Green was a lawyer and state legislator in Mississippi.
[1] He was involved in the debate over where to move the state capital.
He was a candidate for governor in 1821 losing to Walter Leake by a wide margin.
[2] He also served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from Adams County in 1826 through 1829.
[4] He was Speaker of the Mississippi House when Gerard C. Brandon was governor and A. M. Scott Lieutenant Governor and President of the Mississippi Senate.