Walter M. Denny

Walter McKennon Denny (October 28, 1853 - November 5, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.

Born in Moss Point, Mississippi, Denny attended the common schools and Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia.He was graduated from the law department of the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1874.He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Pascagoula, Mississippi.He served as clerk of the circuit and chancery courts of Jackson County, Mississippi, from November 1883 until January 1, 1895.He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1890.

Denny was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897).He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1896. Joined the Republican Party in 1896.He resumed the practice of law at Pascagoula, Mississippi, and for fifteen years was legal adviser to the Jackson County Board of Supervisors.He died in Pascagoula November 5, 1926.He was interred in Machpelah Cemetery.

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