He was a defendant in a lawsuit regarding the weighing of cotton by the city of Vicksburg.[2][3] His appointment as a post office clerk in Vicksburg by Henry Roberts Pease elicited objections because Coates was African American.[4]
^"51 Miss. 335 (Miss. 1875), Gaines v. Coates". vLex.
^Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of Mississippi. E. W. Stephens publishing Company. 1879.
^Dray, Philip (April 4, 2008). Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN978-0618563708 – via Google Books.
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milton, coates, cotton, weigher, served, state, legislator, post, office, clerk, mississippi, represented, warren, county, mississippi, mississippi, house, representatives, from, 1882, 1885, republican, lived, south, farmer, street, vicksburg, defendant, lawsu. Milton Coates was a cotton weigher who served as a state legislator and post office clerk in Mississippi He represented Warren County Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1882 to 1885 A Republican he lived on south Farmer Street in Vicksburg 1 He was a defendant in a lawsuit regarding the weighing of cotton by the city of Vicksburg 2 3 His appointment as a post office clerk in Vicksburg by Henry Roberts Pease elicited objections because Coates was African American 4 See also editAfrican American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction eraReferences edit Milton Coates Against All Odds 51 Miss 335 Miss 1875 Gaines v Coates vLex Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of Mississippi E W Stephens publishing Company 1879 Dray Philip April 4 2008 Capitol Men The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN 978 0618563708 via Google Books nbsp This article about a Mississippi politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Milton Coates amp oldid 1183268057, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
