# Wiley P. Harris

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Wiley P. Harris Deputy from Mississippi to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States In office February 4, 1861 – February 17, 1862 Preceded by New constituency Succeeded by Constituency abolished Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 4th district In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 Preceded by Albert G. Brown Succeeded by William Augustus Lake Personal details Born Wiley Pope Harris (1818-11-09)November 9, 1818 Pike County, Mississippi Died November 9, 1891(1891-11-09) (aged 73) Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. Party Democratic Party (United States) Education University of Virginia Transylvania University

**Wiley Pope Harris** (November 9, 1818 – December 3, 1891) was a [U.S. representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) and delegate to the [Provisional Congress of the Confederate States](/source/Provisional_Congress_of_the_Confederate_States) from [Mississippi](/source/Mississippi).

## Biography

Born on November 9, 1818, in [Pike County](/source/Pike_County%2C_Mississippi), Mississippi, Harris attended the common schools and the [University of Virginia](/source/University_of_Virginia) in [Charlottesville](/source/Charlottesville%2C_Virginia). He graduated from the law department of [Transylvania College](/source/Transylvania_College), [Lexington](/source/Lexington%2C_Kentucky), Kentucky, in 1840.[1] He was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice in [Gallatin, Mississippi](/source/Hazlehurst%2C_Mississippi). He was Circuit judge of the second district from 1844 to 1850 and served as member of the State constitutional conventions in 1850, 1861, and 1890.

Harris was elected as a [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) [U.S. Representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) to the [Thirty-third Congress](/source/Thirty-third_Congress) (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855).[2] He declined to run for another term in Congress and resumed the practice of law in [Jackson](/source/Jackson%2C_Mississippi), Mississippi.

During the buildup to the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War), Harris, a staunch secessionist, was elected as a delegate to the [Mississippi state secession convention](/source/Mississippi_Secession_Convention) in January, 1861.[2] He was then chosen by the convention to serve as one of Mississippi's delegates to the [Provisional Congress of the Confederate States](/source/Provisional_Congress_of_the_Confederate_States) in 1861.[3] Harris was an active member of the Provisional Congress, but chose not to stand for election to the first regular session of the Confederate Congress, leaving his seat in 1862.[2] He then returned to the practice of law in Jackson, and took part in the Mississippi constitutional convention of 1890. He died the following year on December 3, 1891, and was interred in [Greenwood Cemetery](/source/Greenwood_Cemetery_(Jackson%2C_Mississippi)).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [*Memorials of the life and character of Wiley P. Harris, of Mississippi*](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89077021723;view=1up;seq=9). Jackson, Mississippi: Clarion Printing Estab. 1892. p. 36. Retrieved September 7, 2018.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Warner_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Warner_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Warner_2-2) Warner, Ezra J.; Yearns, W. Buck (1975). [*Biographical Register of the Confederate Congress*](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Biographical_Register_of_the_Confederate/riBfDwAAQBAJ). Louisiana State University Press. pp. 110–111. Retrieved April 10, 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Harris, Gideon Dowse (1914). [*Harris Genealogy*](https://archive.org/details/harrisgenealogy00harr). Columbus, Mississippi: Keith Printing Co. pp. [58](https://archive.org/details/harrisgenealogy00harr/page/58). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1298495261](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1298495261). {{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#invalid_isbn_date))

## External links

- United States Congress. ["Wiley P. Harris (id: H000256)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000256). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*.

- [Wiley P. Harris](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67274028) at [Find a Grave](/source/Find_a_Grave)

- [Wiley P. Harris](http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harris9.html#658.22.17) at [The Political Graveyard](/source/The_Political_Graveyard)

Offices and distinctions U.S. House of Representatives Preceded by Albert Brown Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 4th congressional district 1853–1855 Succeeded by William Lake Political offices Preceded by New constituency Deputy from Mississippi to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States 1861–1862 Succeeded by Constituency abolished

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Spence Harrison County Elliot Henderson Hinds County D. S. Fearing W. P. Harris T. T. Hart Holmes County H. S. Hooker Walter L. Keirn Issaquena County W. S. Farish Itawamba County Steve H. Turner Jackson County Walter M. Denny Jasper County John F. Smith Jefferson County C. S. Coffey Jones County Arthur Abbington Kemper County T. P. Bell Lafayette County R. A. Dean Thomas D. Isom Lauderdale County John A. Bailey H. M. Street Lauderdale, Kemper, and Clarke counties William D. Witherspoon Lawrence County H. I. Bird Leake County Irvin Miller Leake and Newton counties John H. Reagan Lee County L. J. Rhodes John M. Simonton Leflore County W. H. Morgan Lincoln County J. B. Chrisman Lincoln and Jefferson counties R. H. Thompson Lowndes County A. J. Ervin W. C. Richards Madison County Robert Charles Lee T. S. Ward Marshall County W. S. Featherston George J. Finley E. J. Marett Monroe County T. J. McDonell J. R. Murff E. O. Sykes Montgomery County J. R. Binford Neshoba County W. L. Bassett Newton County J. E. Ferguson Noxubee County George G. Dillard J. H. Jamison Robert C. Patty Oktibbeha County J. W. Edwards S. D. Lee Panola County D. B. Arnold G. W. Dyer R. H. Taylor Perry County J. P. Carter Pike County S. E. Packwood Pontotoc County J. D. Fontaine Prentiss County B. B. Boone Quitman County F. M. Hamblet Rankin County A. J. McLaurin S. W. Robinson Scott County J. K. P. Palmer Sharkey County H. J. McLaurin Simpson County T. L. Mendenhall Smith County A. G. McLaurin Sunflower County John R. Baird Tallahatchie County W. S. Eskridge Tate County J. R. Puryear W. P. Wyatt Tippah County W. A. Boyd Tishomingo County R. H. Allen Tunica County R. F. Abbay Union County C. O. Potter J. P. Robinson Warren County Marye Dabney H. F. Simrall Murray F. Smith Washington County R. B. Campbell A. J. Paxton William G. Yerger Wayne County J. L. Morris Wilkinson County G. T. McGehee T. V. Noland Winston County O. C. Watson Yalobusha County George H. Lester J. J. 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