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African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

February 15, 2024

More than 1,500 African American officeholders served during the Reconstruction era (1865–1877) and in the years after Reconstruction before white supremacy, disenfranchisement, and the Democratic Party fully reasserted control in Southern states.[1] Historian Canter Brown Jr. noted that in some states, such as Florida, the highest number of African Americans were elected or appointed to offices after the end of Reconstruction in 1877. The following is a partial list of notable African American officeholders from the end of the Civil War until before 1900. Dates listed are the year that a term states or the range of years served if multiple terms.

U.S. Senate edit

Main article: List of African-American United States senators

U.S. House of Representatives edit

Main articles: First generation of African-American House members, 1870–1893 and List of African-American United States representatives

Alabama edit

Between 1868 and 1878, more than 100 African Americans served in the Alabama Legislature.[4]

Alabama Senate edit

 
Alabama legislators at the capitol in 1872

Alabama House of Representatives edit

Alabama Constitutional Convention edit

Other state offices edit

Federal offices edit

  • Granville Bennett – postmaster of Catherine September 1, 1890 – January 15, 1891[11]
  • John P. Billingsley – postmaster of Marion March 25, 1874 – July 18, 1882[11]
  • Charles W. Childs – postmaster of Marion February 12, 1890 – October 28, 1893[11]
  • James F. Childs – postmaster of Marion July 18, 1882 – December 5, 1885[11]
  • Anthony R. Davison – postmaster of Lovan August 1, 1889 – October 28, 1891; March 28, 1890 – April 17, 1893[11]
  • John W. Davison – postmaster of Lovan March 25, 1890 – October 28, 1891[11]
  • Howell L. Goins – postmaster of Northport November 25, 1889 – March 17, 1890[11]
  • Rufus L. Gomez – postmaster of Luverne March 28, 1889 – October 5, 1889[11]
  • Jordan Hatcher – postmaster of Cahaba September 7, 1869 – September 26, 1882[11]
  • John W. Jones – postmaster of Hayneville June 6, 1882 – October 17, 1887[11]

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Arkansas edit

Between 1868 and 1893, 85 men noted as "colored" or "mulatto" were elected to the Arkansas legislature.[14][15] Initially, they served under the 1868 Arkansas Constitution that granted them the right to vote and hold office. The Democrats retook control of state government and instituted the 1874 Constitution. As a result, after 1893, the next African American to serve as an Arkansas state legislator was in 1973.[16]

Arkansas Senate edit

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Arkansas Constitutional Convention edit

Other state offices edit

  • Joseph Carter Corbin – Arkansas Superintendent of public schools 1873–1875
  • William Henry Grey – Arkansas Commissioner of Immigration and State Lands (also Arkansas House, Arkansas Senate, and Arkansas Constitutional Convention)
  • James T. White – Arkansas Commissioner of Public Works (also Arkansas House, Arkansas Senate, and Arkansas Constitutional Convention)

Federal offices edit

  • Elisha Davis – postmaster of Sweet Home November 8, 1881 – May 24, 1893[11]
  • Edward Allen Fulton – postmaster of Monticello March 1, 1871 – March 29, 1874; May 29, 1871 – December 17, 1875 (also Arkansas House)[11]
  • Mifflin Wistar Gibbs – American consul to Madagascar 1897 (also judge)
  • William H. Lacy – postmaster of Harwood Island February 16, 1885 – August 2, 1893[11]
  • James W. Mason – postmaster of Sunny Side February 2, 1867 – April 11, 1871 (also Arkansas Senate, probate judge, and sheriff)[11]
  • James A. Roper – postmaster of Surrounded Hill May 9, 1889 – June 22, 1893[11]
  • William A. Sloan – postmaster of Ripley July 16, 1891 – April 14, 1894[11]

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California edit

Local offices edit

Colorado edit

Colorado House of Representatives edit

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Florida edit

Florida Senate edit

Florida House of Representatives edit

Florida Constitutional Convention edit

Other state offices edit

Federal offices edit

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Georgia edit

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In Georgia, 69 African Americans served in the state legislature or as delegates to the state's constitutional convention between 1867 and 1872.[30]

Georgia State Senate edit

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Georgia Constitutional Convention edit

Federal offices edit

  • J. Curt Beall – postmaster of La Grange September 6, 1882 – August 6, 1885[11]
  • Edwin Belcher – postmaster of Macon March 22, 1873 – March 23, 1875 (also Georgia House)[11]
  • Aaron Alpeoria Bradley – postmaster of in Macon (also Georgia Constitutional Convention and Georgia Senate)[30]
  • John H. Clopton – postmaster of Hogansville March 1, 1890 –April 8, 1893[11]
  • Madison Davis – postmaster of Athens February 13, 1882 – June 2, 1890; February 15, 1886 – May 27, 1893 (Georgia House)[11]
  • Jacob D. Enos or Enis – postmaster of Valdosta May 4, 1869 – June 8, 1871[11]
  • Charles R. Jackson – postmaster of Darien October 15, 1890 – September 14, 1897; June 19, 1893 – May 18, 1909[11]
  • Isaiah H. Loftin – postmaster of Hogansville May 17, 1897 – March 2, 1900[11]
  • Monroe B. Morton – postmaster of Athens July 27, 1897 – February 6, 1902[11]
  • Luther J. Price – postmaster of South Atlanta June 18, 1889 – June 21, 1893[11]
  • Ellic L. Simon – postmaster of South Atlanta July 2, 1897 – October 31, 1904[11]
  • Henry McNeal Turner – postmaster of Macon May 18, 1869 – August 10, 1869 (also Georgia House and Georgia Constitutional Convention)[11][d]

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Idaho edit

Federal offices edit

  • John B. Mitchell – postmaster of Delta October 10, 1890 – November 16, 1894[11]

Illinois edit

Illinois House of Representatives edit

Indiana edit

Indiana did not have African American legislators until after the Reconstruction era.[40]

Indiana House of Representatives edit

Federal offices edit

  • James Cantrell – postmaster of Lyles September 12, 1898 – February 12, 1920[11]

Kansas edit

Kansas did not have African American legislators until after the Reconstruction era.[40]

Kansas House of Representatives edit

Other state offices edit

  • Edward P. McCabe – Kansas State Auditor (also county clerk, U.S. Treasury Department clerk, and country treasurer in Oklahoma)

Federal offices edit

  • Frances Jennie Fletcher – postmaster of Nicodemus December 9, 1889 – January 5, 1894[11]
  • Zachary T. Fletcher – postmaster of Nicodemus September 12, 1877 – September 2, 1886[11]
  • Edward P. McCabe – clerk in the Cook County office of the U.S. Treasury Department (also country clerk Kansas State Auditor, and county treasurer in Oklahoma)
  • George M. Sayers – postmaster of Nicodemus April 27, 1896 – December 20, 1916[11]

Local offices edit

  • Edward P. McCabe – county clerk for Graham County (also Kansas State Auditor, U.S. Treasury Department clerk, and county treasurer in Oklahoma)

Kentucky edit

Federal offices edit

  • John D. Starks – postmaster of Brandenburg November 11, 1899 – September 16, 1890[11]

Louisiana edit

Through 1900, 24 African Americans served in the Louisiana Senate during Reconstruction; more than 100 served in the Louisiana House of Representatives.[41] In addition, six African American men held statewide offices in Louisiana, including the nation's first African American acting governors.

Louisiana Governor edit

  • Oscar James Dunn – acting governor May–July 1871[42][e]
  • P. B. S. Pinchback – acting governor December 1872–January 1873 (also U.S. Senate, Louisiana Lt. Governor, Louisiana Constitutional Convention, and Louisiana Senate)

Louisiana lieutenant governor edit

  • Caesar Antoine – 1873–1877 (also Louisiana Senate and Louisiana Constitutional Convention)
  • Oscar James Dunn – 1868–1871, (also Louisiana Constitutional Convention
  • P. B. S. Pinchback – 1872 (also U.S. Senate, acting Louisiana Governor, Louisiana Constitutional Convention, and Louisiana Senate)

Louisiana State Senate edit

Louisiana House of Representatives edit

 
African American delegates to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention 1868

Louisiana Constitutional Convention edit

Other state offices edit

  • William C. Brown – Louisiana Superintendent of Education 1872–1876[43]
  • Pierre G. Deslonde – Secretary of State 1872–1876 (also Louisiana Constitutional Convention)
  • Antoine Dubuclet – state treasurer 1876–1877

Federal offices edit

  • Henry Bloch – postmaster of Opelousas March 26, 1891 – September 7, 1891[11]
  • Samuel E. Cuny or Cuney – postmaster of Colfax March 15, 1872 – April 1873[11]
  • Abraham Davis – postmaster of Franklin June 3, 1872 – March 21, 1881; January 17, 1880 – April 11, 1887[11]
  • Timothy Davis – postmaster of Pattersonville (became Patterson in 1887) May 3, 1882 – December 30, 1892[11]
  • Anna M. Dumas – postmaster of Covington November 15, 1872 – June 18, 1885[11]
  • Pierre Caliste Landry – postmaster of Donaldsonville March 3, 1871 – May 25, 1875 (also Louisiana House, Louisiana Senate, mayor) [11]
  • Charles Leroy – postmaster of Natchitoches April 29, 1869 – September 18, 1872[11]
  • Friday N. Porter Jr. – postmaster of Pearl River (became Pearlville in 1888) October 6, 1875 – May 6, 1893[11]
  • Charles W. Ringgold – postmaster of New Orleans March 1, 1873 – April 6, 1875[11]
  • James H. Stephens – postmaster of Saint Francisville April 1, 1872 – December 8, 1879[11]
  • John A. Washington – postmaster of Vidalia October 20, 1873 – May 15, 1876[11]

Local offices edit

Maryland edit

Federal offices edit

  • Nathan Johnson – postmaster of Sugarland February 6, 1896 – May 15, 1905[11]
  • Warren R. Wade – postmaster of Malcolm February 3, 1890 – September 24, 1901[11]

Local offices edit

Massachusetts edit

Massachusetts House of Representatives edit

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Michigan edit

Michigan House of Representatives edit

Other state offices edit

Minnesota edit

Minnesota did not have any African American legislators until after the Reconstruction era.[40]

Minnesota House of Representatives edit

Mississippi edit

The Mississippi Plan was part of an organized campaign of terror and violence used by the Democratic Party and Ku Klux Klan to disenfranchise African Americans in Mississippi, block them from holding office, end Reconstruction, and restore white supremacy in the state. Nevertheless, many African Americans served in its legislature and Mississippi was the only state that elected African American candidates to the U.S. Senate during the Reconstruction era; a total of 37 African Americans served in the Senate and 117 served in the House.[56][57]

Mississippi Lieutenant Governor edit

Mississippi Secretary of State edit

 
Photo composite of Mississippi state legislators in 1874 by E. von Seutter

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Mississippi Constitutional Convention edit

Other state offices edit

Federal offices edit

  • Daniel W. Ambrose – postmaster of Pickens January 19, 1898 – May 11, 1898[11]
  • Henry Blackman – postmaster of Brookhaven May 13, 1873 – November 13, 1876[11]
  • Benjamin G. Boothe – postmaster of Water Valley July 5, 1884 – December 5, 1885[11]
  • Franklin P. Brinson – postmaster of Duncansby September 20, 1897 – May 25, 1905[11]
  • Jenkins Cook – postmaster of Dry Grove February 1, 1898 – April 16, 1902[11]
  • Minnie M. Cox – postmaster of Indianola January 16, 1891 – May 22, 1897; April 17, 1893 – February 2, 1904[11]
  • Robert W. Fitzhugh – postmaster of Natchez January 19, 1876 – October 10, 1883[11]
  • Joseph Graves – postmaster of Pearlington March 7, 1883 – April 16, 1889; August 20, 1885 – May 9, 1894[11]
  • Edward Hill – postmaster of Raymond June 6, 1870 – May 26, 1874[11]
  • James Hill – postmaster of Vicksburg April 2, 1891 – April 15, 1893[11]
  • A. D. Jones – postmaster of Corinth February 25, 1871 – March 6, 1874[11]
  • Thomas I. Keys – postmaster of Ocean Springs August 4, 1897 – March 3, 1911[11]
  • Elias W. Matthews – postmaster of Batesville April 25, 1882 – March 7, 1883[11]
  • William McCary – postmaster of Natchez October 10, 1883 – August 6, 1885[11]
  • Benjamin F. Mitchell – postmaster of Greenwood July 23, 1873 – October 27, 1875[11]
  • Isaiah T. Montgomery – postmaster of Mound Bayou June 12, 1888 – March 14, 1894[11]
  • Joshua P. T. Montgomery – postmaster of Mound Bayou March 14, 1894 – May 2, 1895[11]
  • Mary V. Montgomery – postmaster of Mound Bayou May 2, 1895 – September 27, 1902[11]
  • William Thornton Montgomery – postmaster of Hurricane May 6, 1867 – September 14, 1880[11]
  • Ellis E. Perkins – postmaster of Edwards May 12, 1898 – February 15, 1910[11]
  • Louis J. Piernas – postmaster of Bay St. Louis April 18, 1889 – May 27, 1898; May 5, 1894 – March 3, 1911[11]
  • Thomas Richardson – postmaster of Port Gibson September 28, 1870 – October 6, 1876; February 27, 1890 – February 26, 1875; May 11, 1885 – March 14, 1894[11]
  • Robert Steward – postmaster of Macon March 11, 1875 – May 16, 1881[11]
  • Henry K. Thomas – postmaster of Bovina June 1, 1877 –December 5, 1882[11]
  • Robert H. Wood – postmaster of Natchez March 17, 1873 – April 16, 1876 (also mayor)[11]

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Nebraska edit

Nebraska House of Representatives edit

New York edit

Local offices edit

North Carolina edit

North Carolina Senate edit

North Carolina House of Representatives edit

North Carolina Constitutional Convention edit

Federal offices edit

  • Albert L. Alston – postmaster of Macon December 11, 1891 – April 29, 1893[11]
  • Collin P. Anthony – postmaster of Scotland Neck September 17, 1897 – July 11, 1898[11]
  • Weeks S. Armstrong – postmaster of Rocky Mount April 18, 1889 – March 31, 1890[11]
  • Daniel W. Baker – postmaster of Lewiston June 10, 1897 – April 1, 1899[11]
  • Mary A. Baker – postmaster of Dudley November 11 26, 1897 – August 22, 1911[11]
  • William Baker – postmaster of South Gaston October 24, 1889 – October 7, 1897; October 13, 1893 – March 31, 1904[11]
  • William B. Baker – postmaster of Dudley August 27, 1883 – September 3, 1884[11]
  • Clinton W. Battle – postmaster of Battleboro November 11, 1897 – November 22, 1899[11]
  • William E. Bennett – postmaster of Powellsville January 13, 1898 – February 23, 1901[11]
  • Lewis T. Bond – postmaster of Windsor May 3, 1897 – July 12, 1901[11]
  • Albert C. Booth – postmaster of Harrellsville November 15, 1897 – September 26, 1900[11]
  • Moses J. Bullock – postmaster of Townsville February 19, 1874 – February 8, 1886[11]
  • Thomas H. Burwell – postmaster of Kittrell October 24, 1889 – September 4, 1893[11]
  • Joseph B. Catus – postmaster of Winton September 24, 1897 – June 6, 1913[11]
  • Edward Cheek – postmaster of Halifax April 9, 1897 – March 7, 1901[11]
  • James D. Cherry – postmaster of Drew July 7, 1897 – May 20, 1901[11]
  • Edward D. Clark – postmaster of Kelford December 20, 1897 – June 19, 1901[11]
  • William C. Coats – postmaster of Seaboard November 9, 1889 – November 3, 1893[11]
  • Mrs. Willie F. Coats – postmaster of Seaboard October 26, 1897 – October 26, 1901[11]
  • Hezekiah Cook – postmaster of Oberlin April 11, 1892 – May 8, 1894[11]
  • Charner H. Davis – postmaster of Townesville (became Townsville 1892) July 20, 1889 – December 10, 1897; September 9, 1893 – January 15, 1909[11]
  • Cora E. Davis – postmaster of Halifax April 5, 1889 – December 8, 1890[11]
  • Frank Davis – postmaster of Southport February 1, 1892 – May 16, 1893[11]
  • Ada Dickens – postmaster of Lawrence August 9, 1897 – November 22, 1899[11]
  • Henry H. Falkener – postmaster of Macon May 21, 1890 – December 11, 1891[11]
  • Alonzo Green – postmaster of Gatesville May 2, 1870 – April 2, 1878[11]
  • Mary Guion – postmaster of Tarheel June 5, 1897 – July 29, 1898[11]
  • John H. Hannon – postmaster of Halifax December 8, 1890 – April 10, 1893[11]
  • Israel D. Hargett – postmaster of Rocky Mount July 27, 1897 – February 15, 1899[11]
  • Cicero B. Harris – postmaster of Panacea Springs (became Panacea in 1894) July 12, 1889 – December 14, 1897; October 23, 1893 – October 2, 1902[11]
  • Edmond D. Hart – postmaster of Princeville March 17, 1898 – May 25, 1909[11]
  • Benjamin H. Henderson – postmaster of Fayetteville January 21, 1892 – March 3, 1896[11]
  • Hilliard J. Hewlin – postmaster of Brinkleyville October 5, 1897 – October 5, 1901[11]
  • John H. Howard – postmaster of Weldon January 18, 1898 – June 27, 1902[11]
  • Robert S. Jervay – postmaster of Elbow May 12, 1898 – April 15, 1910[11]
  • William H. Jones – postmaster of Morehead City February 25, 1890 – June 16, 1893[11]
  • Norman L. Keen – postmaster of Essex April 29, 1891 – August 4, 1897; August 16, 1893 – August 6, 1901[11]
  • Brosier W. Langford – postmaster of Potecasi July 21, 1897 – January 17, 1898[11]
  • George W. Lane – postmaster of Edenton August 1, 1881 – February 24, 1885[11]
  • Charles H. Lewter – postmaster of Lewiston April 1, 1899 – November 18, 1901[11]
  • Henry D. Mayo – postmaster of Littleton May 26, 1897 – April 13, 1901[11]
  • Martha E. Middleton – postmaster of Kenansville August 25, 1892 – May 8, 1893[11]
  • Elenora J. Newsome – postmaster of Margarettsville July 2, 1897 – December 21, 1900[11]
  • Berry O'Kelly – postmaster of Method October 9, 1890 – April 1, 1931[11]
  • William H. Outlaw – postmaster of Windsor April 30, 1891 – April 1, 1893[11]
  • W. Lee Person – postmaster of Rocky Mount April 11, 1890 – June 13, 1893[11]
  • James M. Pittman – postmaster of Tillery January 23, 1890 – April 9, 1897; July 11, 1893 – October 28, 1898[11]
  • George W. Reynolds – postmaster of Murfreesboro October 31, 1889 – April 13, 1892[11]
  • Edward A. Richardson – postmaster of New Bern July 18, 1884 – June 11, 1885[11]
  • Augustus Robbins – postmaster of Windsor June 14, 1889 – April 30, 1891[11]
  • Parker David Robbins – postmaster of Harrellsville September 22, 1875 – October 8, 1877 (also North Carolina Constitutional Convention and North Carolina House)[11]
  • Emma S. Roberts – postmaster of Jackson August 6, 1897 – August 7, 1901[11]
  • Winfrey H. Roberts – postmaster of Rich Square September 11, 1889 – November 9, 1897; September 19, 1893 – November 9, 1901[11]
  • Freeman J. Ryan – postmaster of Quitsna June 24, 1897 – December 15, 1900[11]
  • Thomas Shields – postmaster of Scotland Neck July 11, 1898 – May 14, 1901[11]
  • Allen A. Smith – postmaster of Mount Olive May 27, 1897 – July 20, 1901[11]
  • Henry L. Solomon – postmaster of Ita May 11, 1899 – July 25, 1901[11]
  • Washington Spivey – postmaster of James City January 11, 1888 – May 1, 1908[11]
  • John H. Thorpe – postmaster of Kittrell January 14, 1898 – March 28, 1902[11]
  • Samuel H. Vick – postmaster of Wilson September 28, 1889 – May 24, 1898; February 16, 1894 – March 24, 1903[11]
  • Henry L. Watson – postmaster of Macon November 10, 1897 – November 9, 1901[11]
  • York Whitehead – postmaster of Aurelian Springs January 19, 1898 – January 20, 1902[11]
  • Henry W. Williams – postmaster of Tillery April 8, 1889 – January 23, 1890[11]
  • Washington Winn – postmaster of Mount Olive May 31, 1881 – August 6, 1885[11]
  • James S. Wortham – postmaster of Ridgeway April 14, 1897 – July 2, 1901[11]
  • Winfield F. Young – postmaster of Littleton July 15, 1875 – July 26, 1889; August 3, 1885 – 23, 1893[11]

Ohio edit

Ohio Senate edit

Ohio House of Representatives edit

Federal offices edit

  • George W. Harding – postmaster of Wilberforce August 21, 1893 – July 24, 1897[11]

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Oklahoma edit

Federal offices edit

  • William Anderson – postmaster of Udora October 7, 1897 – September 30, 1911[11][g]
  • John G. Crump – postmaster of Zion July 20, 1891 – June 22, 1895[11]
  • Samuel G. Garrett – postmaster of Langston June 25, 1891 – February 17, 1894[11]
  • William C. Garrett – postmaster of Ridge, Indian Territory December 29, 1884 – March 12, 1886; postmaster of Wellington, Indian Territory July 24, 1890 – November 9, 1891[11][g]
  • Maston Harris – postmaster of Udora November 18, 1895 – October 7, 1897[11][g]
  • Jerry I. Hazelwood – postmaster of Langston April 14, 1898 – September 12, 1914[11]
  • David A. Lee – postmaster of Wellington, Indian Territory (became Lee, Indian Territory in 1892) November 9, 1891 – February 15, 1895[11][g]
  • William Martin – postmaster of Wanamaker January 18, 1898 – April 15, 1903[11]
  • Abner L. J. Meriwether – postmaster of Lee, Indian Territory August 8, 1898 – November 12, 1902[11][g]
  • Clara M. Overton – postmaster of Wanamaker March 3, 1890 – December 28, 1894[11]
  • James A. Roper – postmaster of Okmulgee February 3, 1898 – March 10, 1902[11]
  • Charles W. Stevenson – postmaster of Wanamaker December 28, 1894 – April 15, 1903; January 18, 1898 – July 8, 1908[11]
  • Lee B. Tatum – postmaster of Tatums May 9, 1896 – September 5, 1911[11]
  • Thomas H. Traylor – postmaster of Douglas May 12, 1894 – May 23, 1895[11]
  • Stanley Ward – postmaster of Udora February 20, 1895 – November 18, 1895[11][g]
  • Lewis E. Willis – postmaster of Tullahassee January 26, 1899 – October 25, 1905[11]
  • John J. Young – postmaster of Lincoln December 14, 1889 – September 22, 1894[11]

Local offices edit

  • Edward P. McCabe – treasurer of Logan County (also Kansas State Auditor, U.S. Treasury Department clerk in Kansas, and county clerk in Kansas)

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Federal offices edit

  • James H. Lyons – postmaster of Salemville July 7, 1882 – July 26, 1893[11]
  • Nathan T. Velar – postmaster of Brinton April 29, 1897 – November 26, 1907[11]

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Rhode Island edit

Rhode Island General Assembly edit

South Carolina edit

During Reconstruction, South Carolina was the only state whose legislature was majority African American.[86] Eric Foner says 29 African Americans served in the South Carolina Senate, and 210 African Americans served in the South Carolina House of Representatives.[86] In addition, 72 African Americans participated in the 1868 South Carolina Constitutional Convention. Many others served in various state or local offices ranging from Lt. Governor to justice of the peace.[86]

South Carolina Lt. Governor edit

 
A composite of 63 "Radical Republicans" in the South Carolina Legislature in 1868 including fifty "negroes or mulattoes"

South Carolina Senate edit

South Carolina House of Representatives edit

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More than 1 500 African American officeholders served during the Reconstruction era 1865 1877 and in the years after Reconstruction before white supremacy disenfranchisement and the Democratic Party fully reasserted control in Southern states 1 Historian Canter Brown Jr noted that in some states such as Florida the highest number of African Americans were elected or appointed to offices after the end of Reconstruction in 1877 The following is a partial list of notable African American officeholders from the end of the Civil War until before 1900 Dates listed are the year that a term states or the range of years served if multiple terms This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items August 2021 Contents 1 U S Senate 2 U S House of Representatives 3 Alabama 3 1 Alabama Senate 3 2 Alabama House of Representatives 3 3 Alabama Constitutional Convention 3 4 Other state offices 3 5 Federal offices 3 6 Local offices 4 Arkansas 4 1 Arkansas Senate 4 2 Arkansas House of Representatives 4 3 Arkansas Constitutional Convention 4 4 Other state offices 4 5 Federal offices 4 6 Local offices 5 California 5 1 Local offices 6 Colorado 6 1 Colorado House of Representatives 6 2 Other state offices 7 Florida 7 1 Florida Senate 7 2 Florida House of Representatives 7 3 Florida Constitutional Convention 7 4 Other state offices 7 5 Federal offices 7 6 Local offices 8 Georgia 8 1 Georgia State Senate 8 2 Georgia House of Representatives 8 3 Georgia Constitutional Convention 8 4 Federal offices 8 5 Local offices 9 Idaho 9 1 Federal offices 10 Illinois 10 1 Illinois House of Representatives 11 Indiana 11 1 Indiana House of Representatives 11 2 Federal offices 12 Kansas 12 1 Kansas House of Representatives 12 2 Other state offices 12 3 Federal offices 12 4 Local offices 13 Kentucky 13 1 Federal offices 14 Louisiana 14 1 Louisiana Governor 14 2 Louisiana lieutenant governor 14 3 Louisiana State Senate 14 4 Louisiana House of Representatives 14 5 Louisiana Constitutional Convention 14 6 Other state offices 14 7 Federal offices 14 8 Local offices 15 Maryland 15 1 Federal offices 15 2 Local offices 16 Massachusetts 16 1 Massachusetts House of Representatives 16 2 Local offices 17 Michigan 17 1 Michigan House of Representatives 17 2 Other state offices 18 Minnesota 18 1 Minnesota House of Representatives 19 Mississippi 19 1 Mississippi Lieutenant Governor 19 2 Mississippi Secretary of State 19 3 Mississippi State Senate 19 4 Mississippi House of Representatives 19 5 Mississippi Constitutional Convention 19 6 Other state offices 19 7 Federal offices 19 8 Local offices 20 Missouri 20 1 Federal positions 21 Nebraska 21 1 Nebraska House of Representatives 22 New York 22 1 Local offices 23 North Carolina 23 1 North Carolina Senate 23 2 North Carolina House of Representatives 23 3 North Carolina Constitutional Convention 23 4 Federal offices 24 Ohio 24 1 Ohio Senate 24 2 Ohio House of Representatives 24 3 Federal offices 24 4 Local offices 25 Oklahoma 25 1 Federal offices 25 2 Local offices 26 Pennsylvania 26 1 Federal offices 26 2 Local offices 27 Rhode Island 27 1 Rhode Island General Assembly 28 South Carolina 28 1 South Carolina Lt Governor 28 2 South Carolina Senate 28 3 South Carolina House of Representatives 28 4 South Carolina Constitutional Convention 28 5 Other state offices 28 6 Federal offices 28 7 Local offices 29 Tennessee 29 1 Tennessee House of Representatives 29 2 Other state offices 29 3 Other state and federal offices 29 4 Local offices 30 Texas 30 1 Texas Senate 30 2 Texas House of Representatives 30 3 Texas Constitutional Convention 30 4 Federal offices 30 5 Local offices 31 Vermont 31 1 Local offices 32 Virginia 32 1 Senate of Virginia 32 2 Virginia House of Delegates 32 3 Virginia Constitutional Convention 32 4 Federal offices 32 5 Local offices 33 Washington 33 1 Washington House of Representatives 34 West Virginia 34 1 West Virginia House of Delegates 35 Wyoming 35 1 Wyoming Territorial House of Representatives 36 Washington D C 36 1 Federal offices 36 2 House of Delegates 36 3 Local offices 37 See also 38 Notes 39 References 40 Further readingU S Senate editMain article List of African American United States senators Blanche Bruce Mississippi 1875 1881 2 P B S Pinchback Louisiana 1873 elected but the Senate refused to seat him also Louisiana Lt Governor Louisiana Senate acting Louisiana Governor Louisiana Constitutional Convention 2 Hiram Rhodes Revels Mississippi 1870 also Mississippi Secretary of State 2 U S House of Representatives editMain articles First generation of African American House members 1870 1893 and List of African American United States representatives Richard H Cain South Carolina 1873 1875 1877 1879 also South Carolina Senate House Constitutional Congress 2 Henry P Cheatham North Carolina 1889 1894 2 Robert C De Large South Carolina 1871 1873 also South Carolina House South Carolina Constitutional Convention and State Land Commissioner 2 Robert B Elliott South Carolina 1871 1874 also South Carolina House South Carolina Attorney General South Carolina Constitutional Convention South Carolina Senate city council 2 Jeremiah Haralson Alabama 1875 1877 also Alabama Senate and Alabama House 2 John Adams Hyman North Carolina 1875 1877 also North Carolina Senate and North Carolina Constitutional Convention 2 John Mercer Langston Virginia 1890 1891 also U S Minister to Haiti 2 Jefferson F Long Georgia 1871 2 John R Lynch Mississippi 1873 1877 1882 1883 also speaker of the Mississippi House 2 John Willis Menard Louisiana 1868 elected but not seated Thomas E Miller South Carolina September 24 1890 March 3 1891 also South Carolina Senate South Carolina House and South Carolina Constitutional Convention 2 George W Murray South Carolina 1893 1897 2 Charles E Nash Louisiana 1875 1877 2 James E O Hara North Carolina 1883 1887 also North Carolina House 2 Samuel Peters Louisiana 1872 elected but died before being seated 3 Joseph H Rainey South Carolina 1870 1879 also South Carolina Senate and South Carolina Constitutional Convention 2 Alonzo J Ransier South Carolina 1873 1875 also South Carolina Lt Governor and Constitutional Convention 2 James T Rapier Alabama 1873 1875 also Alabama Constitutional Convention 2 Robert Smalls South Carolina 1875 1879 1882 1887 also South Carolina Senate South Carolina House and Constitutional Convention 2 Benjamin Sterling Turner Alabama 1871 1873 2 Josiah T Walls Florida 1871 1876 also Florida House Florida Senate and Florida Constitutional Convention 2 George Henry White North Carolina 1897 1901 also North Carolina House and North Carolina Senate 2 Alabama editBetween 1868 and 1878 more than 100 African Americans served in the Alabama Legislature 4 Alabama Senate edit Alexander H Curtis Perry County 1872 1876 also Alabama House and Alabama Constitutional Convention D J Daniels Russell County 1872 James K Greene Hale County 1874 1876 also Alabama House Jeremiah Haralson Dallas County 1872 1876 also Alabama House and U S Congress John W Jones Lowndes County 1872 1876 Lloyd Leftwich Greene County 1872 1876 Benjamin F Royal Bullock County 1868 1876 nbsp Alabama legislators at the capitol in 1872Alabama House of Representatives edit Benjamin F Alexander Greene County 1868 also Alabama Constitutional Convention G W Allen Bullock County 1874 4 James H Alston Macon County 1868 1879 Matt Avery Perry County 1867 5 Elijah Baldwin Wilcox County 1874 1878 Granville G Bennett Sumter County 1874 4 Samuel Blandon Lee County 1868 4 5 William H Blevins Dallas County 1874 1878 4 James Bliss Sumter County 1874 Matthew Boyd Perry County 1874 4 George W Braxdell Talladega County 1870 Nathan A Brewington Lowndes County 1868 Richard Burke Sumter County 1868 John Carraway Mobile County 1868 Speaker of the House Hugh A Carson Lowndes County 1876 1880 also Alabama Constitutional Convention William E Carson Lowndes County 1872 4 Hershel V Cashin Montgomery County 1874 1878 Thomas Clark Barbour County 1870 4 Thomas J Clarke Barbour County 1872 5 Henry A Cochran Dallas County 1870 1872 4 Elijah Cook Montgomery County 1874 George Cox Montgomery County 1868 4 Henry H Craig Montgomery County 1870 4 Alexander H Curtis Perry County 1870 also Alabama Senate and Alabama Constitutional Convention D J Daniels Russell County 1874 Thomas Diggs Barbour County 1868 1872 also Alabama Constitutional Convention Mentor Dotson Sumter County 1872 5 John Dozier Perry County 1870 1874 4 Joseph Drawn Dallas County 1868 4 Hales Ellsworth Montgomery County 1872 4 6 George English Wilcox County 1878 7 8 Charles Fagan Montgomery County 1874 Samuel Fantroy Barbour County 1872 5 Adam Gachet Barbour County 1874 Prince Gardner Russell County 1874 William Gaskin Lowndes County 1870 1876 Edward Gee Dallas County 1870 4 Captain Gilmer Montgomery County 1876 5 Joseph H Goldsby Dallas County 1872 5 James K Greene Hale County 1868 1874 also Alabama Senate Ovide Gregory Mobile County 1868 also Alabama Constitutional Convention Jeremiah Haralson Dallas County 1870 also Alabama Senate and U S Congress Charles E Harris Dallas County 1874 4 Charles O Harris Montgomery County 1876 D H Hill Bullock County 1868 4 George Houston Sumter County 1868 4 Benjamin Inge Sumter County 1868 4 A W Johnson Macon County 1874 4 R L Johnson Dallas County 1870 1874 4 Green T Johnston Dallas County 1876 Columbus Jones Madison County 1868 also Alabama Constitutional Convention Reuben Jones Madison County 1872 5 Shandy W Jones Tuscaloosa County 1868 Horace King Russell County 1868 1872 David Law Barbour County 1868 5 Samuel Lee Lowndes County 1874 4 Thomas Lee Perry County 1868 4 Greene S W Lewis Perry County 1868 1872 1878 also Alabama Constitutional Convention Edwin C Locke Wilcox County 1874 5 Jacob Martin Dallas County 1874 Perry Matthews Bullock County 1872 1876 January Maull Lowndes County 1872 Jefferson McCalley Madison County 1868 4 Willis Merriweather Wilcox County 1872 1876 4 G R Miller Russell County 1872 5 Edward Odum Barbour County 1874 George Patterson Macon County 1872 1876 4 Samuel J Patterson Autauga County 1872 5 Robert Reed Sumter County 1872 1876 4 Bristo W Reese Hale County 1872 1876 H W W Rice Talladega County 1868 5 A G Richardson Wilcox County 1868 4 Henry St Clair Macon County 1870 1874 James Shaw Mobile County 1868 5 Charles Smith Bullock County 1874 4 Nimrod Snoddy Greene County 1876 Lawrence S Speed Bullock County 1868 1874 Lawson Steele Montgomery County 1872 William J Stevens Dallas County 1876 4 W L Taylor Chambers County 1868 4 William Taylor Sumter County 1872 4 Holland Thompson Montgomery County 1868 1872 Frank H Threatt Marengo County J R Treadwell Russell County 1872 4 William V Turner Elmore County 1868 Mansfield Tyler Lowndes County 1870 4 Thomas H Walker Dallas County 1872 4 Spencer Weaver Dallas County 1868 4 Levi Wells Marengo County 1870 4 A E Williams Barbour County 1872 1876 4 L J Williams Montgomery County 1868 1874 4 J R Witherspoon Perry County 1874 4 Manly Wynne Hale County 1874 Henry Young Lowndes County 1868 5 Alabama Constitutional Convention edit Benjamin F Alexander Greene County 1867 also Alabama House Moses B Avery Montgomery County 1867 4 9 Samuel Blanden Lee County 1867 5 9 John Carroway Mobile County 1867 Hugh A Carson Lowndes County 1875 also Alabama House Alexander H Curtis Perry County 1875 also Alabama House and Alabama Senate Thomas Diggs Barbour County 1867 also Alabama House Peyton Finley Montgomery County 1867 J K Greene Hale County 1867 5 9 Ovid Gregory Mobile County 1867 also Alabama House Jack Hatcher Dallas County 1867 4 5 Benjamin Inge Sumter County 1867 5 9 Washington Johnson Russell County 1867 4 5 9 Columbus Jones Madison County 1867 also Alabama House L S Latham Bullock County 1867 4 9 Thomas Lee Perry County 1867 5 9 Greene S W Lewis Perry County 1875 also Alabama House B F Royal Bullock County 1867 5 9 Henry Stokes Dallas County 1867 4 5 9 Other state offices edit William Hooper Councill assistant engrossing clerk in the Alabama Legislature 1872 1874 10 Phillip Joseph engrossing clerk in the Alabama Legislature 1872 5 Federal offices edit Granville Bennett postmaster of Catherine September 1 1890 January 15 1891 11 John P Billingsley postmaster of Marion March 25 1874 July 18 1882 11 Charles W Childs postmaster of Marion February 12 1890 October 28 1893 11 James F Childs postmaster of Marion July 18 1882 December 5 1885 11 Anthony R Davison postmaster of Lovan August 1 1889 October 28 1891 March 28 1890 April 17 1893 11 John W Davison postmaster of Lovan March 25 1890 October 28 1891 11 Howell L Goins postmaster of Northport November 25 1889 March 17 1890 11 Rufus L Gomez postmaster of Luverne March 28 1889 October 5 1889 11 Jordan Hatcher postmaster of Cahaba September 7 1869 September 26 1882 11 John W Jones postmaster of Hayneville June 6 1882 October 17 1887 11 Local offices edit S L David mayor of Hobson City 1899 12 13 Arkansas editBetween 1868 and 1893 85 men noted as colored or mulatto were elected to the Arkansas legislature 14 15 Initially they served under the 1868 Arkansas Constitution that granted them the right to vote and hold office The Democrats retook control of state government and instituted the 1874 Constitution As a result after 1893 the next African American to serve as an Arkansas state legislator was in 1973 16 Arkansas Senate edit George W Bell Desha and Chicot counties 1891 1893 Richard A Dawson Jefferson County 1873 1874 also Arkansas House William Henry Grey Phillips County 1875 also Arkansas House Arkansas Constitutional Convention and Arkansas Commissioner of Immigration and State Lands Samuel H Holland Ashley Chicot Drew and Desha counties 1873 1874 W H Logan Chicot and Desha counites 1887 1889 James W Mason Ashley Chicot Drew Desha and counties 1868 1871 also Arkansas Constitutional Convention postmaster and judge Anthony Stanford Lee and Phillips counties 1877 1879 James T White Phillips and Monroe counties 1871 also Arkansas House Arkansas Constitutional Convention Ruben B White Pulaski and White counties 1873 1874 John Willis Williams Phillips County 1874 17 Arkansas House of Representatives edit Benjamin Frank Adair Pulaski County 1891 James M Alexander Phillips County 1871 also justice of the peace Isaac George Bailey Desha County 1885 Conway Barbour Lafayette County 1871 Austin Barrow Phillips County 1871 18 Peter H Booth Jefferson County 1893 Levi B Boston Jefferson County 1874 17 Joseph H Bradford Mississippi County 1885 Joseph B Brooks Lafayette County 1885 Cornelius Neal Brown Pulaski County 1873 17 Crockett Brown Lee County 1877 Hal B Burton Jefferson County 1887 John H Carr Phillips County 1889 1894 Barry Coleman Phillips County 1874 and 1877 William L Copeland Crittenden County 1873 1875 Lawrence Crute Chicot County 1873 Richard A Dawson Jefferson County 1879 also Arkansas Senate Sebron Williams Dawson Jefferson County 1889 1892 Jacob N Donohoo Phillips County 1877 1887 1892 Anderson Ebberson Jefferson County 1877 1881 Nathan E Edwards Chicot County 1893 Edward Allen Fulton Drew County 1871 also postmaster William Hines Furbush Phillips County 1873 Lee County 1879 17 Isaac Gillam Pulaski County 1879 17 Ed Glover Jefferson County 1885 William E Gray Pulaski County 1881 William Henry Grey Phillips County 1868 also Arkansas Senate Arkansas Constitutional Convention and Arkansas Commissioner of Immigration and State Lands Toney Grissom Phillips County 1873 1875 Jeff Haskins St Francis County 1871 18 17 Ferdinand Ferd Havis Jefferson County 1873 Monroe E Hawkins Lafayette County 1868 1873 1874 also Arkansas Constitutional Convention Ned Hill Jefferson County 1874 17 Daniel Hunt Hempstead County 1868 17 William B Jacko Jefferson County 1885 1887 Ed Jefferson Jefferson County 1887 1889 17 Adam R Johnson Crittenden County 1871 Henry Augustus Johnson Chicot County 1891 John H Johnson Woodruff County 1873 17 Green Hill Jones Chicot County 1885 1889 Thomas R Kersh Lincoln County 1885 1887 Daniel W Lewis Crittenden County 1883 17 George W Lowe Monroe County 1889 1892 John G Lucas Jefferson County 1891 William A Marshall Hempstead County 1873 17 L J Maxwell Jefferson County 1874 1875 Americus Mayo Monroe County 1871 17 Charles Howard McKay Jefferson County 1893 17 Abraham H Miller Phillips County 1874 William Murphy Jefferson County 1873 1877 also Arkansas Constitutional Convention 17 Marshall M Murray Lafayette County 1883 17 Hugh C Newsome Chicot County 1887 Sandy Shepard Odum Crittenden County 1887 17 William C Payne Jefferson County 1879 1881 17 Burns Polk Lee County 1873 17 Carl R Polk Jefferson County 1871 1881 also a justice of the peace 17 Patrick T Price Lee County 1877 James A Robinson Ashley Chicot Drew Desha counties 1871 1874 15 17 Henry H Robinson Phillips County 1873 17 John C Rollins Ashley Chicot Drew Desha counties 1873 Anderson Louis Rush Pulaski County 1868 1869 Granville Ryles Pulaski County 1883 Richard R Samuels Hempstead County 1868 1869 also Arkansas Constitutional Convention Francis H Sawyer Lincoln County 1877 17 Samuel H Scott Jefferson County 1885 17 Archie Shepperson Hempstead County 1873 Rusty Sherrill Jefferson County 1883 17 George H W Stewart Phillips County 1873 17 Green W Thompson Pulaski County 1889 17 George E Trower Conway County 1887 G W Watson Crittenden County 1891 Blackstone Waterhouse Jefferson County Arkansas 1883 John W Webb Ashley Chicot Drew Desha counties 1871 18 Reuben C Weddington Chicot County 1891 Francis Frank W White Pulaski County 1883 17 James T White Phillips and Monroe counties 1868 1870 also Arkansas Senate and Arkansas Constitutional Convention Henry W N Williams Lincoln County 1889 1891 17 John Willis Williams Phillips County 1873 also Arkansas Senate James Wofford Crittenden County 1877 S L Woolfolk Jefferson County 1891 William H Young Jefferson County 1871 1883 18 Arkansas Constitutional Convention edit William Henry Grey Phillips County 1868 also Arkansas Senate Arkansas House and Arkansas Commissioner of Immigration and State Lands Monroe E Hawkins Lafayette County 1868 also Arkansas House Thomas P Johnson Little Rock 1868 18 17 James W Mason Chicot County 1868 also Arkansas Senate postmaster and judge William Murphy Jefferson County 1868 also Arkansas House 18 17 W Henry Rector Little Rock 1868 18 17 Richard R Samuels Washington County 1868 also Arkansas House 18 17 James T White Phillips County 1868 and 1874 also Arkansas House Arkansas Senate and Arkansas Commissioner of Public Works 17 Other state offices edit Joseph Carter Corbin Arkansas Superintendent of public schools 1873 1875 William Henry Grey Arkansas Commissioner of Immigration and State Lands also Arkansas House Arkansas Senate and Arkansas Constitutional Convention James T White Arkansas Commissioner of Public Works also Arkansas House Arkansas Senate and Arkansas Constitutional Convention Federal offices edit Elisha Davis postmaster of Sweet Home November 8 1881 May 24 1893 11 Edward Allen Fulton postmaster of Monticello March 1 1871 March 29 1874 May 29 1871 December 17 1875 also Arkansas House 11 Mifflin Wistar Gibbs American consul to Madagascar 1897 also judge William H Lacy postmaster of Harwood Island February 16 1885 August 2 1893 11 James W Mason postmaster of Sunny Side February 2 1867 April 11 1871 also Arkansas Senate probate judge and sheriff 11 James A Roper postmaster of Surrounded Hill May 9 1889 June 22 1893 11 William A Sloan postmaster of Ripley July 16 1891 April 14 1894 11 Local offices edit Mifflin Wistar Gibbs Little Rock judge 1873 also consul James W Mason probate judge Chicot County sheriff 1872 1874 also Arkansas Senate and postmaster Carl R Polk Jefferson County justice of the peace also Arkansas House 17 California editLocal offices edit Edward P Duplex mayor of Wheatland 1888Colorado editColorado House of Representatives edit John T Gunnell Arapahoe County 1881 Joseph H Stuart Arapahoe County 1895Other state offices edit Henry O Wagoner clerk in the Colorado Legislature 1876Florida editFlorida Senate edit William Bradwell Duval County 1868 Henry Wilkins Chandler Marion County 1880 1888 Oliver J Coleman 10th District 1874 also Florida House and county commissioner 19 Harry Cruse 6th District 1869 1870 also Florida House T V Gibbs Duval County 1881 20 Frederick Hill Gadsden County 1871 also Florida House Florida Constitutional Convention and postmaster Joseph E Lee 18th District Duval County 1881 also Florida House and postmaster 20 Thomas Warren Long Marion County 1873 1879 Daniel C Martin Alachua County 1885 1887 Robert Meacham 9th District 1868 1877 1879 also Florida Constitutional Convention clerk of the circuit court superintendent of common schools and postmaster Alfred Brown Osgood 10th District 1875 1876 also Florida House 21 Charles H Pearce Leon County 1870 1874 also Florida Constitutional Convention 21 Washington Pope 3rd District 1873 1876 also county commissioner John E Proctor Leon County 1883 also Florida House Egbert Sammis Duval County 1885 also consul in Stuttgart Samuel Spearing Duval County 1874 John Wallace Leon County 1874 1879 also Florida House and county constable Josiah T Walls Alachua and Levy counties 1869 1871 1877 1881 also U S Congress Florida House and Florida Constitutional Convention Florida House of Representatives edit Edward I Alexander Madison County 1877 1879 1885 also postmaster 22 Samuel Anderson Duval County 1887 21 Josiah Haynes Armstrong Columbia County 1871 1875 Henry Black Jefferson County 20 Richard Horatio Black Alachua County 1869 1870 23 Killis B Bonner Marion County 1879 William Bradwell Duval County 1868 1870 Richard Lewis Brown Sr Duval County 1881 1883 24 James D Bryant Monroe County 20 Wallace B Carr Leon County 1881 1887 also Florida Constitutional Convention 20 21 Phillip Carroll Leon County 1881 25 Joseph Newman Clinton Alachua County 1881 1883 George C Coleman Nassau County 1881 21 Oliver J Coleman Madison County 1871 1872 1875 also Florida Senate and county commissioner 19 Singleton Coleman Marion County 1873 Robert Cox Leon County 1868 1870 21 Harry Cruse Gadsden County 1871 1874 1877 also Florida Senate Robert H Dennis Jackson County 1875 Zebulon Elijah Escambia County 1871 1873 also postmaster Auburn H Erwin Columbia County 1868 1870 also Florida Constitutional Convention 21 Lucien Fisher Leon County 1875 John Ford Leon County 20 Emanuel Fortune Jackson County 1868 1870 also Florida Constitutional Convention Samuel W Frazier Leon County 1879 1885 1887 also a justice of the peace Robert Gabriel Monroe County 1879 Theodore Gass Alachua County 1871 1875 Thomas Van Renssalaer Gibbs Duval County 1884 Birch Gibson Marion County 1872 Noah Graham Leon County 1868 1872 Alfred Grant Duval County 1875 1877 20 21 Henry Harmon Alachua County 1868 1870 Frederick Hill Gadsden County 1868 1870 also Florida Senate Florida Constitutional Convention and postmaster David E Jacobs Marion County 1887 21 Scipio Jasper Marion County 1872 Andrew Jackson Junius Jefferson County 1879 Isaac Jenkins Leon County 1880 1883 Andrew Jackson Junius Jefferson County 1879 Joseph E Lee Duval County 1875 1877 1879 also Florida Senate and postmaster Matthew M Lewey Alachua County 1883 postmaster and mayor George A Lewis Jacksonville County 1889 20 21 Robert Livingston Leon County 1868 1869 21 Alfred Brown Osgood Madison County 1868 1874 1879 1883 1885 also Florida Senate Samuel Petty Nassau County 1873 also Florida Constitutional Convention Salvador T Pons George Willis Proctor Jefferson County 1883 20 21 John E Proctor Leon County 1873 1875 1879 1881 also Florida Senate I E Purcell Putnam County 20 Jesse Robinson Jackson County 1868 1874 21 Riley Edward Robinson Nassau County 1883 1885 also postmaster William K Robinson Jackson County 1872 21 Charles Rouse William U Saunders Gadsden County also Florida Constitutional Convention John R Scott Sr Duval County 1868 1873 John R Scott Jr Duval County 1889 1891 Charles Shavers Monroe County 1887 20 21 John Simpson Marion County 1868 1870 21 Samuel Small Marion County 1874 William G Stewart Leon County 1873 20 21 John N Stokes Leon County 1874 20 21 Benjamin Thompson Jefferson County 1868 1870 21 Charles H Thompson Columbia County 1868 1870 21 William F Thompson Leon County 1877 also Florida Constitutional Convention 26 Thomas Urquhart Hamilton County and Suwannee County 1868 also Florida Constitutional Convention John Wallace Leon County 1870 1872 also Florida Senate and constable Josiah T Walls Alachua County 1868 also U S Congress Florida Senate and Florida Constitutional Convention George Washington Alachua County 1874 1876 21 Randolph W Washington Jefferson County 1885 20 21 Richard H Wells Leon County 1868 1872 also Florida Constitutional Convention 21 George Walter Wetmore Duval County 1883 1885 Wesley Asbury Wilkinson Marion County 1881 1883 1885 20 21 George Washington Witherspoon Jefferson County 1875 John W Wyatt Leon County 1870 1874Florida Constitutional Convention edit Wallace B Carr Leon County 1885 also Florida House 20 21 Auburn H Erwin Columbia and Baker counties 1868 also Florida House 21 27 Emanuel Fortune Jackson County 1868 also Florida House Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs Duval County 1868 also Florida Secretary of State and Florida Secretary of Public Instruction Frederick Hill Gadsden County 1868 also Florida Senate Florida House and postmaster Major Johnson 1868 27 Robert Meacham Jefferson County 1868 also Florida Senate clerk of the circuit court superintendent of common schools and postmaster 21 Anthony Mills Jefferson County 1868 also Florida House 21 27 Charles H Pearce Leon and Wakulla counties 1868 also Florida Senate 21 a Samuel Petty Nassau County 1885 also Florida House 21 William U Saunders Gadsden County 1868 also Florida House Thomas Urquhart Hamilton County and Suwannee County 1868 also Florida House Josiah T Walls Alachua County 1868 also U S Congress Florida Senate Florida House Richard H Wells Leon and Wakulla counties 1868 February 20 1868 also Florida House 21 John W Wyatt Leon County 1868 27 Other state offices edit Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs Florida Secretary of State 1868 1872 and Florida Secretary of Public Instruction also Florida Constitutional Convention Federal offices edit Edward I Alexander postmaster of Madison County also Florida House 22 Joseph E Clark postmaster of Eatonville May 25 1889 September 7 1907 11 Zebulon Elijah postmaster of Pensacola January 30 1874 February 14 1878 also Florida House 11 Thomas S Harris postmaster of Live Oak September 17 1898 March 2 1905 11 Fannie A James postmaster of Jewell now Lake Worth August 22 1889 April 15 1903 11 28 Frederick Hill postmaster of in Quincy also Florida House Florida Senate Florida Constitutional Convention and county commissioner Joseph E Lee postmaster of also Florida House and Florida Senate 20 Matthew M Lewey postmaster of Newnansville February 19 1874 February 8 1875 also Florida House and mayor 11 Robert Meacham postmaster of Monticello February 19 1869 March 22 1871 also Florida Senate Florida Constitutional Convention clerk of the circuit court and superintendent of common schools 11 Riley Edward Robinson postmaster of Kings Ferry also Florida House Egbert Sammis consul in Stuttgart also Florida Senate Emmanuel Smith postmaster of Apalachicola October 13 1881 May 5 1885 11 William G Stewart postmaster of Tallahassee March 26 1873 July 20 1885 11 Local offices edit Columbus H Boger mayor of Eatonville 1887 29 Mitchell Chapelle mayor of LaVilla now part of Jacksonville 20 Oliver J Coleman county commissioner and Madison councilman also Florida House and Florida Senate 19 James Dean Monroe County judge 1889 20 Charles Dupont sheriff of Monroe County c 1893 20 Samuel W Frazier justice of the peace for Lean County 1872 1873 also Florida House Frederick Hill Gadsen County commissioner also Florida House Florida Senate Florida Constitutional Convention postmaster Matthew M Lewey mayor of Newnansville 1875 1877 also Florida House and postmaster George H Mays marshal of Jacksonville 20 Robert Meacham clerk of the circuit court Jefferson County 1868 and superintendent of commons schools Jefferson County 1869 also Florida Senate Florida Constitutional Convention and postmaster James Page Leon County commissioner Washington Pope Jackson County county commissioner 1870 1873 also Florida Senate John Wallace constable of Leon County also Florida House and Floridan Senate Georgia editSee also Original 33In Georgia 69 African Americans served in the state legislature or as delegates to the state s constitutional convention between 1867 and 1872 30 Georgia State Senate edit Aaron Alpeoria Bradley Chatham Bryan and Effingham counties 1868 also Georgia Constitutional Convention and postmaster 31 30 b Tunis Campbell Sr Liberty McIntosh and Tattnall counties 1868 1870 1871 also Georgia Constitutional Convention and justice of the peace 31 32 c George Wallace Hancock Baldwin and Washington counties 1868 1870 also Georgia Constitutional Convention 31 c Georgia House of Representatives edit Thomas M Allen Jasper County 1868 1870 31 c Eli Barnes Hancock County 1868 1870 31 c Thomas P Beard Richmond County 1868 1870 31 c Edwin Belcher Wilkes County 1868 also postmaster James Blue Glynn County 1871 1877 Thomas M Butler Camden County 1878 31 Tunis Campbell Jr McIntosh County 1868 1870 31 c Malcolm Claiborne Burke County 1868 1870 also Georgia Constitutional Convention 31 c Abram Colby Greene County 1866 1868 1870 31 c George H Clower Monroe County 1868 1870 31 c John T Costin Talbot County 1868 1870 31 c Lectured Crawford McIntosh County 1886 1887 1890 1891 1900 1901 Madison Davis Clarke County 1868 1871 also postmaster Monday Floyd Morgan County 1868 1870 31 c F H Fyall Macon County 1868 Samuel Gardner Warren County 1868 1870 31 c William A Golden Liberty County 1868 1870 33 31 c William Guilford Upson County 1868 R B Hall Burke County 1868 1870 31 c William Henry Harrison Hancock County 1868 1870 also Georgia Constitutional Convention 31 c Jack Heard Greene County 1873 citation needed John M Holzendorf Camden County 1890 31 Ulysses L Houston Bryan County 1868 1870 31 c Philip Joiner Dougherty County 1868 1870 1871 also Georgia Constitutional Convention 31 c J A Lewis Stewart County 1871 citation needed George Linder Laurens County 1868 1870 also Georgia Constitutional Convention 31 c Robert Lumpkin Macon County 1868 1870 also Georgia Constitutional Convention 31 c H A McKay Liberty County 1900 31 Romulus Moore Columbia County 1868 1870 also Georgia Constitutional Convention 31 c Peter O Neal Baldwin County 1868 1870 31 c James Ward Porter Chatham County 1868 1870 1871 31 c Alfred Richardson Clarke County 1868 1870 31 c Amos Rogers McIntosh County 1878 A Simmons Houston County 1871 citation needed James M Simms Chatham County 1868 1870 31 c Abraham Smith Muscogee County 1868 1870 31 c Alexander Stone Jefferson County 1868 1870 also Columbia County 31 c Henry McNeal Turner Bibb County 1868 1870 1871 also Georgia Constitutional Convention and postmaster 30 31 c John Warren Glynn County 1868 1870 31 c Samuel Williams Harris County 1868 1870 also Georgia Constitutional Convention 31 c A Wilson Camden County 1884 31 Hercules Wilson McIntosh County 1882 1885Georgia Constitutional Convention edit Simeon Beard 18th District Jefferson County 1867 34 Aaron Alpeoria Bradley 1st District 1867 also Georgia Senate and postmaster 34 Tunis Campbell 2nd District 1867 also Georgia Senate and justice of the peace 34 Malcolm Claiborne 17th District Burke County 1867 also Georgia House 34 William Henry Harrison 20th District Hancock County 1867 also Georgia House 34 Philip Joiner 10th District 1867 Dougherty County also Georgia House 34 George Linder 16th District Laurens County 1867 also Georgia House 34 Robert Lumpkin 13th District Macon County 1867 also Georgia House 34 Romulus Moore 29th District 1867 Columbia County also Georgia House Alexander Stone 18th District Jefferson County 1867 also Georgia House 34 Henry McNeal Turner 22nd District Bibb County 1867 also Georgia House and postmaster 34 George Wallace 20th District 1867 also Georgia Senate 34 Samuel Williams 25the District Harris County also Georgia House 34 Federal offices edit J Curt Beall postmaster of La Grange September 6 1882 August 6 1885 11 Edwin Belcher postmaster of Macon March 22 1873 March 23 1875 also Georgia House 11 Aaron Alpeoria Bradley postmaster of in Macon also Georgia Constitutional Convention and Georgia Senate 30 John H Clopton postmaster of Hogansville March 1 1890 April 8 1893 11 Madison Davis postmaster of Athens February 13 1882 June 2 1890 February 15 1886 May 27 1893 Georgia House 11 Jacob D Enos or Enis postmaster of Valdosta May 4 1869 June 8 1871 11 Charles R Jackson postmaster of Darien October 15 1890 September 14 1897 June 19 1893 May 18 1909 11 Isaiah H Loftin postmaster of Hogansville May 17 1897 March 2 1900 11 Monroe B Morton postmaster of Athens July 27 1897 February 6 1902 11 Luther J Price postmaster of South Atlanta June 18 1889 June 21 1893 11 Ellic L Simon postmaster of South Atlanta July 2 1897 October 31 1904 11 Henry McNeal Turner postmaster of Macon May 18 1869 August 10 1869 also Georgia House and Georgia Constitutional Convention 11 d Local offices edit Tunis Campbell Sr justice of the peace also Georgia Senate and Georgia Constitutional Convention 32 William Finch Fourth Ward Atlanta Board of Aldermen 1892 now Atlanta City Council 35 George Graham Third Ward Atlanta Board of Aldermen 1892 now Atlanta City Council 35 Idaho editFederal offices edit John B Mitchell postmaster of Delta October 10 1890 November 16 1894 11 Illinois editIllinois House of Representatives edit James E Bish Cook County 1895 John C Buckner 5th District 1899 1903 36 37 George French Ecton 3rd District Chicago 1888 William L Martin Cook County 1898 37 38 Edward H Morris Cook County 1890 1902 John W E Thomas 3rd District Chicago 1877 1879 1884 1905 39 Indiana editIndiana did not have African American legislators until after the Reconstruction era 40 Indiana House of Representatives edit James S Hinton Marion County 1881 also trustee of the Wabash and Erie Canal Federal offices edit James Cantrell postmaster of Lyles September 12 1898 February 12 1920 11 Kansas editKansas did not have African American legislators until after the Reconstruction era 40 Kansas House of Representatives edit Alfred Fairfax Chautauqua County 1888Other state offices edit Edward P McCabe Kansas State Auditor also county clerk U S Treasury Department clerk and country treasurer in Oklahoma Federal offices edit Frances Jennie Fletcher postmaster of Nicodemus December 9 1889 January 5 1894 11 Zachary T Fletcher postmaster of Nicodemus September 12 1877 September 2 1886 11 Edward P McCabe clerk in the Cook County office of the U S Treasury Department also country clerk Kansas State Auditor and county treasurer in Oklahoma George M Sayers postmaster of Nicodemus April 27 1896 December 20 1916 11 Local offices edit Edward P McCabe county clerk for Graham County also Kansas State Auditor U S Treasury Department clerk and county treasurer in Oklahoma Kentucky editFederal offices edit John D Starks postmaster of Brandenburg November 11 1899 September 16 1890 11 Louisiana editThrough 1900 24 African Americans served in the Louisiana Senate during Reconstruction more than 100 served in the Louisiana House of Representatives 41 In addition six African American men held statewide offices in Louisiana including the nation s first African American acting governors Louisiana Governor edit Oscar James Dunn acting governor May July 1871 42 e P B S Pinchback acting governor December 1872 January 1873 also U S Senate Louisiana Lt Governor Louisiana Constitutional Convention and Louisiana Senate Louisiana lieutenant governor edit Caesar Antoine 1873 1877 also Louisiana Senate and Louisiana Constitutional Convention Oscar James Dunn 1868 1871 also Louisiana Constitutional Convention P B S Pinchback 1872 also U S Senate acting Louisiana Governor Louisiana Constitutional Convention and Louisiana Senate Louisiana State Senate edit Theophile T Allain 14th State Senate District Iberville Parish 1874 1880 also Louisiana House 43 Caesar Antoine Caddo Parish 1868 1872 also Louisiana Lt Governor and Louisiana Constitutional Convention Alexander E Barber Orleans Parish 1868 1874 Raiford Blunt West Baton Rouge Parish 1872 1875 also Louisiana House J Henry Burch East Baton Rouge Parish 1872 1880 also Louisiana House 43 Edward Butler Plaquemines Parish Louisiana 1870 1874 Thomas Cage Terrebonne Parish 1872 1884 also Louisiana House 43 Oscar Crozier Lafourche Parish 1874 April 1875 J S Davison Iberville Parish 1880 1884 43 Henry Demas St John the Baptist Parish 1874 1880 1884 1892 also Louisiana House 43 Emile Detiege St Martin Parish 1876 1878 Andrew Dumont Orleans Parish 1874 1878 also Louisiana House 43 Alexander R Francois St Martin Parish 1868 1869 John Gair East Feliciana Parish 1868 1876 also Louisiana Constitutional Convention 43 Jacques Gla Carroll and Madison parishes 1872 1874 1880 Robert F Guichard St Bernard Parish 1884 1892 also Louisiana House and Louisiana Constitutional Convention George Hamlet Ouachita Parish 1876 1880 43 William Harper St Charles Parish 1872 1876 J H Ingraham Orleans Parish 1870 1874 43 George Y Kelso Rapides Parish 1868 1876 also Louisiana Constitutional Convention Pierre Caliste Landry Ascension Parish 1874 1878 also Louisiana House postmaster and mayor Jules A Masicot Orleans Parish 1872 1876 also Louisiana House and Louisiana Constitutional Convention 43 Julien J Monette 3rd State Senate District Orleans and St Bernard parishes 1868 P B S Pinchback Orleans Parish 1868 1871 also U S Senate Louisiana Lt Governor acting Louisiana Governor and Louisiana Constitutional Convention 43 Robert Poindexter Assumption Lafourche and St Landry parishes 1868 also Louisiana House and Louisiana Constitutional Convention Curtis Pollard East Carroll Parish 1868 1870 17th State Senate District 1872 1876 also Louisiana Constitutional Convention 43 John Randall Concordia Parish and Avoyelles Parish 1868 1869 Fortune Riard Orleans Parish 1874 1878 also Louisiana Constitutional Convention 43 Richard Simms St James Parish 1880 1892 also Louisiana House 43 T B Stamps Jefferson Parish 1872 1880 also Louisiana House and Louisiana Constitutional Convention 43 Jordan R Stewart 9th State Senate District Terrebonne Parish 1880 1888 also Louisiana House and Louisiana Constitutional Convention 43 Isaac Sutton St Mary Parish 1876 1889 also Louisiana House Simon Toby Orleans Parish 1884 1888 43 Samuel Wakefield Iberia Parish 1877 1879 David Young Concordia Parish 1874 1878 also Louisiana House Louisiana House of Representatives edit Canon J Adolphe Orleans Parish 1869 1872 44 Frank Alexander New Orleans 1868 Theophile T Allain Iberville Parish 1872 1879 1888 also Louisiana Senate 43 Arthur Antoine St Mary Parish 1872 Felix C Antoine Orleans Parish 1870 1876 43 Raiford Blunt West Baton Rouge Parish Natchitoches Parish 1868 1872 also Louisiana Senate 43 Charles A Bourgoise St Charles Parish 1878 1896 43 R J Brooks St Mary Parish 1876 1880 43 Charles F Brown Jefferson Parish 1880 1884 43 J Henry Burch East Baton Rouge Parish 1879 also Louisiana Senate Thornton Butler Orleans Parish 1876 1880 Thomas Cage Terrebonne Parish 1884 1888 also Louisiana Senate Henry C W CasaCalvo East Baton Rouge Parish 1892 1896 43 John Cayolle St John the Baptist Parish 1880 1888 43 Royal Coleman Terrebonne Parish 1878 1884 43 Lucien Comaux Iberville Parish 1880 1884 43 Joseph Connaughton politician Rapides Parish 1872 1875 J A Crawford Franklin Parish 1870 1874 43 William Crawford Union Parish 1870 43 P Darinsburg Pointe Coupee Parish 1870 43 J S Davidson Iberville Parish 1870 1878 1892 1896 43 Aristede Dejoie Orleans Parish 1870 1874 1877 43 Henry Demas St John the Baptist Parish 1870 1874 1879 also Louisiana Senate Vincent Dickerson St James Parish 1884 1892 43 N Douglass Assumption Parish 1868 1870 44 Rosario Ducote Avoyelles Parish 1878 1888 43 Andrew Dumont Orleans Parish 1868 1876 43 Ulgar Dupart Terrebonne Parish 1868 also Louisiana Constitutional Convention Benjamin B Ewell Assumption Parish 1884 1888 43 44 John B Esnard St Mary Parish 1868 70 45 Victor Fauria St Tammany Parish 1892 1896 43 T H Francois Jefferson Parish 1868 1872 43 John Gair East Feliciana Parish 1868 1872 Bivien Gardner Assumption Parish 1880 1884 43 R G Gardner Jefferson Parish 1870 43 William C Gary St Mary Parish 1876 1880 43 Robert F Guichard St Bernard Parish 1872 also Louisiana Senate and Louisiana Constitutional Convention William Harper Caddo Parish 1870 Governor Hawkins Madison Parish 1884 1888 43 Gloster H Hill Ascension Parish 1868 1870 1874 1880 43 44 Moses R Hite Assumption Parish 1879 44 Robert Isabelle Orleans Parish 1868 1876 43 W W Johnson Madison County 1884 1888 43 H S Jones Iberville Parish 1880 1884 43 Milton Jones Pointe Coupee Parish 1876 43 R M J Kenner New Orleans 1870 46 Pierre Caliste Landry Ascension Parish 1872 1873 1880 1884 44 also Louisiana Senate postmaster mayor 43 Charles Leroy Natchitoches Parish 1868 Wash Lyons Terrebonne Parish 1876 1880 43 Harry Mahoney Plaquemine Parish 1872 1884 43 Joseph Mansion Orleans Parish 1868 43 Louis A Martinet St Mary Parish 1872 1875 Jules A Masicot Orleans Parish 1868 1872 also Louisiana Senate and Louisiana Constitutional Convention 43 W E McCarthy Orleans Parish 1868 1872 43 J Monroe 1868 1870 1872 43 John J Moore St Mary Parish 1870 43 Milton Morris Ascension Parish 1868 1873 44 also Louisiana Constitutional Convention Thomas Murray Orleans Parish 1870 43 William Murrell Lafourche Parish 1868 1878 43 William Murrell Jr Madison Parish 1872 1876 1878 1880 also Louisiana Constitutional Convention Anthony Overton Sr Ouachita Parish 1870 43 John F Patty St Mary Parish 1884 1888 43 Robert Poindexter Assumption Parish 1874 April 1875 44 also Louisiana Senate and Louisiana Constitutional Convention Isham Pollard Terrebonne Parish 1878 43 W S Posey St Mary Parish 1884 1884 43 Robert R Ray East Feliciana Parish 1874 Harry Rey Natchitoches Parish 1868 43 Victor Rochon St Mary Parish 1872 April 1875 1884 1888 Cain Sartain East Carroll Parish 1870 1876 Richard Simms St Landry Parish 1872 1874 also Louisiana Senate 43 Charles Smith Terrebonne Parish 1880 1884 43 W B Smith St Mary Parish 1878 43 Louis Snaer Orleans Parish 1872 1876 also Louisiana Constitutional Convention 43 T B Stamps Jefferson Parish 1870 also Louisiana Senate and Louisiana Constitutional Convention Jordan R Stewart Tensas Parish 1872 1876 also Louisiana Senate and Louisiana Constitutional Convention Isaac Sutton St Mary Parish 1872 1876 also Louisiana Senate Robert J Taylor West Feliciana Parish 1868 George Washington Concordia Parish 1870 1874 1877 Henry George Washington Assumption Parish 1868 1871 44 Enos Williams Terrebonne Parish 1876 1884 43 Henderson Williams Madison Parish 1868 1870 also Louisiana Constitutional Convention W C Williams East Feliciana Parish 1868 1870 46 43 Frederick B Wright Terrebonne Parish 1874 1878 43 David Young Concordia Parish 1868 1874 1880 1884 also Louisiana Senate nbsp African American delegates to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention 1868Louisiana Constitutional Convention edit Caesar Antoine Caddo Parish 1867 1868 also Louisiana Lt Governor and Louisiana Senate 47 48 43 Arnold Bertonneau 1868 49 O C Blandin 1867 43 Emile Bonnefoi 1867 1868 47 48 43 H Bonseigneur 1867 43 Emile Burrel 1868 47 48 Dennis Burrell 1867 43 William Butler 1867 1868 47 48 43 R I Cromwell 1867 1868 47 48 43 Pierre G Deslonde Iberville Parish 1867 1868 also Louisiana Secretary of State 47 48 43 49 A Donato 1867 43 Oscar Dunn 1867 also Lt Governor of Louisiana Gustave Dupart 1867 43 Ulgar Dupart Terrebonne Parish 1867 1868 also Louisiana House 43 John B Esnard St Mary Parish Louis Francois 1867 1868 47 48 43 John Gair 1867 also Louisiana Senate 43 R G Gardiner 1867 1868 47 48 43 Leopold Guichard 1867 43 Robert F Guichard Saint Bernard Parish 1868 also Louisiana Senate and Louisiana House James H Ingraham 1867 43 49 R H Isabelle 1867 1868 47 48 43 Thomas Isabelle 1867 1868 47 48 43 George Y Kelso Rapides Parish 1867 1868 also Louisiana Senate 43 Victor Lange 1868 49 Charles Leroy 1867 1868 47 48 43 J B Lewis 1867 1868 47 48 43 Richard Lewis 1867 1868 47 48 43 Theophile Mahier 1868 47 48 Thomas M Martin 1867 1868 47 48 43 Jules A Masicot Third District 1867 1868 also Louisiana House and Louisiana Senate 43 William R Meadows 1867 1868 47 48 43 Monroe 1868 47 48 Milton Morris 1867 1868 also Louisiana House 47 48 43 R S Moses 1867 1868 47 48 43 William Murrell Jr Madison Parish 1867 1868 also Louisiana House 47 48 43 P B S Pinchback 1867 1868 also U S Senate Louisiana Lt Governor Louisiana Senate and Louisiana acting governor Robert Poindexter Assumption Parish 1867 1868 also Louisiana Senate and Louisiana House Curtis Pollard Franklin Parish and Madison Parish 1867 1868 also Louisiana Senate Fortune Riard 1867 also Louisiana Senate 43 D D Riggs 1867 1868 47 48 43 J A H Roberts 1867 1868 47 48 43 L B Rodriguez 1867 43 Scott 1868 47 48 Louis Snaer Saint Martin Parish 1868 also Louisiana House Sosthen L Snaer 1867 43 T B Stamps Jefferson Parish 1879 also Louisiana Senate and Louisiana House Jordan R Stewart Terrebonne Parish 1879 also Louisiana House and Louisiana Senate C A Thibault 1867 43 Edouard D Tinchant 1867 50 47 P F Valfroit 1867 1868 47 48 43 Henderson Williams Madison Parish 1867 1868 also Louisiana House 47 48 43 David Wilson 1867 1868 47 48 43 Other state offices edit William C Brown Louisiana Superintendent of Education 1872 1876 43 Pierre G Deslonde Secretary of State 1872 1876 also Louisiana Constitutional Convention Antoine Dubuclet state treasurer 1876 1877Federal offices edit Henry Bloch postmaster of Opelousas March 26 1891 September 7 1891 11 Samuel E Cuny or Cuney postmaster of Colfax March 15 1872 April 1873 11 Abraham Davis postmaster of Franklin June 3 1872 March 21 1881 January 17 1880 April 11 1887 11 Timothy Davis postmaster of Pattersonville became Patterson in 1887 May 3 1882 December 30 1892 11 Anna M Dumas postmaster of Covington November 15 1872 June 18 1885 11 Pierre Caliste Landry postmaster of Donaldsonville March 3 1871 May 25 1875 also Louisiana House Louisiana Senate mayor 11 Charles Leroy postmaster of Natchitoches April 29 1869 September 18 1872 11 Friday N Porter Jr postmaster of Pearl River became Pearlville in 1888 October 6 1875 May 6 1893 11 Charles W Ringgold postmaster of New Orleans March 1 1873 April 6 1875 11 James H Stephens postmaster of Saint Francisville April 1 1872 December 8 1879 11 John A Washington postmaster of Vidalia October 20 1873 May 15 1876 11 Local offices edit Monroe Baker mayor of St Martinville 1867 Thomas Morris Chester superintendent of school district 1875 Oscar Dunn New Orleans Board of Aldermen 1867 Pierre Caliste Landry mayor of Donaldsonville also Louisiana House Louisiana Senate and postmaster f James Lewis administrator of public improvements in New Orleans 1872 Orleans naval officer 1877 Pierre Magloire Avoyelles Parish sheriff 1872 51 Alexander Noguez Avoyelles Parish sheriff 1868 1872 51 Maryland editFederal offices edit Nathan Johnson postmaster of Sugarland February 6 1896 May 15 1905 11 Warren R Wade postmaster of Malcolm February 3 1890 September 24 1901 11 Local offices edit Wiley H Bates Annapolis Board of Aldermen 1897 1899 52 William H Butler Annapolis Board of Aldermen 1873 1875 52 William H Butler Jr Annapolis Board of Aldermen 1893 1897 52 John Marcus Cargill Baltimore City Council 1895 1897 53 Harry Sythe Cummings Baltimore City Council 1891 1892 1898 54 53 Hiram Watty Baltimore City Council 1899 and 1905 53 Massachusetts editMassachusetts House of Representatives edit William O Armstrong Ward 9 1887 Julius C Chappelle Boston 9th Ward 9th Suffolk District 1883 1886 Charles E Harris Boston 1892 also Boston Common Council Lewis Hayden Boston 1873 Andrew B Lattimore Boston 1889 also Boston Common Council George W Lowther Boston 9th Ward 1878 55 Charles Lewis Mitchell 6th Suffolk District 1866 William L Reed Boston 1896 George Lewis Ruffin 6th Suffolk District 1870 also Boston City Council and judge John J Smith 6th Suffolk District 1868 1872 Joshua Bowen Smith Cambridge 1873 Robert T Teamoh Boston 9th Ward 1894 Edward G Walker Middlesex County 3rd District 1866Local offices edit Macon Bolling Allen Justice of the Peace for Middlesex County also probate judge in South Carolina Charles E Harris Boston Common Council also Massachusetts House Andrew B Lattimore Ward 9 Boston Common Council also Massachusetts House George Lewis Ruffin Boston City Council 1875 1877 and judge in the Municipal Court Charlestown District Boston also Massachusetts House Michigan editMichigan House of Representatives edit Joseph H Dickinson Wayne County 1897 William Webb Ferguson Wayne County 1893Other state offices edit Samuel C Watson State Board of Estimates 1875 Detroit City Council 1875 1883 1886Minnesota editMinnesota did not have any African American legislators until after the Reconstruction era 40 Minnesota House of Representatives edit John Francis Wheaton District 42 1899 1900Mississippi editThe Mississippi Plan was part of an organized campaign of terror and violence used by the Democratic Party and Ku Klux Klan to disenfranchise African Americans in Mississippi block them from holding office end Reconstruction and restore white supremacy in the state Nevertheless many African Americans served in its legislature and Mississippi was the only state that elected African American candidates to the U S Senate during the Reconstruction era a total of 37 African Americans served in the Senate and 117 served in the House 56 57 Mississippi Lieutenant Governor edit Alexander Kelso Davis Lieutenant Governor 1870 1873 also Mississippi House Mississippi Secretary of State edit Hannibal C Carter 1873 1874 also Mississippi House James Hill 1874 1878 also Mississippi House James D Lynch 1869 1872 Murdock M McLeod October November 1873 also Mississippi House Hiram Rhodes Revels 1872 1873 also U S Senate nbsp Photo composite of Mississippi state legislators in 1874 by E von SeutterMississippi State Senate edit George W Albright Marshall County 1874 1879 Peter Barnabas Barrow Warren County 1872 1875 also Mississippi House Countelow M Bowles Bolivar County 1872 1874 1877 1878 also Mississippi House Charles Caldwell Hinds County 1870 1875 also Mississippi Constitutional Convention George Washington Gayles Bolivar County 1878 1886 also Mississippi House Robert Gleed Lowndes County 1870 1875 William H Gray Washington County 1870 1875 Nathan Shirley Monroe and Chickasaw counties 1874 1879 George C Smith Coahoma County 1874 1875 Isham Stewart Noxubee County 1874 1879 also Mississippi House and Mississippi Constitutional Convention Thomas W Stringer Warren County 1870 1871 George W White Wilkinson County 1874 1875 also Mississippi House Jeremiah M P Williams Adams County 1870 1874 1878 1880Mississippi House of Representatives edit William H Allen Coahoma County 1884 1887 L K Altwood Hinds County 1880 1884 Peter Barnabas Barrow Warren County 1870 1871 also Mississippi Senate Monroe Bell Hinds County 1872 56 57 Stephen Blackwell Issaquena County 1882 1889 Jesse Freeman Boulden Lowndes County 1870 Countelow M Bowles Bolivar County 1870 also Mississippi Senate George F Bowles Adams County 1881 1894 Anderson Boyd Oktibbeha County 1874 George W Boyd Warren County 1874 Walter Boyd Yazoo County 1874 Arthur Brooks Monroe County 1872 57 Frank P Brooks Sharkey County 1866 George P A Brown Tunica County 1875 57 Orange Brunt Panola County 1874 Joseph Henry Bufford Bolivar County 1880 Charles W Bush Warren County 1872 57 George William Butler Sharkey County 1884 1894 J Wesley Caradine Clay County 1874 Hannibal C Carter Warren County 1872 1876 also Mississippi Secretary of State James Cessor Jefferson County 1872 1877 George Charles Lawrence County 1870 56 57 George Washington Chavis Warren County 1874 Benjamin Chiles Oktibbeha County 1874 1878 Richard Christmas Copiah County 1874 Charles P Clemens Clarke County 1874 Milton Coates Warren County 1882 1885 John Cocke Panola County 1872 Felix L Cory Adams County 1884 1886 Thomas A Cotton Noxubee County 1874 Henry Craytin Yazoo County 1880 57 Robert Cunningham Marshall County 1878 57 Alexander Kelso Davis Noxubee County 1870 1873 also Lieutenant Governor Willis Davis Noxubee County 1874 1876 James M Dickson Yazoo County 1872 George Edwards Madison County 1878 57 Weldon W Edwards Warren County 1874 1877 1882 Alfred Fields Panola County 1880 Samuel Fitzhugh Wilkinson County 1874 1876 Hugh M Foley Wilkinson County 1870 1873 56 57 William Henderson Foote Yazoo County 1870 57 George Washington Gayles Bolivar County 1872 1875 also Mississippi Senate J H Glenn Lowndes County 1874 57 George Caldwell Granberry Hinds County 1882 David S Green Grenada County 1872 1875 Richard Griggs Issaquena County 1870 1872 also Commissioner of Agriculture amp Immigration Alfred Newton Handy Madison County 1870 1875 Emanuel Handy Copiah County 1870 1873 John F Harris Washington County 1890 W H Harris Washington County 1874 1888 Henry H Harrison Chickasaw County 1874 Charles P Head Warren County 1870 56 57 William W Hence Adams County 1880 57 Ambrose Henderson Chickasaw County 1870 John Franklin Henry Madison County 1884 Weldon Hicks Hinds County 1874 1878 Wilson Hicks Rankin County 1874 David Higgins Oktibbeha County 1870 James Hill Marshall County 1872 also Secretary of State of Mississippi William Holmes Monroe County 1870 1873 56 57 D H Hopson Coahoma County 1888 Gilbert Horton Washington County 1884 Russell Walker Houston Issaquena County 1872 Merrimon Howard Jefferson County 1870 also sheriff Perry Howard Holmes County 1872 1875 George W Huntley Bolivar County 1888 Henry L Jackson Rankin County 1888 Henry P Jacobs Adams County 1870 1872 David Jenkins Madison County 1876 Albert Johnson Warren County 1870 1876 J H Johnson DeSoto County 1872 1875 John Johnson Madison County 1886 1887 57 William Johnson Hinds County 1872 Cornelius J Jones Issaquena County 1890 William H Jones Issaquena County 1874 1877 Reuben Kendrick Amite County 1872 1875 William Landers Jefferson County 1872 1876 Matthew Levy Madison County 1882 Samuel W Lewis Madison County 1884 William Lucius Lowe Bolivar County 1886 57 John R Lynch Adams County 1872 1874 Speaker of the House 1872 1873 also U S Congress William H Lynch Adams County 1874 1877 1882 1889 William H Mallory Warren County 1872 LeFlore County and Sunflower County 1875 James G Marshall Holmes County 1878 Daniel T J Mathews Panola County 1874 Henry Mayson Hinds County 1870 also Mississippi Constitutional Convention Thomas McCain DeSoto County 1872 1875 J W McFarland Rankin County 1874 Murdock M McLeod Hinds County 1884 also Mississippi of Secretary State Marshall McNeese Noxubee County 1870 1874 1877 Cicero Mitchell Holmes County 1870 1878 Peter Mitchell Washington County 1882 1886 57 Joseph E Monroe Coahoma County 1874 1877 James Aaron Moore Lauderdale County 1870 also Mississippi Constitutional Convention L C Moore Bolivar County 1890 57 Lemuel C Moore Issaquena County 1880 1884 57 John H Morgan Washington County 1870 1875 George G Moseley Hinds County 1874 Cato Nathan Monroe County 1874 Randle Nettles Oktibbeha County 1870 1873 Matthew T Newsom Claiborne County 1870 also Mississippi Constitutional Convention C F Norris Hinds County 1870 56 57 George H Oliver Coahoma County 1890 57 Lawrence W Overton Noxubee County 1876 Jones R Parker Washington County 1884 James G Patterson Yazoo County 1874 Alfred Peal Marshall County 1874 Perry Peyton Bolivar County 1884 James H Piles Panola County 1870 1875 also Assistant Secretary of State Albert B Poston Panola County 1882 J W Randolph Sunflower County and Leflore County 1874 Charles Reese Hinds County 1872 Elzy Richards Lowndes County 1872 1875 Samuel Riley Wilkinson County 1876 William M Robinson Hinds County 1884 A A Rogers Marshall County 1874 Jacob Allen Ross Washington County 1871 57 Samuel A Sanderlin Washington and Issaquena counties 1876 57 Edmund Scarborough Holmes County Mississippi 1870 Henry P Scott Issaquena County 1878 Gray Selby Marshall County 1880 Josiah T Settle Panola County 1883 Isaac Shadd Warren County 1872 1876 Speaker of the House 1874 1875 James A Shorter Jr Hinds County 1882 James S Simmons Issaquena County and Washington County 1874 1883 Adam D Simpson Madison County 1877 57 Gilbert C Smith Tunica County 1872 1875 1884 Haskin Smith Claiborne County 1872 1876 Joseph Smothers Claiborne County 1872 1875 James J Spelman Madison County 1869 1875 also a justice of the peace Frederick Stewart Holmes County 1872 57 Isham Stewart Noxubee County 1870 1873 also Mississippi Senate and Mississippi Constitutional Convention Doctor Stites Washington County 1870 Thomas Sykes Panola County 1872 Robert Thompson Lowndes County 1874 Harrison Truhart Holmes County 1872 1875 Guilford Vaughan Panola County 1876 F Dora Wade Yazoo County 1872 Jefferson Cobb Walker Monroe County 1874 George Washington Carroll County 1874 George R Washington Adams County 1878 57 Tenant Weatherly Holmes County 1874 1880 John D Webster Washington County 1872 Eugene Welborne Hinds County 1874 George White Chickasaw County 1874 George W White Wilkinson County 1870 1873 also Mississippi Senate Ralph Williams Marshall County 1873 1875 Michael Wilson Marion County 1870 57 Charles A Yancy Panola County 1870 died before being seated 56 57 James B Young Washington County 1877 57 James M Young Panola County 1878Mississippi Constitutional Convention edit Charles Caldwell Hinds County 1868 also Mississippi Senate Amos Drane Madison County 1868 Henry Mayson Hinds County 1868 also Mississippi House Isaiah Montgomery Bolivar County 1890 also mayor and postmaster James Aaron Moore Lauderdale County also Mississippi House Matthew T Newsom Claiborne County 1868 also Mississippi House Isham Stewart Noxubee County 1868 also Mississippi House and Mississippi Senate Other state offices edit Thomas Cardozo Mississippi Superintendent of Education Hannibal C Carter Mississippi Secretary of State September 1 1873 October 20 1873 November 13 1873 January 4 1874 also Mississippi House Richard Griggs Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture amp Immigration 1873 1876 also Mississippi House James Hill Mississippi Secretary of State January 1874 January 1878 also Mississippi House James D Lynch Mississippi Secretary of State 1868 1872 James H Piles Assistant Secretary of State of Mississippi 1875 also Mississippi House Hiram Rhodes Revels Mississippi Secretary of State 1872 1873 and U S Senate Federal offices edit Daniel W Ambrose postmaster of Pickens January 19 1898 May 11 1898 11 Henry Blackman postmaster of Brookhaven May 13 1873 November 13 1876 11 Benjamin G Boothe postmaster of Water Valley July 5 1884 December 5 1885 11 Franklin P Brinson postmaster of Duncansby September 20 1897 May 25 1905 11 Jenkins Cook postmaster of Dry Grove February 1 1898 April 16 1902 11 Minnie M Cox postmaster of Indianola January 16 1891 May 22 1897 April 17 1893 February 2 1904 11 Robert W Fitzhugh postmaster of Natchez January 19 1876 October 10 1883 11 Joseph Graves postmaster of Pearlington March 7 1883 April 16 1889 August 20 1885 May 9 1894 11 Edward Hill postmaster of Raymond June 6 1870 May 26 1874 11 James Hill postmaster of Vicksburg April 2 1891 April 15 1893 11 A D Jones postmaster of Corinth February 25 1871 March 6 1874 11 Thomas I Keys postmaster of Ocean Springs August 4 1897 March 3 1911 11 Elias W Matthews postmaster of Batesville April 25 1882 March 7 1883 11 William McCary postmaster of Natchez October 10 1883 August 6 1885 11 Benjamin F Mitchell postmaster of Greenwood July 23 1873 October 27 1875 11 Isaiah T Montgomery postmaster of Mound Bayou June 12 1888 March 14 1894 11 Joshua P T Montgomery postmaster of Mound Bayou March 14 1894 May 2 1895 11 Mary V Montgomery postmaster of Mound Bayou May 2 1895 September 27 1902 11 William Thornton Montgomery postmaster of Hurricane May 6 1867 September 14 1880 11 Ellis E Perkins postmaster of Edwards May 12 1898 February 15 1910 11 Louis J Piernas postmaster of Bay St Louis April 18 1889 May 27 1898 May 5 1894 March 3 1911 11 Thomas Richardson postmaster of Port Gibson September 28 1870 October 6 1876 February 27 1890 February 26 1875 May 11 1885 March 14 1894 11 Robert Steward postmaster of Macon March 11 1875 May 16 1881 11 Henry K Thomas postmaster of Bovina June 1 1877 December 5 1882 11 Robert H Wood postmaster of Natchez March 17 1873 April 16 1876 also mayor 11 Local offices edit Merrimon Howard sheriff in Jefferson County also Mississippi House Isaiah Montgomery mayor of Mound Bayou also Mississippi Constitutional Convention and postmaster James J Spelman justice of the peace and alderman of Canton also Mississippi House Robert H Wood mayor Natchez 1870 1871 Adams County Board of Supervisors 1871 1872 also postmaster Missouri editFederal positions edit James Milton Turner consul general to Liberia March 1 1871 May 7 1877Nebraska editNebraska House of Representatives edit Matthew Oliver Ricketts 1893 1897 58 New York editLocal offices edit Edward Ned Sherman mayor of Cleveland 1878 59 North Carolina editNorth Carolina Senate edit Isaac Alston 19th District Warren County 1879 1881 John R Bryant 5th District Halifax County 1866 1874 1876 also North Carolina House 60 61 Wilson Carey Caswell County 1870 also North Carolina House 62 Hawkins W Carter Warren County 1883 63 62 Charles C Clark 8th District Craven County 1887 62 Franklin D Dancy Edgecombe County 1879 1880 64 Henry Eppes 7th District Halifax County 1868 1874 1879 1887 also N C Constitutional Convention 65 60 Robert Fletcher New Hanover County 1870 1874 64 Thomas O Fuller Warren County 1899 1900 64 Abraham Galloway 13th District New Hanover County 1868 N C Constitutional Convention 60 Robert Gray 5th District Edgecombe County 1833 also North Caroline House 60 62 James Harris 18th District Wake County 1872 also North Carolina House and N C Constitutional Convention 66 62 W B Henerson Vance County 1897 1898 64 Hanson T Hughes 21st District Granville County 1866 1876 also North Carolina House John Adams Hyman 20th District Warren County 1868 1871 19th District Warren County 1872 also U S Congress and N C Constitutional Convention 60 George Lawrence Mabson 5th District Edgecombe County 1866 1872 1877 also North Carolina House and N C Constitutional Convention 60 George Mebane Bertie and Northampton counties 1866 1876 1883 63 62 Jacob H Montgomery also North Carolina House 63 William H Moore 12th District New Hanover County 1876 also North Carolina House 62 John M Paschall 19th District Warren County 1874 also North Carolina House 62 George W Price Jr 13th District New Hanover County 1870 also North Carolina House 60 H E Scott 12th District New Hanover County 1881 1883 62 R S Taylor 5th District Edgecombe County 1885 1887 62 Richard Tucker 8th District Craven County 1874 62 George L Watson New Hanover County 1872 1874 64 George Henry White 8th District Craven County 1885 also North Carolina House and U S Congress 61 North Carolina House of Representatives edit Israel Abbott Craven County 1872 66 61 Isaac Alston Warren County 1879 1890 61 Wiley Baker Northampton County 1883 63 62 B W Battle Edgecombe County 1879 61 William Belcher Edgecombe County 1883 63 W Henry Brewington New Hanover County 1874 61 62 Aaron R Bridgers Edgecombe County 1883 63 61 John R Bryant Halifax County 1870 1872 also North Carolina Senate 60 61 Willis Bunn Edgecombe County 1870 1877 60 61 62 Wilson Carey Craven County 1868 1874 1876 1879 1889 also North Carolina Senate 60 67 61 Hawkins W Carter Warren County 1879 61 William Cawthorne Warren County 1870 61 62 Henry C Cherry Edgecombe County 1868 also N C Constitutional Convention 61 62 L T Christmas Warren County 1879 61 Hugh Cole Pasquotank County 1879 61 J A Crawford Granville County 1868 1870 61 62 C W Crews Granville County 1874 1876 61 62 H W Crews Person County 1893 61 Edward R Dudley Craven County 1870 1872 60 61 Harry B Eaton Warren and Vance counties 1883 1885 63 60 J Y Eaton Vance County 1899 61 Richard Elliott Chowan County 1874 61 62 Stewart Ellison Wake County 1870 1872 1879 60 68 61 Richard Faulkner Warren County 1868 1870 61 62 Edward Fletcher Richmond County 1870 61 John R Good Craven County 1874 61 62 John S W Eagles New Hanover County 1869 70 62 Eustace Edward Green New Hanover County 1882 63 Robert Gray Edgecombe County 1883 also North Carolina Senate 60 61 James Harris Wake County 1868 1883 1895 1897 also North Carolina Senate and N C Constitutional Convention 66 61 H T J Hayes Halifax County 1868 also N C Constitutional Convention 61 Hilliard J Hewlin 1883 63 Alexander Hicks Washington County 1881 61 Edward H Hill Craven County 1874 61 62 J C Hill New Hanover County 1876 61 62 Valentine Howell New Hanover County 1887 61 George W Howell Caswell County 1874 61 Hanson T Hughes Granville County 1866 1872 1874 also North Carolina Senate 61 John E Hussey Craven County 1885 1887 1889 61 62 Ivey Huthings Halifax County 1868 61 62 R M Johnson Edgecombe County 1870 61 62 William H Johnson 1883 63 J A Jones Halifax County 1874 61 62 George H King Warren County 1872 61 John Sinclair Leary Cumberland County 1868 1870 61 Bryant Lee Bertie County 1868 61 Alfred Lloyd New Hanover County 1872 1874 Pender County 1876 61 George Lawrence Mabson New Hanover County 1870 also North Carolina Senate 60 61 Cuffe Mayo Granville County 1868 61 62 William McLaurin New Hanover County 1872 61 William P Mabson Edgecombe County 1872 also North Carolina Senate and N C Constitutional Convention George Mebane New Hanover County 1868 61 Jacob H Montgomery Warren County 1883 also North Carolina Senate 63 William H Moore New Hanover County 1874 also North Carolina Senate 61 Wilson W Morgan or Willis Morgan Wake County 1870 61 62 B T Morris or B W Morris Craven County 1868 60 61 Noah R Newby 1883 63 John J Newell Bladen County 1874 1879 1881 63 61 W D Newsome Hertford County 1870 60 61 62 James E O Hara Halifax County 1868 also U S Congress and N C Constitutional Convention John R Page Chowan County 1870 61 62 John W H Paschall Warren County 1872 also North Carolina Senate 62 Moses M Peace Vance County 1895 1897 61 Willis D Pettipher or Pettiford Craven County 1879 61 62 James M Pittman 1883 63 James W Poe Caswell County 1883 63 61 62 George W Price Jr New Hanover County 1868 1870 also North Carolina Senate 61 W H Reavis Granville County 1870 61 62 John T Reynolds Halifax County 1879 60 61 Augustus Robbins Bertie County 1879 1881 69 62 Parker David Robbins Bertie County 1868 1870 also North Carolina Constitutional Convention and postmaster 70 69 Limas Roulhac Bertie County 1885 H E Scott New Hanover County 1879 61 62 Isaac H Smith Craven County 1899 61 62 Turner R Speller Bertie County 1883 1887 1889 63 A W Stevens Craven County 1868 61 Isham Sweat Cumberland County 1868 60 61 Edward H Sutton Chowan County 1883 63 Thomas A Sykes Pasquotank County 1868 1872 also Tennessee House 61 60 B W Thorpe Edgecombe County 1885 61 62 Richard Tucker Craven County 1870 61 William Henry Waddell New Hanover County 1879 1883 63 61 James M Watson Vance County 1887 1893 61 George Henry White Craven County 1879 1881 also North Carolina Senate and U S Congress 61 John A White Halifax County 1874 1876 1879 1887 61 62 John H Williamson Franklin County 1866 1888 also North Carolina Constitutional Convention 60 61 George B Willis Craven County 1870 61 Dred Wibmerley Sampson County 1879 61 James H Young Wake County 1895 1897 61 North Carolina Constitutional Convention edit Wilson Cary Caswell County 1868 1875 62 Henry C Cherry Edgecombe County 1868 also North Carolina House 62 John O Crosby Warren County 1874 62 Henry Eppes Halifax County 1868 also North Carolina House A H Galloway New Hanover County 1868 also North Carolina Senate James Harris Wake County 1868 also North Carolina House and North Carolina Senate W T J Hayes Halifax County 1868 also North Carolina House Samuel Highsmith Duplin County 1868 62 John Adams Hyman Warren County 1868 also U S Congress and North Carolina Senate Bryant Lee Bertie County 1868 62 William P Mabson Edgecombe County 1875 also North Carolina House and North Carolina Senate James E O Hara Halifax County 1875 also U S Congress and North Carolina House J W Petterson Duplin County 1868 62 C D Pierson Craven County 1868 62 Parker David Robbins Bertie County 1868 also North Carolina House and postmaster J H Smythe New Hanover County 1875 62 John H Williamson Franklin County 1868 also North Carolina House Federal offices edit Albert L Alston postmaster of Macon December 11 1891 April 29 1893 11 Collin P Anthony postmaster of Scotland Neck September 17 1897 July 11 1898 11 Weeks S Armstrong postmaster of Rocky Mount April 18 1889 March 31 1890 11 Daniel W Baker postmaster of Lewiston June 10 1897 April 1 1899 11 Mary A Baker postmaster of Dudley November 11 26 1897 August 22 1911 11 William Baker postmaster of South Gaston October 24 1889 October 7 1897 October 13 1893 March 31 1904 11 William B Baker postmaster of Dudley August 27 1883 September 3 1884 11 Clinton W Battle postmaster of Battleboro November 11 1897 November 22 1899 11 William E Bennett postmaster of Powellsville January 13 1898 February 23 1901 11 Lewis T Bond postmaster of Windsor May 3 1897 July 12 1901 11 Albert C Booth postmaster of Harrellsville November 15 1897 September 26 1900 11 Moses J Bullock postmaster of Townsville February 19 1874 February 8 1886 11 Thomas H Burwell postmaster of Kittrell October 24 1889 September 4 1893 11 Joseph B Catus postmaster of Winton September 24 1897 June 6 1913 11 Edward Cheek postmaster of Halifax April 9 1897 March 7 1901 11 James D Cherry postmaster of Drew July 7 1897 May 20 1901 11 Edward D Clark postmaster of Kelford December 20 1897 June 19 1901 11 William C Coats postmaster of Seaboard November 9 1889 November 3 1893 11 Mrs Willie F Coats postmaster of Seaboard October 26 1897 October 26 1901 11 Hezekiah Cook postmaster of Oberlin April 11 1892 May 8 1894 11 Charner H Davis postmaster of Townesville became Townsville 1892 July 20 1889 December 10 1897 September 9 1893 January 15 1909 11 Cora E Davis postmaster of Halifax April 5 1889 December 8 1890 11 Frank Davis postmaster of Southport February 1 1892 May 16 1893 11 Ada Dickens postmaster of Lawrence August 9 1897 November 22 1899 11 Henry H Falkener postmaster of Macon May 21 1890 December 11 1891 11 Alonzo Green postmaster of Gatesville May 2 1870 April 2 1878 11 Mary Guion postmaster of Tarheel June 5 1897 July 29 1898 11 John H Hannon postmaster of Halifax December 8 1890 April 10 1893 11 Israel D Hargett postmaster of Rocky Mount July 27 1897 February 15 1899 11 Cicero B Harris postmaster of Panacea Springs became Panacea in 1894 July 12 1889 December 14 1897 October 23 1893 October 2 1902 11 Edmond D Hart postmaster of Princeville March 17 1898 May 25 1909 11 Benjamin H Henderson postmaster of Fayetteville January 21 1892 March 3 1896 11 Hilliard J Hewlin postmaster of Brinkleyville October 5 1897 October 5 1901 11 John H Howard postmaster of Weldon January 18 1898 June 27 1902 11 Robert S Jervay postmaster of Elbow May 12 1898 April 15 1910 11 William H Jones postmaster of Morehead City February 25 1890 June 16 1893 11 Norman L Keen postmaster of Essex April 29 1891 August 4 1897 August 16 1893 August 6 1901 11 Brosier W Langford postmaster of Potecasi July 21 1897 January 17 1898 11 George W Lane postmaster of Edenton August 1 1881 February 24 1885 11 Charles H Lewter postmaster of Lewiston April 1 1899 November 18 1901 11 Henry D Mayo postmaster of Littleton May 26 1897 April 13 1901 11 Martha E Middleton postmaster of Kenansville August 25 1892 May 8 1893 11 Elenora J Newsome postmaster of Margarettsville July 2 1897 December 21 1900 11 Berry O Kelly postmaster of Method October 9 1890 April 1 1931 11 William H Outlaw postmaster of Windsor April 30 1891 April 1 1893 11 W Lee Person postmaster of Rocky Mount April 11 1890 June 13 1893 11 James M Pittman postmaster of Tillery January 23 1890 April 9 1897 July 11 1893 October 28 1898 11 George W Reynolds postmaster of Murfreesboro October 31 1889 April 13 1892 11 Edward A Richardson postmaster of New Bern July 18 1884 June 11 1885 11 Augustus Robbins postmaster of Windsor June 14 1889 April 30 1891 11 Parker David Robbins postmaster of Harrellsville September 22 1875 October 8 1877 also North Carolina Constitutional Convention and North Carolina House 11 Emma S Roberts postmaster of Jackson August 6 1897 August 7 1901 11 Winfrey H Roberts postmaster of Rich Square September 11 1889 November 9 1897 September 19 1893 November 9 1901 11 Freeman J Ryan postmaster of Quitsna June 24 1897 December 15 1900 11 Thomas Shields postmaster of Scotland Neck July 11 1898 May 14 1901 11 Allen A Smith postmaster of Mount Olive May 27 1897 July 20 1901 11 Henry L Solomon postmaster of Ita May 11 1899 July 25 1901 11 Washington Spivey postmaster of James City January 11 1888 May 1 1908 11 John H Thorpe postmaster of Kittrell January 14 1898 March 28 1902 11 Samuel H Vick postmaster of Wilson September 28 1889 May 24 1898 February 16 1894 March 24 1903 11 Henry L Watson postmaster of Macon November 10 1897 November 9 1901 11 York Whitehead postmaster of Aurelian Springs January 19 1898 January 20 1902 11 Henry W Williams postmaster of Tillery April 8 1889 January 23 1890 11 Washington Winn postmaster of Mount Olive May 31 1881 August 6 1885 11 James S Wortham postmaster of Ridgeway April 14 1897 July 2 1901 11 Winfield F Young postmaster of Littleton July 15 1875 July 26 1889 August 3 1885 23 1893 11 Ohio editOhio Senate edit John Patterson Green Cleveland and Cuyahoga County 1892 also Ohio House and justice of the peace 71 Ohio House of Representatives edit Benjamin W Arnett Greene County 1886 72 Jeremiah A Brown Cuyahoga County 1886 73 William H Clifford Cuyahoga County 1894 1898 74 William H Copeland Hamilton County 1888 75 John Patterson Green Cuyahoga County 1882 1890 also Ohio Senate and justice of the peace 76 Robert Harlan Hamilton County 1886 77 Samuel B Hill Hamilton County 1894 78 George H Jackson Hamilton County 1892 79 William H Parham Hamilton County 1896 80 Harry Clay Smith Cuyahoga County 1894 1897 1900 1901 81 William R Stewart Mahoning County 1896 82 George W Williams Hamilton County 1879 83 Federal offices edit George W Harding postmaster of Wilberforce August 21 1893 July 24 1897 11 Local offices edit John Patterson Green justice of the peace for Cuyahoga County 1873 also Ohio House and Ohio Senate 76 Oklahoma editFederal offices edit William Anderson postmaster of Udora October 7 1897 September 30 1911 11 g John G Crump postmaster of Zion July 20 1891 June 22 1895 11 Samuel G Garrett postmaster of Langston June 25 1891 February 17 1894 11 William C Garrett postmaster of Ridge Indian Territory December 29 1884 March 12 1886 postmaster of Wellington Indian Territory July 24 1890 November 9 1891 11 g Maston Harris postmaster of Udora November 18 1895 October 7 1897 11 g Jerry I Hazelwood postmaster of Langston April 14 1898 September 12 1914 11 David A Lee postmaster of Wellington Indian Territory became Lee Indian Territory in 1892 November 9 1891 February 15 1895 11 g William Martin postmaster of Wanamaker January 18 1898 April 15 1903 11 Abner L J Meriwether postmaster of Lee Indian Territory August 8 1898 November 12 1902 11 g Clara M Overton postmaster of Wanamaker March 3 1890 December 28 1894 11 James A Roper postmaster of Okmulgee February 3 1898 March 10 1902 11 Charles W Stevenson postmaster of Wanamaker December 28 1894 April 15 1903 January 18 1898 July 8 1908 11 Lee B Tatum postmaster of Tatums May 9 1896 September 5 1911 11 Thomas H Traylor postmaster of Douglas May 12 1894 May 23 1895 11 Stanley Ward postmaster of Udora February 20 1895 November 18 1895 11 g Lewis E Willis postmaster of Tullahassee January 26 1899 October 25 1905 11 John J Young postmaster of Lincoln December 14 1889 September 22 1894 11 Local offices edit Edward P McCabe treasurer of Logan County also Kansas State Auditor U S Treasury Department clerk in Kansas and county clerk in Kansas Pennsylvania editFederal offices edit James H Lyons postmaster of Salemville July 7 1882 July 26 1893 11 Nathan T Velar postmaster of Brinton April 29 1897 November 26 1907 11 Local offices edit William H Day school board of directors at Harrisburg 1879 1881 1887 84 Rhode Island editRhode Island General Assembly edit Mahlon Van Horne Newport Rhode Island 1885 1887 1889 85 South Carolina editDuring Reconstruction South Carolina was the only state whose legislature was majority African American 86 Eric Foner says 29 African Americans served in the South Carolina Senate and 210 African Americans served in the South Carolina House of Representatives 86 In addition 72 African Americans participated in the 1868 South Carolina Constitutional Convention Many others served in various state or local offices ranging from Lt Governor to justice of the peace 86 South Carolina Lt Governor edit Richard Howell Gleaves December 7 1872 December 14 1876 87 h Alonzo J Ransier December 3 1870 December 7 1872 also U S Congress and South Carolina House nbsp A composite of 63 Radical Republicans in the South Carolina Legislature in 1868 including fifty negroes or mulattoes South Carolina Senate edit George W Barber Fairfield County 1868 1872 Israel R Bird Fairfield County 1876 87 88 Lawrence Cain Edgefield County 1872 1876 also South Carolina House 87 Richard H Cain Charleston County 1868 also U S Congress South Carolina House South Carolina Constitutional Convention South Carolina Attorney General city council Henry Cardozo Kershaw County 1870 1874 Frederick A Clinton Lancaster County 1868 1877 Samuel L Duncan Orangeburg County 1876 1880 also South Carolina House Sanders Ford Fairfield County 1872 1873 Samuel E Gaillard Charleston County 1870 1877 1868 87 Samuel Green Beaufort County 1875 1877 also South Carolina House Charles D Hayne Aiken County 1872 1876 also South Carolina House South Carolina Constitutional Convention Secretary of State and postmaster Henry E Hayne Marion County 1868 1872 also South Carolina Constitutional Congress and Secretary of State William R Hoyt Colleton County 1868 James L Jamison Orangeburg County 1870 William R Jervey Charleston County 1872 also South Carolina House and South Carolina Constitutional Convention William E Johnston Sumter County 1869 1877 also South Carolina House William H Jones Georgetown County 1872 1876 also South Carolina House John Lee Chester County 1872 also postmaster Huston J Lomax Abbeville County 1870 i also South Carolina Constitutional Convention Moses Martin Fairfield County 1873 1876 Henry J Maxwell Marlboro County 1868 also postmaster Thomas E Miller Beaufort County 1874 1880 also U S Congress South Carolina House South Carolina Constitutional Convention William Fabriel Myers Colleton County 1874 1878 William B Nash Richland County 1868 1877 also South Carolina Constitutional Convention Joseph H Rainey Georgetown County 1868 1870 also U S Congress and South Carolina Constitutional Convention 2 Benjamin F Randolph Orangeburg County 1868 also South Carolina Constitutional Convention j Thomas J Reynolds Beaufort County 88 Hamilton Robinson Beaufort County 88 Robert Simmons Berkeley County 1882 1886 Robert Smalls Beaufort County 1870 1875 also U S Congress South Carolina House South Carolina Constitutional Convention and collector of customs Stephen Atkins Swails Williamsburg County 1868 and president pro tem of the Senate also South Carolina Continental Convention and mayor Dublin I Walker Chester County 1874 1877 R E Wall Kershaw County 87 Jared D Warley Clarendon County 1874 1877 also South Carolina House J H White York County 87 Bruce H Williams Chester County 1876 1887 Lucius Wimbush Chester County 1868 1872 Jonathan Jasper Wright Beaufort County South Carolina 1868 also Associate Justice of South Carolina Supreme Court South Carolina House of Representatives edit Frank Adamson Kershaw County 1870 1874 William Adamson Kershaw County 1869 1870 88 Purvis Alexander Chester County 1876 87 Jacob C Allman Marion County 1872 1876 88 Robert B Anderson Georgetown County 1890 1898 also postmaster 88 William J Andrews Sumter County 1874 1876 88 Robert B Artson Charleston County 1872 1874 88 Samuel J Bampfield Beaufort County 1874 1876 also postmaster George W Barber Fairfield County 1868 1872 88 John B Bascomb Beaufort County 1870 1874 87 88 J A Baxter Georgetown County 1884 1890 88 W W Beckett Berkeley County 1882 88 G A Bennett Beaufort County 1868 87 Daniel Bird Fairfield County 1876 87 W A Bishop Greenville County 1868 1870 88 John William Bolts Georgetown County 1898 1902 Benjamin A Boseman Jr Charleston County 1868 1873 South Carolina Constitutional Convention and postmaster 87 H Boston Clarendon County 1876 87 John Boston Darlington County 1868 1872 Joseph D Boston Newberry County 1868 1876 87 88 James A Bowley Georgetown County 1869 1874 E M Brayton Aiken County 1874 1876 88 Sampson S Bridges Newberry County 1872 1876 87 88 Peter Bright Charleston County 1874 1876 88 Isaac Brockenton Darlington County also South Carolina Constitutional Convention William J Brodie Charleston County 1876 1880 Stephen C Brown Charleston County 1868 1876 87 88 Richard Bryan Charleston County 1870 1874 1876 87 88 H Z Burchmeyer Charleston County 1874 1876 Barney Burton Chester County 1868 1870 also South Carolina Constitutional Convention Benjamin Byas Berkeley and Orangeburg counties 1870 also South Carolina Constitutional Convention 88 Edward J Cain Orangeburg County 1868 Everidge Cain Abbeville County 1870 1874 88 Lawrence Cain Edgefield County 1868 1872 also South Carolina Senate 88 Richard H Cain At large 1868 1870 and 2nd District 1877 also U S Congress South Carolina Senate South Carolina Attorney General South Carolina Constitutional Convention city council Christian Wesley Caldwell Orangeburg County 1876 Benjamin F Capers Charleston County 1876 87 John A Chesnut Kershaw County 1868 also South Carolina Constitutional Convention 87 Caesar P Chisolm Colleton County 1882 1884 88 J E Clyde Charleston County 87 Simon P Coker Barnwell County 1874 Samuel Coleman Chester County 1875 1876 Augustus Collins Clarendon County 1872 1876 88 Wilson Cooke Greenville County 1868 also South Carolina Constitutional Congress Andrew W Curtis Richland County 1872 1876 87 88 Abram Dannerly Orangeburg County 1872 Nelson Davies York County 1873 1876 87 88 James Davis Richland County 87 88 Thomas A Davis Charleston County 1870 1876 87 88 Robert C De Large Charleston County 1868 also U S Congress South Carolina Constitutional Convention State Land Commissioner M R Delaney Charleston County 87 F DeMars Orangeburg County 1868 87 Eugene Herriot Dibble Kershaw County 1876 87 88 John Dix Orangeburg County 1872 88 Samuel B Doiley Charleston County 1874 1876 88 Paul B Drayton Charleston County 1880 88 William A Driffle Colleton County 1868 1870 1880 1882 88 Samuel L Duncan Orangeburg County 1872 1876 also South Carolina Senate S C Eckhard Charleston County 1878 1880 88 F S Edwards Charleston County 1876 87 W T Elfe Charleston County 1878 1880 88 Robert B Elliott Barnwell Edgefield and Aiken counties 1868 1874 speaker of the house 1874 1876 also U S Congress South Carolina Attorney General South Carolina Constitutional Convention and county commissioner 86 William E Elliott Charleston County 1870 87 88 Henry H Ellison Abbeville County 1870 1874 87 88 John Evans Williamsburg County 1876 88 Phillip E Ezekiel Beaufort County 1868 87 88 Simeon Farr Union County 1868 1872 88 Simeon Farrow Union County 1874 88 T R Fields Beaufort County 1890 88 Adam P Ford Charleston County 1870 1874 88 Ellis Forrest Orangeburg County 1876 William H Frazier Colleton County 1872 B G Frederick Orangeburg County 1878 1880 1882 1884 88 John M Freeman Jr Charleston County 1874 87 88 Florian Henry Frost Williamsburg County 1870 87 88 Reuben Gaither Kershaw County 1870 1877 Hastings Gantt Beaufort County 1870 1876 1878 1884 88 John Gardner Edgefield County 1868 87 William H Gardner Sumter County 1870 88 Stephen Gary Kershaw County 1870 1874 Ebenezer F George Kershaw County 1874 87 88 John Gibson Fairfield County 1876 87 88 Fortune Giles Williamsburg County 1870 1874 John T Gilmore Richland County 1872 1874 87 88 William C Glover Charleston County 1870 87 88 Mitchell Goggins Abbeville County 1870 1874 Aesop Goodson Richland County 1868 1872 David Graham Edgefield County 1872 1876 88 John G Grant Marlboro County 1868 87 88 William A Grant Charleston County 1872 87 88 W H W Gray Charleston County 1868 87 Adam Green Aiken County 87 Charles Samuel Green Georgetown County 1872 1878 John Green Edgefield County 1872 88 Samuel Green Beaufort County 1870 1875 also South Carolina Senate Ishom Greenwood Newberry County 1872 88 M C Hamilton Beaufort County 1892 1894 88 Thomas Hamilton Beaufort County 1872 1876 87 88 James J Hardy Charleston County 1870 1871 R M Harriett Georgetown County 1874 88 David Harris Edgefield County 1868 1872 87 88 Alfred Hart Darlington County 1870 88 Eben Hayes Marion County 1868 1872 Charles D Hayne Barnwell County 1868 also South Carolina Senate South Carolina Constitutional Convention Secretary of State and postmaster H E Hayne Marion County 87 James N Hayne Barnwell County 1868 87 88 William A Hayne Marion County 1874 88 Plato P Hedges Charleston County 1870 88 James A Henderson Newberry County 1868 1874 87 88 John T Henderson Newberry County 1870 88 Zachariah Hines Darlington County 87 Gloster H Holland Aiken County 1870 1874 88 Abraham P Holmes Colleton County 1870 1874 Allison W Hough Kershaw County 1872 A H Howard Marion County 1872 87 88 W R Hoyt Colleton County 1868 87 Allen Hudson Lancaster County 1870 1874 87 88 Richard H Humbert Darlington County 1871 1876 Barney Humphries Chester County 1868 1872 Alfred T B Hunter Laurens County 1874 H H Hunter Charleston County 87 James Hutson Newberry County 1868 87 Austin Jackson Barnwell County 1874 88 Henry Jacobs Fairfield County 1868 also South Carolina Constitutional Convention 87 88 Burrell James Sumter County 1868 Paul W Jefferson Aiken County 1874 88 William R Jervey Charleston County 1868 also South Carolina Senate and South Carolina Constitutional Convention D I J Johnson Chesterfield County 1868 87 88 Griffin C Johnson Laurens County 1868 1872 88 Henry Johnson Fairfield County 1868 87 88 John W Johnson Marion County 1872 1874 88 Samuel Johnson Charleston County 1868 87 88 William E Johnston Sumter County 1868 1869 also South Carolina Senate A H Jones Charleston County 1874 88 Marshall Jones Orangeburg County 1886 88 Paul E Jones Orangeburg County 1874 88 William H Jones Georgetown County 1868 1872 also South Carolina Senate Samuel J Keith Darlington County 1870 1876 William Keitt Newberry County 1876 87 P R Kinloch Georgetown County 1876 87 Jordan Lang Darlington County 1868 1872 also South Carolina Constitutional Convention J S Lazarus Charleston County 1876 87 George H Lee Charleston County 1868 87 88 John Lee Chester County 1872 87 88 Levi Lee Fairfield County 1872 87 Samuel J Lee Edgefield and Aiken counties 1868 1874 J J Lesesne Charleston County 1876 87 John Lilley Chester County 1872 88 Joseph W Lloyd Charleston County 1870 88 Aaron Logan Charleston County 1870 87 88 Huston J Lomax Abbeville County 1868 William Lowman Richland County 1876 87 88 William Maree Colleton County 1876 1880 Thomas Martin Abbeville County 1872 88 Julius Mayer Barnwell County 1868 88 87 James P Mays Orangeburg County 1868 1872 Harry McDaniels Laurens County 1868 87 88 Thomas D McDowell Georgetown County 87 88 William McKinlay Orangeburg and Charleston counties 1868 also South Carolina Constitutional Congress and city council John W Mead York County 1868 1872 87 88 George M Mears Charleston County 1880 1892 88 S Melton Clarendon County 1876 87 Edward C Mickey Charleston County 1868 1872 Benjamin Middleton Barnwell County 1872 87 88 F F Miller Georgetown County 1868 87 Isaac Miller Fairfield County 1872 88 M Miller Fairfield County 1872 88 Thomas E Miller Beaufort County 1866 1874 1880 1886 1888 1894 1896 also U S Congress South Carolina Constitutional Convention and South Carolina Senate 88 James Mills Laurens County 1872 88 L S Mills Beaufort County 1882 88 Syphax Milton Clarendon County 1870 1872 1874 1876 88 Charles S Minort Richland County 1872 1874 87 88 F S Mitchell Beaufort County 1884 88 Junius S Mobley Union County 1868 Alfred M Moore Fairfield County 1870 87 88 Shadrack Morgan Orangeburg County 1874 1876 William C Morrison Beaufort County 1876 87 William J Moultrie Georgetown County 1880 1884 87 88 Nathaniel B Myers Beaufort County 1876 87 William F Myers Colleton County 1870 1875 88 Lee Nance Newberry County 87 j Jonas W Nash Kershaw County 1868 1876 87 88 Nehemiah Beaufort County 87 William Nelson Clarendon County 1868 87 88 Richard Neabitt Charleston County 1874 88 Frederick Nix Jr Barnwell County 1872 also postmaster 87 88 Charles F North Charleston County 1872 88 Samuel Nuckles Union County 1868 1872 also South Carolina Continental Congress Nathaniel B Myers Beaufort County 1870 1875 1876 Joseph Alexander Owens Barnwell County 1880 88 Robert John Palmer Richland County 1876 Joseph Parker Charleston County 1880 88 Jeffrey Prendergrass Williamsburg County 1868 1872 87 88 Wade Perrin Laurens County 1868 1871 j James F Peterson Williamsburg County 1872 1878 Edward Petty Charleston County 1872 William G Pinckney Charleston County 1874 1876 Berkeley County 1882 1884 87 88 Thomas Pressley Williamsburg County 1872 Isaac Prioleau Charleston County 1872 1874 1876 87 88 M H Priolean Charleston County 87 Henry W Purvis Lexington County 1868 also South Carolina Adjunct General 87 88 Warren W Ramsey Sumter County 1869 1876 88 Alonzo J Ransier Charleston County 1868 also South Carolina Lt Governor U S House U S Constitutional Convention Cain Ravenel Berkeley County 1882 88 George A Reed Beaufort County 1872 1874 1876 87 88 W H Reedish Orangeburg County 1876 87 A C Reynolds Beaufort County 1888 88 J C Rice Beaufort County 1886 88 James Richardson Colleton County 87 Mark P Richardson Berkeley County 1890 88 Thomas Richardson Colleton County 1868 1870 1874 1876 87 88 a, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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