M. M. McLeod | |
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21st Secretary of State of Mississippi | |
In office October 20, 1873 – November 13, 1873 | |
Governor | Ridgley C. Powers |
Preceded by | H. C. Carter |
Succeeded by | H. C. Carter |
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the Hinds County district | |
In office January 1884 – January 1886 | |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1847 Ohio |
Died | December 1895 Aberdeen, Mississippi | (aged 47–48)
Political party | Republican |
Murdock M. McLeod (c. 1847 - December 1895) was a lawyer who served as a city clerk and state legislator in Mississippi. A Republican, he served as the 21st Secretary of State of Mississippi from October to November 1873. He is listed as one of several "Negro" Mississippi Secretary of State officeholders who served during the Reconstruction era.[1]