Walter Pate
Walter Thurston Pate | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the Hinds County district | |
| In office January 1920 - 1925 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 25, 1874 |
| Died | September 17, 1950 (aged 76) |
| Party | Democrat |
Walter Thurston Pate Sr. (August 25, 1874 - September 17, 1950) was an politician in the Democratic Party who served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1920 to 1925.[1][2]
Biography
Pate was born on August 25, 1874, in Airmount, Yalobusha County, Mississippi.[3][4][2][1] His parents were Larkin and Susan (Tankersley) Pate.[2] He attended the University of Mississippi from 1894 to 1897.[2] He married Irene McLaurin, the daughter of Anselm J. McLaurin,[5] in 1907, and after her death in 1911, he married Sarah Calhoon Hall in 1920.[1][2] They had one son.[1] He served in the U. S. Army in World War I as a captain.[3][2] He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Hinds County, from 1920 to 1924.[2][1] After winning reelection, he resigned his office in 1925.[6] He died on September 17, 1950, in an accident during a fishing trip in Pascagoula.[3][5]
References
- ^ a b c d e Hamersly, Lewis Randolph; Leonard, John W.; Mohr, William Frederick; Knox, Herman Warren; Holmes, Frank R.; Downs, Winfield Scott (1924). Who's who in New York City and State. L.R. Hamersly Company.
- ^ a b c d e f g History, Mississippi Department of Archives and (1923). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
- ^ a b c "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7BHL-3XT2 : 23 October 2019), Walter Thurston Pate, 12 May 1919; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
- ^ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. 1924.
- ^ a b "Obituary for W.T Pate". Clarion-Ledger. September 18, 1950. p. 1. Retrieved October 1, 2025.
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=evmgAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA213&dq="Houston+Hewes+Evans"&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwidnKqysIGQAxVIRDABHe_qL7kQ6AF6BAgJEAM#v=onepage&q="Walter%20Thurston%20Pate"&f=false