\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2626\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/future\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2626 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/future-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/future-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/future-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hinds County Gazette, October 30, 1886<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2629\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2629\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/meet-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2629 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/meet-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/meet-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/meet-1-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2629\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Democrat, February 6, 1889<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2596\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2596\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/rail\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2596 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rail-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rail-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rail-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion Ledger, July 5, 1890<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2607\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2607\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/holmes\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2607 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/holmes-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/holmes-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/holmes-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion Ledger, September 2, 1891<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2628\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2628\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/bar\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2628 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bar-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bar-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bar-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2628\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Evening Post, April 25, 1892<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2641\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2641\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/cpa\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2641 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cpa-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cpa-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cpa-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion Ledger, June 7, 1894<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_6948\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6948\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/hugh-m-foley\/cotton-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6948\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6948\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cotton-150x150.png\" alt=\"Commercial Appeal, November 25, 1894\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cotton-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cotton-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Commercial Appeal, November 25, 1894<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2611\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2611\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/lodge\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2611 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/lodge-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/lodge-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/lodge-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Clarion Ledger, December 13, 1894<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2598\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2598\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/douglass\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2598 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/douglass-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/douglass-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/douglass-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion Ledger, March 9, 1895<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2613\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2613\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/dead\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2613 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/dead-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/dead-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/dead-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natchez Democrat, December 4, 1895<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2619\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2619\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/school\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2619 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/school-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/school-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/school-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion Ledger, December 4, 1895<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2624\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2624\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/funeral\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2624 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/funeral-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/funeral-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/funeral-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion Ledger, December 7, 1895<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2605\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2605\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/reading\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2605 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/reading-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/reading-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/reading-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2605\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Clarion Ledger, April 1, 1897<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2631\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2631\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/callie\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2631 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/callie-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/callie-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/callie-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion Ledger, April 18, 1907<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Murdock M. McLeod (Hinds County) State House: 1884 -1885Secretary of State:\u00a0Oct-Nov 1873 Born:\u00a0c. 1847 in OhioDied: December 1895 in Aberdeen, MS Attorney who served as Jackson&#8217;s city clerk. In October 1873, Governor Ridgley Powers appointed him Secretary of State, a position he resigned only weeks later. From his arrival in Jackson in the early 1870s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/m-m-mcleod\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Murdock M. 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