Walter M. Denny

Walter M. Denny
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 6th district
In office March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897
Preceded by	T. R. Stockdale
Succeeded by	William F. Love
Personal details
Born	Walter McKennon Denny (1853-10-28)October 28, 1853 Moss Point, Mississippi, U.S.
Died	November 5, 1926(1926-11-05) (aged 73) Pascagoula, Mississippi, U.S.
Resting place	Machpelah Cemetery, Pascagoula, Mississippi, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Other political affiliations	Democratic
Alma mater	Roanoke College University of Mississippi School of Law
Profession	Politician, lawyer

Walter McKennon Denny (October 28, 1853 – November 5, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.

Born in Moss Point in Jackson County, Mississippi, Denny attended the common schools and then Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia. In 1874, he graduated from what is now the University of Mississippi School of Law at Oxford. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Pascagoula, the Jackson County seat of government on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He served as clerk of the circuit and chancery courts of Jackson County from November 1883 until January 1, 1895. He was a delegate to the Mississippi Constitutional Convention of 1890.

Denny was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897) and was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1896. He then switched to the Republican Party.

He resumed the practice of law in Pascagoula and for fifteen years was legal adviser to the Jackson County Board of Supervisors. He died in Pascagoula and is interred there at Machpelah Cemetery.

References

• United States Congress. "Walter M. Denny (id: D000251)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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