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- John Black (August 11, 1800 - August 29, 1854) was a politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi, most notably serving in the United States Senate as a Whig from 1832 to 1838. He was a slave owner. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Black_(U.S._senator))
U.S. Senator. He was a lawyer in practice in Louisiana, when he moved to Winchester, Mississippi and opened a legal firm. He was elected judge of the fourth circuit and Supreme Court, serving (1826-32). In 1832, he was appointed as a Jacksonian to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Powhatan Ellis, reelected as a Whig in 1833 and served until he resigned in 1838. After leaving the Senate, he practiced law, later moved to Virginia and operated sugar plantations until his death at age 54. (FindAGrave)
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1800 - 1854 (54 years)
