John Benjamin Splann (June 22, 1875 – March 24, 1962) was a Democratic member of the

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, representing

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, from 1916 to 1920.

Biography

John Benjamin Splann was born on June 22, 1875, in

McNairy County, Tennessee McNairy County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,866. The county seat and largest city is Selmer. McNairy County is located along Tennessee's border with the state of Mississippi ...

, to John Edwin Splann and Mollie N. (Howell) Splann."United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, ''FamilySearch'' (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3RS-PQY : 22 February 2021), John B Splann, 1917-1918. However, he grew up in nearby

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. He married Maude Potts in 1901. He was ordained a

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minister in 1902. He was elected to the

to represent

, as a

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, in 1915. He died on March 24, 1962, in

Kendrick, Mississippi Kendrick is an unincorporated community in the U.S. state of Mississippi, in Alcorn County. Kendrick is located about east of the seat of Alcorn County, Corinth, south of the Tennessee border, and west of the Alabama Alabama ( ) is a ...

References

1875 births 1962 deaths People from McNairy County, Tennessee People from Corinth, Mississippi Democratic Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives 20th-century members of the Mississippi Legislature {{Mississippi-politician-stub