John J. McRae

John Jones McRae
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 5th district
In office December 7, 1858 – January 12, 1861
Preceded by	John A. Quitman
Succeeded by	Legrand W. Perce
21st Governor of Mississippi
In office January 10, 1854 – November 16, 1857
Preceded by	John J. Pettus
Succeeded by	William McWillie
United States Senator from Mississippi
In office December 1, 1851 – March 17, 1852
Preceded by	Jefferson Davis
Succeeded by	Stephen Adams
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
In office 1847–1851
Personal details
Born	January 10, 1815 Sneedsboro, North Carolina
Died	May 31, 1868 (aged 53) Belize City, British Honduras (now Belize)
Political party	Democratic

John Jones McRae (January 10, 1815 – May 31, 1868) was an American Democratic politician.^[1]

Biography

McRae was born in Sneedsboro, North Carolina. In 1817, he moved with his parents to Winchester, Mississippi.^[2]

He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1847 to 1851.^[1] During that time, he helped set up the University of Mississippi.^[3] He also represented Mississippi in the United States Senate in 1851 and 1852, in the U.S. Congress in the 35th and 36th congresses, and in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.^[1] He then served as the 21st Governor of Mississippi from 1854 to 1857.^[1]

He died on a visit to British Honduras (now Belize), where his brother Colin J. McRae lived in exile.^[3]

References

1. Colin J. McRae Collection, Columbia, South Carolina: South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum
2. "McRAE, John Jones, (1815 - 1868)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved May 2014.
3. Donald C. Simmons, Jr., Confederate Settlements in British Honduras, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2001, p. 91