{"id":5551,"date":"2025-12-09T12:31:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=5551"},"modified":"2026-03-04T09:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T15:48:09","slug":"lowndes-county","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/lowndes-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Lowndes County"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6607\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Making-their-Mark_0326-1024x467.png\" alt=\"Making Their Mark logo\" width=\"525\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Making-their-Mark_0326-1024x467.png 1024w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Making-their-Mark_0326-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Making-their-Mark_0326-768x351.png 768w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Making-their-Mark_0326-1536x701.png 1536w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Making-their-Mark_0326-2048x935.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/making-their-mark\/\">Making Their Mark<\/a>: Lowndes County<\/h1>\n<p>The historical marker for Lowndes County will honor 5 African American men elected to the legislature in the 19th century.<\/p>\n<p>Current status (Feb 1, 2026): approved by Board of Supervisors and MDAH, submitted to manufacturer for delivery in summer 2026<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, this page will include the marker text and photo along with information and photos related to the community event to be held in Columbus.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1496\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/boulden-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/boulden-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/boulden-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/j-f-bolden\/\">Jesse Freeman Boulden<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-129\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/gleed-150x150.png\" alt=\"Robert Gleed\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/gleed-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/gleed-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/robert-gleed\/\">Robert Gleed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5381\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unk-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"silhouette\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unk-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unk-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/j-h-glenn\/\">J. H. Glenn<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-233\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/richards-150x150.png\" alt=\"Elzy A. Richards\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/richards-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/richards-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/e-a-richards\/\">Elzy A. Richards<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-149\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rthompson-150x150.png\" alt=\"Robert Thompson\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rthompson-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rthompson-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/r-thompson\/\">Robert Thompson<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making Their Mark: Lowndes County The historical marker for Lowndes County will honor 5 African American men elected to the legislature in the 19th century. Current status (Feb 1, 2026): approved by Board of Supervisors and MDAH, submitted to manufacturer for delivery in summer 2026 Eventually, this page will include the marker text and photo &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/lowndes-county\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lowndes County&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5551","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5551","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=5551"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6619,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5551\/revisions\/6619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}