Walter Pate

Walter Thurston Pate
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Hinds County district
In office
1920-1924
Personal details
Born(1874-08-25)August 25, 1874
Yalobusha County, Mississippi
DiedSeptember 17, 1950(1950-09-17) (aged 76)
Political partyDemocrat

Walter Thurston Pate (August 25, 1874 - September 17, 1950) was an American politician and a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1920 to 1924.[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 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] He died on September 17, 1950.[3]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. 1924.


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