Charles Wiley Doherty

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Charles Wiley Doherty
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Tunica County district
In office
January 1904 – January 1912
Succeeded byJames M. Anderson
Personal details
Born(1857-01-05)January 5, 1857
Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedDecember 11, 1934(1934-12-11) (aged 77)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic

Charles Wiley Doherty (January 5, 1857 – December 11, 1934) was a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Tunica County, from 1904 to 1912.

Biography[edit]

Charles Wiley Doherty was born on January 5, 1857, in Jackson, Mississippi.[1][2] His parents were Paul Manson Doherty and Mary (O'Sullivan) Doherty.[1] He was of Irish descent.[1][2] He was a telegraph operator and cotton planter by profession.[1][2] He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives to represent Tunica County as a Democrat in 1903.[1][2] He was re-elected in 1907.[2] Afterwards, he became a consul at Cartagena, Colombia, and at Mexicali, Mexico.[3] He died on December 11, 1934, in Phoenix, Arizona.[3]

Personal life[edit]

He was a Catholic.[2] He married Meta White in 1883.[2] They had two children: Annette Longstreet Doherty and Clark White Doherty.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. 1904. pp. 565–566.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Rowland, Dunbar (1908). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
  3. ^ a b "Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California on December 12, 1934 · Page 19". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-04-11.