Parmenas Briscoe

Parmenas Briscoe
2nd President Pro Tempore of the Mississippi State Senate
In office
January 1834 – January 1836
Preceded byCharles Lynch
Succeeded byW. Van Norman
Member of the Mississippi State Senate
from the Claiborne County district
In office
January 1844 – January 1850
Preceded byBenjamin G. Humphreys
Succeeded byGeorge Torrey
In office
January 1834 – January 1836
Preceded byAdam Gordon
Succeeded byJames H. Maury
In office
January 1830 – January 1833
Preceded byThomas Freeland
Succeeded byAdam Gordon
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Claiborne County district
In office
January 1828 – January 1830
Personal details
Born(1784-01-23)January 23, 1784
Virginia, U.S.
DiedNovember 29, 1850(1850-11-29) (aged 66)
At sea, near Acapulco, Mexico
Political partyDemocratic
Children12, including Andrew

Parmenas Briscoe (January 23, 1784 - November 29, 1850) was an American planter and longtime state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Claiborne County in the Mississippi House of Representatives and Mississippi Senate on and off between 1828 and 1850. He also was the second President of the Mississippi State Senate, serving from 1834 to 1836.[1]

  1. ^ Lowry, Robert; McCardle, William H. (July 2, 1891). A History of Mississippi: From the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto, Including the Earliest Settlement Made by the French Under Iberville, to the Death of Jefferson Davis. AMS Press. ISBN 9780404046101 – via Google Books.