{"id":327,"date":"2018-07-11T09:32:29","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T14:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=327"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:39:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:39:46","slug":"j-e-monroe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/j-e-monroe\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph E. Monroe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-328\" src=\"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/monroe.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/monroe.png 287w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/monroe-215x300.png 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Joseph E. Monroe (Coahoma County)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>State House:\u00a0<\/strong>1874-1877<\/p>\n<p><strong>Born:<\/strong> c. 1830 in Kentucky<\/p>\n<p>Farmer. Joined Company A, 6th Regiment U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery at Natchez in 1863 and served until 1866, when he mustered out as a Sergeant. Appointed to be a county election commissioner in 1881. Officer in the Colored Knights of Pythias. Listed on the 1870 and 1880 census in Coahoma County with wife Jane and two children; Jane was a widow on the 1900 census.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6004\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6004\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6004\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/monroesig.png\" alt=\"Signature of Joseph E. Monroe from an undated petition to Governor Ames\" width=\"500\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/monroesig.png 649w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/monroesig-300x57.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6004\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signature of Joseph E. Monroe from an undated petition to Governor Ames<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5724\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5724\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/j-e-monroe\/monroeusct\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5724\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5724\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/monroeusct-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"USCT enlistment record, 1865\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/monroeusct-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/monroeusct-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USCT enlistment record, 1865<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2130\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2130\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/j-w-randolph\/resolution\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2130 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/resolution-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/resolution-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/resolution-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily Mississippi Pilot, August 1, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2717\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2717\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/w-h-jones\/imp\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2717 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/imp-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/imp-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/imp-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion Ledger, February 17, 1876<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6292\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6292\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/samuel-riley\/clarion_ledger_1876_04_01_1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6292\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6292\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Clarion_Ledger_1876_04_01_1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Clarion-Ledger, April 1, 1876\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Clarion_Ledger_1876_04_01_1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Clarion_Ledger_1876_04_01_1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, April 1, 1876<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1954\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1954\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/j-e-monroe\/monroe-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1954 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/monroe-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/monroe-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/monroe-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, September 15, 1881<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1958\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1958\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/j-e-monroe\/monroe2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1958 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/monroe2-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/monroe2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/monroe2-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Evening Post, July 27, 1891<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph E. Monroe (Coahoma County) State House:\u00a01874-1877 Born: c. 1830 in Kentucky Farmer. Joined Company A, 6th Regiment U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery at Natchez in 1863 and served until 1866, when he mustered out as a Sergeant. Appointed to be a county election commissioner in 1881. Officer in the Colored Knights of Pythias. Listed &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/j-e-monroe\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Joseph E. 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