McWillie served from 1857 to 1859.
Link to the catalog1857: William McWillie becomes Mississippi’s twenty-second governor
Governor William McWillie
1857: U. S. Supreme Court issues Dred Scott decision
The Court ruled that Congress had no right to prevent slavery in the territories. The ruling voided the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
November 1857: State Agricultural Bureau established
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