Jasper Felix Guynes | |
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Member of the
Mississippi Senate from the 11th district | |
In office June 10, 1913 – January 1916 | |
Preceded by | Elias Alford Rowan |
Succeeded by | James M. Coen |
Personal details | |
Born | Copiah County, MS | February 21, 1875
Died | August 15, 1961 | (aged 86)
Resting place | Hazlehurst, MS |
Political party | Democrat |
Jasper Felix Guynes (February 21, 1875 - August 15, 1961) was a Democratic Mississippi state senator and circuit court judge.
Jasper Felix Guynes was born on February 21, 1875, near Hazlehurst, in Copiah County, Mississippi. [1] He was the son of Mississippi state legislator Albert Brown Guynes and Emma Jane (Ramsey) Guynes. [1] Jasper graduated from the University of Mississippi with a B. A. in 1898. [1] Then, he graduated from the University of Mississippi Law School with a L.L.B. in 1902. [1] After the death of Mississippi State Senator E. A. Rowan in 1912, Guynes won the election to fill in for the vacancy in the 11th district, as a Democrat. [1] [2] He was sworn in during a special legislature session on June 10, 1913. [2] After his term ended, on February 1, 1916, he was appointed Mississippi Circuit Court Judge of the Fourteenth District. [1] He was elected Circuit Court Judge of the same district in 1934, and served in that position until 1949. [3] [4] He then was a Chancellor in one of Mississippi's chancery courts from 1950 to his death. [3] He died after a short illness on August 15, 1961, and was buried in the Hazlehurst New Cemetery. [5] [3]
Jasper Felix Guynes | |
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Member of the
Mississippi Senate from the 11th district | |
In office June 10, 1913 – January 1916 | |
Preceded by | Elias Alford Rowan |
Succeeded by | James M. Coen |
Personal details | |
Born | Copiah County, MS | February 21, 1875
Died | August 15, 1961 | (aged 86)
Resting place | Hazlehurst, MS |
Political party | Democrat |
Jasper Felix Guynes (February 21, 1875 - August 15, 1961) was a Democratic Mississippi state senator and circuit court judge.
Jasper Felix Guynes was born on February 21, 1875, near Hazlehurst, in Copiah County, Mississippi. [1] He was the son of Mississippi state legislator Albert Brown Guynes and Emma Jane (Ramsey) Guynes. [1] Jasper graduated from the University of Mississippi with a B. A. in 1898. [1] Then, he graduated from the University of Mississippi Law School with a L.L.B. in 1902. [1] After the death of Mississippi State Senator E. A. Rowan in 1912, Guynes won the election to fill in for the vacancy in the 11th district, as a Democrat. [1] [2] He was sworn in during a special legislature session on June 10, 1913. [2] After his term ended, on February 1, 1916, he was appointed Mississippi Circuit Court Judge of the Fourteenth District. [1] He was elected Circuit Court Judge of the same district in 1934, and served in that position until 1949. [3] [4] He then was a Chancellor in one of Mississippi's chancery courts from 1950 to his death. [3] He died after a short illness on August 15, 1961, and was buried in the Hazlehurst New Cemetery. [5] [3]