Patrick Claiborne Meagher

Patrick Claiborne Meagher was a Democratic member of the Mississippi [House of Representatives], representing Yazoo County, from 1916 until his death.

Biography

Patrick Claiborne Meagher was born on February 18, 1869, in Dover, Yazoo County, Mississippi. His parents were Irish immigrant and Confederate Civil War veteran Patrick Farrell Meagher, and Maggie Meagher. He was the Treasurer of Yazoo County until 1916. He was first elected to the Mississippi [House of Representatives] to represent his native Yazoo County, as a Democrat, in November 1915. He was re-elected in 1919. However, he died on November 24, 1920, in Yazoo County, before his term ended. He never married.