Adam M. Byrd | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 5th district | |
| In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911 | |
| Preceded by | John S. Williams |
| Succeeded by | Samuel A. Witherspoon |
| Member of theMississippi House of Representatives | |
| In office 1896-1897 | |
| Member of theMississippi Senate | |
| In office 1889-1896 | |
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| Born | Adam Monroe Byrd (1859-07-06)July 6, 1859 |
| Died | June 21, 1912(1912-06-21) (aged 52) |
| Political party | Democratic |
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| Occupation | Lawyer |
Adam Monroe Byrd (July 6, 1859 – June 21, 1912) was aU.S. Representative fromMississippi.
Born inSumter County, Alabama, Byrd moved toNeshoba County, Mississippi. He attended the common schools and Cooper Institute inDaleville, Mississippi. He graduated from theCumberland School of Law atCumberland University,Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1884. He was admitted to the bar in 1885 and commenced practice inPhiladelphia, Mississippi. He served as superintendent of education for Neshoba County from 1887 to 1889. He served as a member of the State senate from 1889 to 1896. He served in the State house of representatives in 1896 and 1897, when he resigned. He served as prosecuting attorney for the tenth judicial district in 1897. He served as judge of the sixth chancery district from 1897 until his resignation in 1903.
Byrd was elected as aDemocrat to theFifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1910. After his time in Congress, he resumed the practice of law inPhiladelphia, Mississippi. He died atHot Springs, Arkansas on June 21, 1912. He was interred in Town Cemetery inPhiladelphia, Mississippi.
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