Talk:Williams v. Mississippi

plaintiff hanged or not?!
By not bothering to mention whether the plaintiff was hanged due to this crass miscarriage of justice, this article is as disrespectful and oblivious of the plaintiff's constitutional and human rights as the Supreme Court.

In addition, this article is sorely missing a section on when the Supreme Court reversed the blatant disregard of the Constitution evident in this decision. --Espoo (talk) 04:57, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I agree that the fate of Mr. Williams should be mentioned. It appears that he was in fact hanged on September 28, 1899. However, I have not yet found a usable source for this. Most accounts of the case do not mention what happened to Henry Williams, and the one that does is a blog post which cites to a book which I have not seen: https://blogs.dickinson.edu/hist-404pinsker/2010/11/03/williams-v-mississippi-1898-the-debate-over-black-suffrage/. To further complicate matters, what appears to be a comprehensive list of executions by Mississippi does not include Mr. Williams. It would be great if someone could track this down.Bill (talk) 22:32, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

No grandfather clause in 1890 Mississippi Constitution
The Mississippi Constitution of 1890 did not include a grandfather clause, and Williams v. Mississippi therefore had nothing to do with a grandfather clause. See Journal of the Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention (Jackson 1890). I therefore have removed the reference to the grandfather clause in the article. Wexfeld (talk) 17:52, 15 December 2022 (UTC)wexfeld