{"id":458,"date":"2018-07-16T14:33:54","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T19:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=458"},"modified":"2026-09-14T12:28:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T17:28:04","slug":"john-r-lynch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/john-r-lynch\/","title":{"rendered":"John Roy Lynch"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4901\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4901\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/john-r-lynch\/lynchportrait\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4901\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4901\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lynchportrait-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"John Roy Lynch portrait\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lynchportrait-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lynchportrait-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lynchportrait-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lynchportrait-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lynchportrait-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portrait by Betsy Creekmore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>John Roy Lynch (Adams County)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>U.S. House of Representatives:\u00a0<\/strong>1873-1877, 1882-1883<br \/>\n<strong>Speaker of the Mississippi House: <\/strong>1872-1873<br \/>\n<strong>State House:<\/strong> 1870-1873<\/p>\n<p><strong>Birth:\u00a0<\/strong>September 10, 1847 in Vidalia, LA<br \/>\n<strong>Death:\u00a0<\/strong>November 2, 1939 in Chicago, IL<\/p>\n<p>Born into slavery at <a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/tacony-plantation\/\">Tacony Plantation<\/a> in Louisiana, the son of Irish overseer Patrick Lynch, Lynch was a lawyer, photographer, plantation owner, and writer. His book, <em>The Facts of Reconstruction<\/em> (1913), is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/16158\/16158-h\/16158-h.htm\">available for free<\/a> on Project Gutenburg. His older brother, William H. Lynch, also served in the state house and was active in local business and politics.<\/p>\n<p>Because Lynch is already well-researched and well-documented, I have spent less time on him than other legislators on this site.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I am treated, not as an American citizen, but as a brute. Forced to occupy a filthy smoking-car both night and day, with drunkards, gamblers, and criminals; and for what? Not that I am unable or unwilling to pay my way; not that I am obnoxious in my personal appearance or disrespectful in my conduct; but simply because I happen to be of a darker complexion&#8230; Mr. Speaker, if this unjust discrimination is to be longer tolerated by the American people, which I do not, cannot, and will not believe until I am forced to do so, then I can only say with sorrow and regret that our boasted civilization is a fraud; our republican institutions a failure; our social system a disgrace; and our religion a complete hypocrisy.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n(John R. Lynch, speech on civil rights, quoted in Annjennette Sophie McFarlin,\u00a0<em>Black Congressional Reconstruction Orators and Their Orations, 1869-1879<\/em>, 1976)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_R._Lynch\">Wikipedia entry on John R. Lynch<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/7383548\">Memorial on Find A Grave<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/app\/details\/SERIALSET-02035_00_00-011-0012-0000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lynch vs. Chalmers: Testimony in the Contested Election of 1880<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6478\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6478\" style=\"width: 503px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6478\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jrlynchsig.jpg\" alt=\"Signature of John Roy Lynch\" width=\"503\" height=\"101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jrlynchsig.jpg 503w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jrlynchsig-300x60.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signature of John Roy Lynch from an 1884 letter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6209\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6209\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/j-m-p-williams\/meeting-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6209\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6209\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/meeting-150x150.png\" alt=\"Weekly Democrat, September 30, 1869\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/meeting-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/meeting-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Democrat, September 30, 1869<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4573\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4573\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-lynch\/15th\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4573\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4573\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/15th-150x150.png\" alt=\"Weekly Mississippi Pilot, May 21, 1870\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/15th-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/15th-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Mississippi Pilot, May 21, 1870<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2289\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2289\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/dr-stites\/stites3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2289 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/stites3-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/stites3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/stites3-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hinds County Gazette, June 7, 1871<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3192\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3192\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/j-f-bolden\/capture-105\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3192 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-22-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-22-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-22-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Macon Beacon, July 22, 1871<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1569\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1569\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-hill\/lynch-5\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1569 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lynch-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lynch-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lynch-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Daily Times, January 10, 1872<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1849\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1849\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/w-h-lynch\/lynchnom\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1849 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lynchnom-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lynchnom-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lynchnom-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natchez Democrat, August 24, 1872<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_962\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-962\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/john-r-lynch\/lynch-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-962 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/lynch-2-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/lynch-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/lynch-2-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New National Era, February 27, 1873<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1126\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1126\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/john-r-lynch\/watch\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1126 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/watch-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/watch-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/watch-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New National Era, May 1, 1873<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4197\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4197\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/f-d-shadd\/integ\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4197\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4197\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/integ-150x150.png\" alt=\"Vicksburg Herald, October 14, 1874\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/integ-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/integ-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Herald, October 14, 1874<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1286\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1286\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/william-gray\/apps\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1286 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apps-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apps-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apps-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, March 4, 1875\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7323\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7323\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/john-r-lynch\/lynchstone\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7323\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7323\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/lynchstone-150x150.png\" alt=\"Letter to Governor Stone, November 12, 1880\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/lynchstone-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/lynchstone-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Letter to Gov. Stone, November 12, 1880<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3719\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3719\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/john-r-lynch\/capture-225\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3719 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Capture-60-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Capture-60-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Capture-60-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3719\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Louisianian, January 22, 1881<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1880\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1880\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/d-t-j-mathews\/mathews7\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1880 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mathews7-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mathews7-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mathews7-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saint Paul Globe, June 2, 1884<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6473\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6473\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/letter-from-john-r-lynch-to-samuel-fessenden-september-9-1884\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6473 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lynchletter1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Letter to Samuel Fessenden, 1884\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lynchletter1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lynchletter1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Letter to S. Fessenden, Sep 9, 1884<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2378\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2378\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/t-weatherly\/weatherly-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2378 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/weatherly-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/weatherly-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/weatherly-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Atlanta Constitution, October 9, 1885<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5521\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5521\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/george-w-huntley\/1888-meeting\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5521\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5521\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1888-meeting-150x150.png\" alt=\"Clarion-Ledger, February 16, 1888\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1888-meeting-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1888-meeting-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, February 16, 1888<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3765\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3765\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/john-r-lynch\/capture-131\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3765\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3765 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Capture-150x150.png\" alt=\"Daily State Ledger, October 27, 1892\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Capture-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Capture-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3765\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily State Ledger, October 27, 1892<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2342\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2342\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/thomas-w-stringer\/stringer23\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2342 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/stringer23-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/stringer23-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/stringer23-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily State Ledger, October 28, 1892<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_929\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-929\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/john-r-lynch\/lynch-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-929 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/lynch-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/lynch-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/lynch-1-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richmond Planet, November 23, 1895<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5887\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5887\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/albert-b-poston\/the_times_democrat_1896_03_21_page_10\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5887\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5887\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Times_Democrat_1896_03_21_Page_10-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The Times-Democrat, March 21, 1896\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Times_Democrat_1896_03_21_Page_10-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Times_Democrat_1896_03_21_Page_10-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Times-Democrat, March 21, 1896<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2552\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2552\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/l-k-atwood\/faction\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2552 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/faction-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/faction-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/faction-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, July 3, 1896<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6194\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/george-r-washington\/natchez_democrat_1896_07_26_3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6194\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6194\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Natchez_Democrat_1896_07_26_3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Natchez Democrat, July 26, 1896\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Natchez_Democrat_1896_07_26_3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Natchez_Democrat_1896_07_26_3-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natchez Democrat, July 26, 1896<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2558\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/l-k-atwood\/const\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2558 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/const-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/const-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/const-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, December 18, 1896<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2532\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2532\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/l-k-atwood\/ledger99\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2532 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ledger99-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ledger99-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ledger99-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2532\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Clarion Ledger, February 2, 1899<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3811\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3811\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/j-w-randolph\/capture-234\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3811 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Capture-6-150x150.png\" alt=\"Clarion-Ledger, April 27, 1900\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Capture-6-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Capture-6-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3811\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, April 27, 1900<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6894\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6894\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/john-r-lynch\/the_chicago_defender_1939_04_29_13\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6894\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6894\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The_Chicago_Defender_1939_04_29_13-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago Defender, April 29, 1939\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The_Chicago_Defender_1939_04_29_13-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The_Chicago_Defender_1939_04_29_13-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chicago Defender, April 29, 1939<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1840\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1840\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/john-r-lynch\/20180720_122208\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1840 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180720_122208-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180720_122208-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180720_122208-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, November 23, 1986<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1838\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1838\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/john-r-lynch\/20180720_122138\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1838 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180720_122138-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180720_122138-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180720_122138-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1838\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, May 3, 2006<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4347\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4347\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/john-r-lynch\/jrlynch\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4347\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4347\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/jrlynch-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Headstone of John Roy Lynch\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/jrlynch-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/jrlynch-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4347\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Headstone of John Roy Lynch, June 26, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4348\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4348\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/john-r-lynch\/coralynch\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4348\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4348\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/coralynch-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Headstone of Cora Lynch\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/coralynch-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/coralynch-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Headstone of Cora Lynch, June 26, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Roy Lynch (Adams County) U.S. House of Representatives:\u00a01873-1877, 1882-1883 Speaker of the Mississippi House: 1872-1873 State House: 1870-1873 Birth:\u00a0September 10, 1847 in Vidalia, LA Death:\u00a0November 2, 1939 in Chicago, IL Born into slavery at Tacony Plantation in Louisiana, the son of Irish overseer Patrick Lynch, Lynch was a lawyer, photographer, plantation owner, and writer. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/john-r-lynch\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;John Roy 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