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Hillrie M. Quin
c. 1907
Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives
In office
January 2, 1912 – January 1916
Preceded byHugh McQueen Street
Succeeded byMartin Sennett Conner
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Hinds County district
Wilkinson County (1900-1904)
In office
January 1908 – January 1916
In office
January 1900 – January 1904
Personal details
Born
Hillrie Marshall Quin

(1866-03-02)March 2, 1866
Holmesville, Mississippi
DiedJanuary 20, 1923(1923-01-20) (aged 56)
Meridian, Mississippi
Political partyDemocratic

Hillrie Marshall Quin (March 2, 1866 - January 20, 1923) was an American politician. He was the speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1912 to 1916.

Biography

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Hillrie Marshall Quin was born on March 2, 1866, in Holmesville, Pike County, Mississippi.[1][2][3] He was the son of Daniel Marshall Quin, a surgeon from Pike County, and Annie Beatty (Long) Quin.[1][2][3] Quin attended Peabody Public School in Summit, Mississippi.[1][3] He then attended the University of Mississippi and graduated with an A. B. in 1886.[1][3] He became a teacher and became the principal of schools in McComb City and Fayette.[1][3] In 1892, Quin entered the newspaper business in Centreville and stayed there until 1902.[1][3] In 1902, Quin entered the University of Mississippi Law School and got a bachelor's degree there in 1904.[1][2][3] He then joined a law firm in Jackson.[2][1][3]

Quin died of a sudden heart attack in Meridian, Mississippi, on January 20, 1923.[4]

Political career

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Beginning in 1889, Quin was a delegate to Mississippi state Democratic conventions.[3] He was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention in 1896.[3] He represented Wilkinson County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1900 to 1904, and was also a member of the Centreville Board of Aldermen from 1900 to 1902.[5][1][2][3] Quin was a presidential elector from Mississippi in the 1904 election.[3] In November 1907, Quin was elected to represent Hinds County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1908 to 1912.[1][3] Quin was nominated for Speaker of the House during this term and led every ballot except for the last one.[1] In November 1911, Quin was re-elected to the House, for the term from 1912 to 1916.[3] On January 2, 1912, Quin was unanimously elected to the position of Speaker and served from 1912 from 1916.[3][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Rowland, Dunbar (1908). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 1050.
  2. ^ a b c d e Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 681. ISBN 978-0-87152-223-8.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Rowland, Dunbar (1912). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
  4. ^ "Obituary for H. M. Quinn (Aged 55)". Vicksburg Evening Post. 1923-01-20. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  5. ^ a b Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 259.