William Van Amberg Sullivan (1857 - 1918)

Born 18 Dec 1857 in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi, United States

Died 21 Mar 1918 at age 60 in Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi, United States

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Preceded by Edward C. Walthall

William V. Sullivan US Senator (Class 2) from Mississippi 1898—1901

Succeeded by Anselm McLaurin

Biography

William V. Sullivan is Notable.

Vanderbilt's Law Department opened its doors in the fall of 1874, a full year before the main university campus began classes. Only seven students attended class that first year, Dean William F. Cooper administered final exams to William Van Amburg Sullivan, who had completed the two-year course of study in the single year. Sullivan, the school's first graduate, returned to Mississippi to practice law and later became a senator from that state.^[1]

On September 16, 1878, W V Sullivan married Belle Murray in De Soto County.^[2]

In 1900, William V Sullivan was a US Senator. His home was in Oxford City, Mississippi. A widow, he had four children: son Murray and daughters Belle, Ellie and Bissie. Also in residence was the family cook, 48 year old Mary Woods and a boarder, 73 year old Elizabeth E Prince who was employed as post master.^[3] As a senator, William received $5,000 per annum.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Vanderbilt Law School First Graduate
2. ↑ Hunting For Bears, comp.. Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935. Ancestry.com. Mississippi, Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935 [database on-line. Ancestry Record 7842 #58262
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9X9-3YK : accessed 19 October 2020), William V Sullivan, Beat 1 Oxford city, Lafayette, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 44, sheet 14A, family 312, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,814.
4. ↑ Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census. Official Register of the United States, Containing a List of the Officers and Employees in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service. Vol 1 July 1899 Free Image Link Ancestry.com. U.S., Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959 [database on-line]. Ancestry Record 2525 #3555711

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