Historical Marker
Byron Patton "Pat" Harrison
Leakesville, Greene County · Mississippi
Erected 2013
Pat Harrison came to Leakesville after a stint of semi-professional baseball, taught school and became principal of the local high school. While teaching he read law, passed the Mississippi bar and opened a practice in 1902. That small-town start carried him to the U.S. House in 1911 and the Senate in 1919. As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee from 1933, he was counted among the key figures behind the 1935 Social Security Act. He died in Washington on June 22, 1941, six days after surgery.
Where it stands
31.15352, -88.55192 · Directions
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