John Jones McRae (January 10, 1815May 31, 1868) was an American politician in Mississippi. A Democrat, he served in the Mississippi House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, and as governor of Mississippi. Biography McRae was born in Sneedsboro, North Carolina. In 1817, he moved with his parents to Winchester, Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1847 to 1851. During that time, he helped set up the University of Mississippi. He also represented Mississippi in the United States Senate in 1851 and 1852, in the U.S. Congress in the 35th and 36th congresses, and in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War. He also served as the 21st Governor of Mississippi from 1854 to 1857. He died on a visit to British Honduras (now Belize), where his brother Colin J. McRae lived in exile. References |- 1815 births 1868 deaths Democratic Party governors of Mississippi Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from Mississippi Speakers of the Mississippi House of Representatives Democratic Party United States senators from Mississippi People of Mississippi in the American Civil War People from Anson County, North Carolina Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi 19th-century American politicians Miami University alumni