Hernando Money

Hernando Money
Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus
In office December 1909 – March 3, 1911
Preceded by	Charles Allen Culberson
Succeeded by	Thomas S. Martin
United States Senator from Mississippi
In office October 8, 1897 – March 4, 1911
Preceded by	James Z. George
Succeeded by	John Williams
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 4th district
In office March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897
Preceded by	Clarke Lewis
Succeeded by	Andrew F. Fox
In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
Preceded by	Otho R. Singleton
Succeeded by	Frederick G. Barry
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 3rd district
In office March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883
Preceded by	Henry Barry
Succeeded by	Elza Jeffords
Personal details
Born	Hernando De Soto Money (1839-08-26)August 26, 1839 Zeiglerville, Mississippi, U.S.
Died	September 18, 1912(1912-09-18) (aged 73) Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	University of Mississippi, Oxford (LLB)

Hernando De Soto Money (August 26, 1839 – September 18, 1912) was an American politician from the state of Mississippi.

Money was born in Holmes County, Mississippi. He was named after the Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto. Early in his life, he moved with his father, Pierson Money,^[1] to Carrollton, Mississippi. He received his early education in the public schools and from a private tutor and subsequently graduated from the law department of the University of Mississippi at Oxford, where he was a member of St. Anthony Hall.^[2] He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Carrollton, Mississippi, about 1860. James K. Vardaman was his cousin and political ally.^[3]

As a young man he served in the Confederate army during the American Civil War. After the war, he established himself as an important planter, lawyer and newspaper editor in Mississippi. He first served in the United States House of Representatives from 1875 to 1885, as a member of the United States Democratic Party, to which he would belong for the rest of his life. He decided not to run for reelection in 1884 and established a law partnership with former assistant attorney general Alfred A. Freeman.^[4] He continued to live in the capital, Washington, D.C., until 1891, when he returned to Carrollton. He served in the United States House again from Mississippi from 1893 to 1897.

He married author Claudia Boddie, native of Jackson, Mississippi, and they had three daughters and two sons. The two younger daughters, Mabel Clare and Lillian Money, usually spent the winter in Washington with their parents. They both attended the Norwood Institute and the Berlitz School of Languages of Washington.^[5]

In 1897 he was appointed to the United States Senate from Mississippi following the death of James Z. George. He was elected to a full term in 1899 and reelected in 1905, and served in the Senate from 1897 to 1911. He was the chairman of the Committees on Corporations in the District of Columbia and expanded accommodations for the Library of Congress from 1907 to 1909. In 1903, he was one of many in opposition to the employment of African-American postal workers.^[6] He was chairman of the Democratic Caucus from 1909 to 1911, when he decided to retire from the Senate. He returned to his home near Biloxi, Mississippi, where he died one year later. He was buried in the family vault in Carrollton.

• United States Congress. "Hernando Money (id: M000854)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.