Background
SILLERS, Walter was born on April 13, 1888 in Rosedale, Mississippi, United States. Son of Walter and Florence (Warfield) Sillers.
SILLERS, Walter was born on April 13, 1888 in Rosedale, Mississippi, United States. Son of Walter and Florence (Warfield) Sillers.
University of Mississippi.
An ardent segregationist, he was part of the splinter Dixiecrat movement of 1948. Sillers was born in Rosedale. Originally an attorney, he served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1916–1966.
He served as Speaker of that body from January 4, 1944 until his death on September 24, 1966.
He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of 1916, 1924, 1944, 1948, 1952, and 1956.
Member, House of Representative, 1916-1920, 1920-1922. 1924-1926;/ since 1928. Delegate, to National.
Democrat Convention, 1916, 1924. Atty for Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, since 1917. Member: 32° Mason; Shriner.
Society of Political and Social Science. Clubs: Exchange, University, St. Anthony (New York City).
Spouse Lena Roberts, November 22, 1911, Rosedale, Mississippi.