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W. L. Mhoon

1879–1950

United States

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W. L. Mhoon, also known as William L. Mhoon (1879–1950), was an American lawyer and politician in Jackson, Mississippi. He was one of two African American lawyers licensed in the state of Mississippi in the mid-1940s. Mhoon was a black-and-tan member of the Mississippi Republican Party.

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