Chapman Levy Anderson

Democrat Representative of Mississippi's 5th district

  • Representative

    Mississippi, district 5

    December 2, 1889 - March 3, 1891

2

Congresses Served

2

House Terms

March 15, 1845 (79 years old)

Birthday

April 27, 1924

Death

  • Served two terms as a U.S. Representative
  • Confederate Army veteran
  • Attended the University of Mississippi at Oxford
  • Enlisted in the Confederate States Army in 1862
  • Promoted to second lieutenant in 1864
  • Admitted to the bar in 1868, began practicing law in Kosciusko, Mississippi
  • Served as mayor of Kosciusko in 1875
  • Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1879 to 1880
  • Unsuccessful in securing renomination for Congress in 1890
  • His election was contested by his Republican opponent, who was murdered by white supremacists
  • Served as United States district attorney for the northern district of Mississippi in 1896 and 1897
  • Continued to work in law until his death in 1924
  • Interred in Kosciusko Cemetery