# Alpheus Batson

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**Alpheus Batson** (November 21, 1869 – ?), also known as **Alfred Batson**,[1] was an American lawyer and politician.

He was born on November 21, 1869, in [Perry County, Mississippi](/source/Perry_County,_Mississippi).[2] He was a lawyer and a merchant.[2] A resident of [Recluse, Mississippi](/source/Recluse,_Mississippi),[3] he represented [Stone County](/source/Stone_County,_Mississippi) in the [Mississippi House of Representatives](/source/Mississippi_House_of_Representatives) from 1917 to 1920.[4][5][6] In 1916, he defeated J. M. Culpeper in an election to represent the newly formed Stone County in the Mississippi House of Representatives, with a vote of 384 to 323.[7] He ran for re-election in 1919, but lost the [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) primary to John M. "Mack" Alexander.[8] Batson moved to [Bothwell, Mississippi](/source/Bothwell,_Mississippi).[2] He was later re-elected to the House, representing [Greene County](/source/Greene_County,_Mississippi), for the 1932–1936 term.[2]

## Personal life

Batson was a [Methodist](/source/Methodism), and was married as of 1932.[2]

## References

1. ["Bilbo Will Deliver His Message Wednesday"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111868047/bilbo-will-deliver-his-message-wednesday/). *Jackson Daily News*. 1917-09-25. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-10-23.

1. ["Journal 1932."](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112107050343&seq=7). *HathiTrust*. Retrieved 2024-11-09.

1. Representatives, Mississippi Legislature House of (1918). [*Journal*](https://books.google.com/books?id=FFtKAQAAMAAJ&q=%22a.+batson%22). p. 6.

1. Rowland, Dunbar (1917). [*The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi*](https://books.google.com/books?id=b8sGAQAAIAAJ&q=batson). Department of Archives and History. p. 812.

1. Representatives, Mississippi Legislature House of (1917). [*Journal*](https://books.google.com/books?id=eydMAQAAMAAJ&q=stone+county). p. 6.

1. Representatives, Mississippi Legislature House of (1917). [*Journal*](https://books.google.com/books?id=eydMAQAAMAAJ&q=stone+county+batson). p. 6.

1. ["Stone County Election"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111868180/stone-county-election/). *Sun Herald*. 1916-06-27. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-10-23.

1. ["Stone County Enterprise from Wiggins, Mississippi on August 30, 1919 · 1"](http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/312238371/?terms=Representative%20Batson&match=1). *Newspapers.com*. Retrieved 2021-05-19.

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