Prior to serving as a member of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from Mississippi, William S. Barry served as a member of which majority-black district in the state, covering much of western Mississippi?
William S. Barry William S. Barry (born William Taylor Sullivan Barry; December 10, 1821 – January 29, 1868) was an American politician who served as member of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from Mississippi. Prior to this Barry served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 2nd congressional district.
Henry Gray (politician) Henry Gray, Jr. (January 19, 1816 – December 11, 1892) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the state legislatures of Mississippi and then Louisiana. During the American Civil War, he was a general in the Confederate Army and subsequently served in the Confederate States Congress.