About Murdock M. McLeod
Lived 1847 – 1895 (aged 47–48). Murdock M. McLeod was an American legislator, lawyer and politician.
Murdock M. McLeod (c. 1847 – December 1895) was a lawyer who served as a city clerk and state legislator in Mississippi. A Republican, he served as the 21st Secretary of State of Mississippi from October to November 1873. He is listed as one of several "Negro" Mississippi Secretary of State officeholders who served during the Reconstruction era.
Biography Murdock M. McLeod was born circa 1847 in Ohio. He served as the city clerk of Jackson, Mississippi. McLeod served until he resigned on November 13, 1873. From 1884 to 1886, he represented Hinds County in the Mississippi House of Representatives. McLeod died in December 1895 in Aberdeen, Mississippi.
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Mississippi state legislator and attorney
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Murdock M. McLeod was born in 1847 in Ohio.
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Murdock M. McLeod died in 1895 in Aberdeen.
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Murdock M. McLeod was a legislator, lawyer and politician.
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Murdock M. McLeod was American.
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