John Perkins Jr.

John Perkins Jr. (July 1, 1819 – November 28, 1885) was an

John Perkins Jr.
American politician who served as a U.S. representative from
Louisiana. Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Louisiana's 3rd district
Biography In office
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Perkins was born on July 1, 1819, in Adams County, Mississippi,
to John and Mary (née Rives) Perkins. He received his early Preceded by Alexander G. Penn
education from private tutors. He graduated from Yale College in Succeeded by Thomas G.
1840 and was initiated, his senior year, into the Skull and Bones Davidson
Society.[1] He then graduated from the law department of Harvard Personal details
University in 1842. He was admitted to the bar in 1843 and
Born July 1, 1819
commenced practice in New Orleans. He also engaged in cotton
Adams County,
planting. He was appointed judge of the circuit court for the district
Mississippi
comprising Tensas and Madison Parishes in 1851. He was elected
Died November 28,
as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853 –
1885 (aged 66)
March 3, 1855). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1854.
Baltimore,
He served as chairman of the state secession convention in 1861.
Maryland
He served in the Confederate States Congress from 1862 to 1865.
Following the American Civil War, he traveled extensively in Resting place Natchez City
Mexico and Europe. He returned to the United States in 1878 and Cemetery,
spent the remaining years of his life in Louisiana and Canada. On Natchez,
November 28, 1885, he died in Baltimore, Maryland, and was Mississippi
interred in the Natchez City Cemetery. Nationality American
Political party Democratic
See also Spouse Evelyn Perkins

List of United States representatives from Louisiana Parents John Perkins Sr.
Mary Perkins

References Education Yale College

Harvard University
1. Millegan, Kris (2003). "The Skeleton Crew". Fleshing
Out Skull and Bones: Investigations into America's Most Occupation Politician, planter,
Powerful Secret Society. Walterville, OR: Trine Day. lawyer
pp. 597–690. ISBN 0-9720207-2-1. "This list is compiled
from material from the Order of Skull and Bones
membership books at Sterling Library, Yale University and other public records. The latest
 books available are the 1971 Living members and the 1973 Deceased Members books. The
last year the members were published in the Yale Banner is 1969."

External links
John Perkins Jr. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7900204) at Find a Grave
John Perkins Jr. (http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#017.89.01) at The Political
Graveyard
John Perkins Papers (http://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00924/) at University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
The John Perkins Family of Northeast Louisiana (https://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lama
diso/perkins/perkins.htm) at RootsWeb.com

United States Congress. "John Perkins Jr. (id: P000236)" (http://bioguide.congress.gov/script

s/biodisplay.pl?index=P000236). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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