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'''Homer Harris Casteel''' (born [[Walnut Grove, Mississippi|Walnut Grove]], [[Mississippi]], April 14, 1879; died December 11, 1958) was an American politician in the state of Mississippi who served as lieutenant governor from 1920-1924.
==Career==
Casteel was the son of Marion Lafayette Castell (1833-1892) and his wife Virginia Lindsey Casteel (1843-1914). He went to the public schools in [[Leake County, Mississippi|Leake County]] and attended Mississippi Central Normal School in Walnut Grove. In 1911 he was living in [[Pickens, Mississippi|Pickens]], Mississippi and was elected to the state senate from [[Holmes County, Mississippi|Holmes County]].<ref>The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, Volume 3, Dunbar Rowland, Nashville, Tennessee: Brandon Printing Co., 1912, p. 373</ref> He was re-elected in 1915. In 1919 Casteel ran successfully for lieutenant governor on a ticket with with fellow Democrat [[Lee M. Russell]]. While Governor Russell was out of state briefly, Casteel issued several controversial pardons; one was challenged in court but was held valid by the Mississippi Supreme Court<ref>https://ift.tt/37Ji89l Montgomery et al v. Cleveland, 1923, Caselaw Access Project</ref>. Casteel also cast a tie-breaking vote to pass the [[Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Nineteenth Amendment]] in the Mississippi Senate in 1920 (although the amendment was then voted down, for a second time, in the House.)<ref>https://ift.tt/2OMnrwj "Mississippi Women and the Woman Suffrage Amendment", Marjorie Julian Spruill and Jesse Spruill Wheeler, <i>Mississippi History Now</i>, December 2001, Mississippi Historical Society</ref>
After his term in office he purchased 400 acres near [[Canton, Mississippi|Canton]], Mississippi and built a home there named "Poverty Hill". In 1927 he was elected to another term in the state senate, this time from [[Madison County, Mississippi|Madison County]], and served as senate president pro tem. He then was appointed to the Tax Commission, serving until 1934, and in 1935 was elected to the Railroad Commission, which was renamed the Public Service Commission at his suggestion. Re-elected three times, he served 16 years on the commission, serving most of those years as chairman. In 1941 he moved from the plantation to a house in the town of Canton.<ref>https://ift.tt/2XPzKvK "Homer Harris Casteel 1879 - 1958", Inez M. Wallace (unpublished family history in Casteel family papers, Canton (Mississippi) Public Library)</ref>
==Family==
On June 9, 1913 Casteel married Jean Calahan (1889-1914) of Pickens, who died September 9, 1914. On August 17, 1917 he married Annie Winters (1890-1970). They had one son, artist Homer Harris Casteel Jr. (1919-1972).
Casteel is buried in the Canton City Cemetery in Canton.
==References==
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[[Category:Lieutenant Governors of Mississippi]]
==Career==
Casteel was the son of Marion Lafayette Castell (1833-1892) and his wife Virginia Lindsey Casteel (1843-1914). He went to the public schools in [[Leake County, Mississippi|Leake County]] and attended Mississippi Central Normal School in Walnut Grove. In 1911 he was living in [[Pickens, Mississippi|Pickens]], Mississippi and was elected to the state senate from [[Holmes County, Mississippi|Holmes County]].<ref>The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, Volume 3, Dunbar Rowland, Nashville, Tennessee: Brandon Printing Co., 1912, p. 373</ref> He was re-elected in 1915. In 1919 Casteel ran successfully for lieutenant governor on a ticket with with fellow Democrat [[Lee M. Russell]]. While Governor Russell was out of state briefly, Casteel issued several controversial pardons; one was challenged in court but was held valid by the Mississippi Supreme Court<ref>https://ift.tt/37Ji89l Montgomery et al v. Cleveland, 1923, Caselaw Access Project</ref>. Casteel also cast a tie-breaking vote to pass the [[Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Nineteenth Amendment]] in the Mississippi Senate in 1920 (although the amendment was then voted down, for a second time, in the House.)<ref>https://ift.tt/2OMnrwj "Mississippi Women and the Woman Suffrage Amendment", Marjorie Julian Spruill and Jesse Spruill Wheeler, <i>Mississippi History Now</i>, December 2001, Mississippi Historical Society</ref>
After his term in office he purchased 400 acres near [[Canton, Mississippi|Canton]], Mississippi and built a home there named "Poverty Hill". In 1927 he was elected to another term in the state senate, this time from [[Madison County, Mississippi|Madison County]], and served as senate president pro tem. He then was appointed to the Tax Commission, serving until 1934, and in 1935 was elected to the Railroad Commission, which was renamed the Public Service Commission at his suggestion. Re-elected three times, he served 16 years on the commission, serving most of those years as chairman. In 1941 he moved from the plantation to a house in the town of Canton.<ref>https://ift.tt/2XPzKvK "Homer Harris Casteel 1879 - 1958", Inez M. Wallace (unpublished family history in Casteel family papers, Canton (Mississippi) Public Library)</ref>
==Family==
On June 9, 1913 Casteel married Jean Calahan (1889-1914) of Pickens, who died September 9, 1914. On August 17, 1917 he married Annie Winters (1890-1970). They had one son, artist Homer Harris Casteel Jr. (1919-1972).
Casteel is buried in the Canton City Cemetery in Canton.
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Lieutenant Governors of Mississippi]]
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