{"id":550,"date":"2018-07-16T18:18:39","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T23:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=550"},"modified":"2026-02-24T15:54:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:54:57","slug":"dr-stites","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/dr-stites\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Stites"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doctor Stites (Washington County)<\/h2>\n

State House:\u00a0<\/strong>1870-1871<\/p>\n

Delegate at the 1868 constitutional convention. Served on the board of trustees for Alcorn University.<\/p>\n

“The sheriff’s offices of Bolivar and Washington counties were disposed of under circumstances that index the motive of selections. Governor Alcorn appointed a personal friend, General P. B. Starke, to the former county. But the carpet bag incumbent and applicant… stipulated with the Governor for the better paying county of Washington. He was informed that this had been promised to Doctor Stites, a negro member of the house, who had ‘stood by the Governor.’ Webber thought he could fix that. He was told by the Governor that if he could do this satisfactorily to Stites he could have Washington county.”<\/em>
\n(J. S. McNeily,\u00a0“War and Reconstruction in Mississippi, 1863-1890,”\u00a0Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society<\/em>, 1918)<\/p>\n

\"Signature
Signature of Doctor Stites from an 1871 petition to Governor Alcorn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Freedmen's<\/a>
Freedmen’s Bureau record, 1864<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Vicksburg<\/a>
Vicksburg Herald, June 21, 1868<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hinds County Gazette, June 7, 1871<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Macon Beacon, July 22, 1871<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Weekly Mississippi Pilot, May 15, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Clarion-Ledger, May 19, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Weekly Mississippi Pilot, Aug 21, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Weekly<\/a>
Weekly Democrat-Times, May 10, 1879<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Doctor Stites (Washington County) State House:\u00a01870-1871 Delegate at the 1868 constitutional convention. Served on the board of trustees for Alcorn University. “The sheriff’s offices of Bolivar and Washington counties were disposed of under circumstances that index the motive of selections. Governor Alcorn appointed a personal friend, General P. B. Starke, to the former county. But … <\/p>\n

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