Denny was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897) and was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1896. He then switched to the Republican Party.
He resumed the practice of law in Pascagoula and for fifteen years was legal adviser to the Jackson County Board of Supervisors. He died in Pascagoula and is interred there at Machpelah Cemetery.
walter, denny, walter, mckennon, denny, october, 1853, november, 1926, representative, from, mississippi, born, moss, point, jackson, county, mississippi, denny, attended, common, schools, then, roanoke, college, salem, virginia, 1874, graduated, from, what, u. Walter McKennon Denny October 28 1853 November 5 1926 was a U S Representative from Mississippi Born in Moss Point in Jackson County Mississippi Denny attended the common schools and then Roanoke College in Salem Virginia In 1874 he graduated from what is now the University of Mississippi School of Law at Oxford He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Pascagoula the Jackson County seat of government on the Mississippi Gulf Coast He served as clerk of the circuit and chancery courts of Jackson County from November 1883 until January 1 1895 He was a delegate to the Mississippi Constitutional Convention of 1890 Denny was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty fourth Congress March 4 1895 March 3 1897 and was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1896 He then switched to the Republican Party He resumed the practice of law in Pascagoula and for fifteen years was legal adviser to the Jackson County Board of Supervisors He died in Pascagoula and is interred there at Machpelah Cemetery References editUnited States Congress Walter M Denny id D000251 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress nbsp This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress U S House of RepresentativesPreceded byT R Stockdale Member of the U S House of Representatives from Mississippi s 6th congressional district1895 1897 Succeeded byWilliam F Love Portals nbsp Law nbsp Mississippi nbsp Politics Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Walter M Denny amp oldid 1096524172, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
