William HAILE, Congress, MS (1797-1837)

1797-1837

HAILE, William, a Representative from Mississippi; born in 1797; moved to Mississippi and settled in Woodville, Wilkinson County; member of the State house of representatives in 1826; elected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Christopher Rankin; reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth Congress and served from July 10, 1826, to September 12, 1828, when he resigned; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1832; died near Woodville, Miss., March 7, 1837.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present