William Aylmer Winter

William Aylmer Winter
Member of the Mississippi Senate
from the 28th district
In office
January 1940 – January 1944
In office
January 1932 – January 1936
In office
January 1924 – January 1928
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Montgomery-Grenada counties district
In office
January 1944 – January 1948
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Grenada County district
In office
January 1916 – January 1924
Personal details
Born(1872-03-22)March 22, 1872
Grenada County, MS
DiedMarch 12, 1952(1952-03-12) (aged 79)
Political partyDemocrat
ChildrenWilliam Forrest Winter

William Aylmer Winter (March 22, 1872 - March 12, 1952) was a farmer and a Democratic Mississippi state legislator from Grenada County in the early-to-mid 20th century. He was also the father of the Mississippi governor William Forrest Winter.

Early life

William Aylmer Winter was born on March 22, 1872, in Grenada County, Mississippi.[1][2][3] He was the son of William Brown Winter and Amelia (Fisher) Winter.[2] He went to the private and public schools of Grenada and Tallahatchie counties.[2] He graduated from the Iuka Normal Institute with an A. B. in 1891.[2] He was a farmer.[2]

Political career

Winter was elected to represent Grenada County in the Mississippi House of Representatives as a Democrat for the first time in 1915 for the 1916-1920 term.[2][4] He was re-elected in 1919 and served in the 1920-1924 term.[3][1][4] He then was in the Mississippi Senate, representing the 28th district, from 1924 to 1928, from 1932 to 1936, and from 1940 to 1944.[4][5] Finally, he was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Montgomery and Grenada counties as a floater representative.[4]

Later life

Winter died on March 12, 1952.[6]

Personal life

Winter was a Presbyterian.[3] He married schoolteacher Inez Parker on March 2, 1921, in Memphis, Tennessee.[3][5] Their son and only child, William Forrest Winter, became the governor of Mississippi from 1980 to 1984.[7][5]

References

  1. ^ a b Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. 1924. p. 158.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
  3. ^ a b c d Rowland, Dunbar (1923). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. pp. 235–236.
  4. ^ a b c d Mississippi. Legislature (1944-01-01). "Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1944]". Mississippi Legislature Hand Books: 19, 6.
  5. ^ a b c Bolton, Charles C. (2013-09-04). William F. Winter and the New Mississippi: A Biography. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-61703-788-7.
  6. ^ "Grenada County, Mississippi". www.msgw.org. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  7. ^ Mullaney, Marie Marmo (1989). Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1983-1988. Meckler. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-88736-177-7.