African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era
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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.
U.S. Senate
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Between 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
Alabama 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 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
[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]- 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
[edit]Local offices
[edit]- Edward P. Duplex – mayor of Wheatland 1888
Colorado
[edit]Colorado House of Representatives
[edit]- John T. Gunnell – Arapahoe County 1881
- Joseph H. Stuart – Arapahoe County 1895
Other state offices
[edit]- Henry O. Wagoner – clerk in the Colorado Legislature 1876
Florida
[edit]Florida 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 1870–1874
Constitutional conventions
[edit]During the Florida Constitutional Convention of 1868, 18 of 46 elected delegates were Black. At the 1885 Constitutional Convention seven of the 63 delegates were Black.[27]
Florida Constitutional Convention of 1868
[edit]- Auburn H. Erwin – Columbia and Baker counties 1868 (also Florida House)[21][28]
- 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[28]
- 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][28]
- Charles H. Pearce – Leon and Wakulla counties 1868 (also Florida Senate)[21][a]
- 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[28]
Florida Constitutional Convention of 1885
[edit]- Wallace B. Carr – Leon County 1885 (also Florida House) [20][21]
- Samuel Petty – Nassau County 1885 (also Florida House)[21]
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][29]
- 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[30]
- 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
[edit]In Georgia, 69 African Americans served in the state legislature or as delegates to the state's constitutional convention between 1867 and 1872.[31]
Georgia State Senate
[edit]- Aaron Alpeoria Bradley – Chatham, Bryan, and Effingham counties 1868 (also Georgia Constitutional Convention and postmaster)[32][31][b]
- Tunis Campbell Sr. – Liberty, McIntosh, and Tattnall counties 1868, 1870, 1871 (also Georgia Constitutional Convention and justice of the peace)[32][33][c]
- George Wallace – Hancock, Baldwin, and Washington counties 1868, 1870 (also Georgia Constitutional Convention)[32][c]
Georgia House of Representatives
[edit]- Thomas M. Allen – Jasper County 1868, 1870[32][c]
- Eli Barnes – Hancock County 1868, 1870[32][c]
- Thomas P. Beard – Richmond County 1868, 1870[32][c]
- Edwin Belcher – Wilkes County 1868 (also postmaster)
- James Blue – Glynn County 1871–1877
- Thomas M. Butler – Camden County 1878[32]
- Tunis Campbell Jr. – McIntosh County 1868, 1870[32][c]
- Malcolm Claiborne – Burke County 1868, 1870 (also Georgia Constitutional Convention)[32][c]
- Abram Colby – Greene County 1866, 1868, 1870[32][c]
- George H. Clower – Monroe County 1868, 1870[32][c]
- John T. Costin – Talbot County 1868, 1870[32][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[32][c]
- F. H. Fyall – Macon County 1868
- Samuel Gardner – Warren County 1868, 1870[32][c]
- William A. Golden – Liberty County 1868, 1870[34][32][c]
- William Guilford – Upson County 1868
- R. B. Hall – Burke County 1868, 1870[32][c]
- William Henry Harrison – Hancock County 1868, 1870 (also Georgia Constitutional Convention)[32][c]
- Jack Heard – Greene County 1873[citation needed]
- John M. Holzendorf – Camden County 1890[32]
- Ulysses L. Houston – Bryan County 1868, 1870[32][c]
- Philip Joiner – Dougherty County 1868, 1870, 1871 (also Georgia Constitutional Convention)[32][c]
- J. A. Lewis – Stewart County 1871[citation needed]
- George Linder – Laurens County 1868, 1870 (also Georgia Constitutional Convention)[32][c]
- Robert Lumpkin – Macon County 1868, 1870 (also Georgia Constitutional Convention)[32][c]
- H. A. McKay – Liberty County 1900[32]
- Romulus Moore – Columbia County 1868, 1870 (also Georgia Constitutional Convention)[32][c]
- Peter O'Neal – Baldwin County 1868, 1870[32][c]
- James Ward Porter – Chatham County 1868, 1870, 1871[32][c]
- Alfred Richardson – Clarke County 1868, 1870[32][c]
- Amos Rogers – McIntosh County 1878
- A. Simmons – Houston County 1871[citation needed]
- James M. Simms – Chatham County 1868, 1870[32][c]
- Abraham Smith – Muscogee County 1868, 1870[32][c]
- Alexander Stone – Jefferson County 1868, 1870 (also Columbia County)[32][c]
- Henry McNeal Turner – Bibb County 1868, 1870, 1871 (also Georgia Constitutional Convention and postmaster)[31][32][c]
- John Warren – Glynn County 1868, 1870[32][c]
- Samuel Williams – Harris County 1868, 1870 (also Georgia Constitutional Convention)[32][c]
- A. Wilson – Camden County 1884[32]
- Hercules Wilson – McIntosh County 1882–1885
Georgia Constitutional Convention
[edit]- Simeon Beard – 18th District/Jefferson County 1867[35]
- Aaron Alpeoria Bradley – 1st District 1867 (also Georgia Senate and postmaster)[35]
- Tunis Campbell – 2nd District 1867 (also Georgia Senate and justice of the peace)[35]
- Malcolm Claiborne – 17th District/Burke County 1867 (also Georgia House)[35]
- William Henry Harrison – 20th District/Hancock County 1867 (also Georgia House)[35]
- Philip Joiner – 10th District 1867/Dougherty County (also Georgia House)[35]
- George Linder –16th District/Laurens County 1867 (also Georgia House)[35]
- Robert Lumpkin – 13th District/ Macon County 1867 (also Georgia House)[35]
- Romulus Moore – 29th District 1867/Columbia County (also Georgia House)
- Alexander Stone – 18th District/Jefferson County 1867 (also Georgia House)[35]
- Henry McNeal Turner – 22nd District/Bibb County 1867 (also Georgia House and postmaster)[35]
- George Wallace – 20th District 1867 (also Georgia Senate)[35]
- Samuel Williams – 25the District/Harris County (also Georgia House)[35]
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)[31]
- 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)[33]
- William Finch – Fourth Ward, Atlanta Board of Aldermen 1892 (now Atlanta City Council)[36]
- George Graham – Third Ward, Atlanta Board of Aldermen 1892 (now Atlanta City Council)[36]
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]- James E. Bish – Cook County 1895
- John C. Buckner – 5th District 1899–1903[37][38]
- George French Ecton – 3rd District/Chicago 1888
- William L. Martin – Cook County 1898[38][39]
- Edward H. Morris – Cook County 1890, 1902
- John W. E. Thomas – 3rd District/Chicago 1877–1879, 1884–1905[40]
Indiana
[edit]Indiana did not have African American legislators until after the Reconstruction era.[41]
Indiana House of Representatives
[edit]- James S. Hinton – Marion County 1881 (also trustee of the Wabash and Erie Canal)
Federal offices
[edit]Kansas
[edit]Kansas did not have African American legislators until after the Reconstruction era.[41]
Kansas House of Representatives
[edit]- Alfred Fairfax – Chautauqua County 1888
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.[42] 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[43][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)[44]
- 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)[44]
- Edward Butler – Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana 1870–1874
- Thomas Cage – Terrebonne Parish 1872–1884 (also Louisiana House)[44]
- Oscar Crozier – Lafourche Parish, 1874–April 1875
- James S. Davidson – Iberville Parish 1880–1884[44]
- Henry Demas – St. John the Baptist Parish 1874–1880, 1884–1892 (also Louisiana House)[44]
- Emile Detiège – St. Martin Parish 1876–1878
- Andrew Dumont – Orleans Parish 1874–1878 (also Louisiana House)[44]
- Alexander R. François – St. Martin Parish 1868–1869
- John Gair – East Feliciana Parish 1868–1876 (also Louisiana Constitutional Convention)[44]
- 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[44]
- William Harper – St. Charles Parish 1872–1876
- James Henry Ingraham – Orleans Parish 1870–1874[44]
- 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)[44]
- 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)[44]
- 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)[44]
- John Randall – Concordia Parish and Avoyelles Parish 1868–1869
- Fortune Riard – Orleans Parish 1874–1878 (also Louisiana Constitutional Convention)[44]
- Richard Simms – St. James Parish 1880–1892 (also Louisiana House)[44]
- T. B. Stamps – Jefferson Parish 1872–1880 (also Louisiana House and Louisiana Constitutional Convention)[44]
- Jordan R. Stewart – 9th State Senate District/Terrebonne Parish 1880–1888 (also Louisiana House and Louisiana Constitutional Convention)[44]
- Isaac Sutton – St Mary Parish 1876–1889 (also Louisiana House)
- Simon Toby – Orleans Parish 1884–1888[44]
- 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[45]
- Frank Alexander – New Orleans 1868
- Theophile T. Allain – Iberville Parish 1872, 1879–1888 (also Louisiana Senate)[44]
- Arthur Antoine – St. Mary Parish 1872
- Felix C. Antoine – Orleans Parish 1870–1876[44]
- Raiford Blunt – West Baton Rouge Parish/Natchitoches Parish 1868–1872 (also Louisiana Senate)[44]
- Charles A. Bourgoise – St. Charles Parish 1878–1896[44]
- R. J. Brooks – St. Mary Parish 1876–1880[44]
- Charles F. Brown – Jefferson Parish 1880–1884[44]
- 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[44]
- John Cayolle – St. John the Baptist Parish 1880-1888[44]
- Royal Coleman – Terrebonne Parish 1878–1884[44]
- Lucien Comaux – Iberville Parish 1880–1884[44]
- Joseph Connaughton – Rapides Parish 1872–1875
- J. A. Crawford – Franklin Parish 1870–1874[44]
- William Crawford – Union Parish 1870[44]
- P. Darinsburg – Pointe Coupee Parish 1870[44]
- James S. Davidson – Iberville Parish 1871–1880, 1884–1896[45]
- Aristede Dejoie – Orleans Parish 1870–1874, 1877[44]
- Henry Demas – St. John the Baptist Parish 1870–1874, 1879 (also Louisiana Senate)
- Vincent Dickerson – St. James Parish 1884–1892[44]
- N. Douglass – Assumption Parish 1868–1870[45]
- Rosario Ducoté – Avoyelles Parish 1878–1888[44]
- Andrew Dumont – Orleans Parish 1868–1876[44]
- Ulgar Dupart – Terrebonne Parish 1868 (also Louisiana Constitutional Convention)
- Benjamin B. Ewell – Assumption Parish 1884–1888[44][45]
- John B. Esnard – St. Mary Parish 1868–70[46]
- Victor Fauria – St. Tammany Parish 1892–1896[44]
- T. H. Francois – Jefferson Parish 1868–1872[44]
- John Gair – East Feliciana Parish 1868, 1872
- Bivien Gardner – Assumption Parish 1880–1884[44]
- R. G. Gardner – Jefferson Parish 1870[44]
- William C. Gary – St. Mary Parish 1876–1880[44]
- 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[44]
- Gloster H. Hill – Ascension Parish 1868–1870, 1874–1880[44][45]
- Moses R. Hite – Assumption Parish 1879[45]
- Robert Isabelle – Orleans Parish 1868–1876[44]
- W. W. Johnson – Madison County 1884–1888[44]
- H. S. Jones – Iberville Parish 1880–1884[44]
- Milton Jones – Pointe Coupee Parish 1876[44]
- R. M. J. Kenner – New Orleans 1870[47]
- Pierre Caliste Landry – Ascension Parish 1872–1873, 1880–1884[45] (also Louisiana Senate, postmaster, mayor)[44]
- Charles Leroy – Natchitoches Parish 1868
- Wash Lyons – Terrebonne Parish 1876–1880[44]
- Harry Mahoney – Plaquemine Parish 1872–1884[44]
- Joseph Mansion – Orleans Parish 1868[44]
- Louis A. Martinet – St. Mary Parish 1872–1875
- Jules A. Masicot – Orleans Parish 1868–1872 (also Louisiana Senate and Louisiana Constitutional Convention)[44]
- W. E. McCarthy – Orleans Parish 1868–1872[44]
- J. Monroe – 1868, 1870, 1872[44]
- John J. Moore – St. Mary Parish 1870[44]
- Milton Morris – Ascension Parish 1868–1873[45] (also Louisiana Constitutional Convention)
- Thomas Murray – Orleans Parish 1870[44]
- William Murrell – Lafourche Parish 1868–1878 [44]
- William Murrell Jr. – Madison Parish 1872–1876, 1878–1880 (also Louisiana Constitutional Convention)
- Anthony Overton, Sr. – Ouachita Parish 1870[44]
- John F. Patty – St. Mary Parish 1884–1888[44]
- Robert Poindexter – Assumption Parish 1874–April 1875[45] (also Louisiana Senate and Louisiana Constitutional Convention)
- Isham Pollard – Terrebonne Parish 1878[44]
- W. S. Posey – St. Mary Parish 1884–1884[44]
- Robert R. Ray – East Feliciana Parish 1874
- Harry Rey – Natchitoches Parish 1868[44]
- 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)[44]
- Charles Smith – Terrebonne Parish 1880–1884[44]
- W. B. Smith – St. Mary Parish 1878[44]
- Louis Snaer – Orleans Parish 1872–1876 (also Louisiana Constitutional Convention)[44]
- 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[45]
- Enos Williams – Terrebonne Parish 1876–1884[44]
- Henderson Williams – Madison Parish 1868, 1870 (also Louisiana Constitutional Convention)
- W. C. Williams – East Feliciana Parish 1868, 1870[47][44]
- Frederick B. Wright – Terrebonne Parish 1874–1878[44]
- David Young – Concordia Parish 1868–1874, 1880–1884 (also Louisiana Senate)
Louisiana Constitutional Convention
[edit]- Caesar Antoine – Caddo Parish 1867–1868 (also Louisiana Lt. Governor and Louisiana Senate)[48][49][44]
- Arnold Bertonneau – 1868[50]
- O. C. Blandin – 1867[44]
- Emile Bonnefoi – 1867–1868[48][49][44]
- H. Bonseigneur – 1867[44]
- Emile Burrel – 1868[48][49]
- Dennis Burrell – 1867[44]
- William Butler – 1867–1868[48][49][44]
- R. I. Cromwell – 1867–1868[48][49][44]
- Pierre G. Deslonde – Iberville Parish 1867–1868 (also Louisiana Secretary of State)[48][49][44][50]
- A. Donato – 1867[44]
- Oscar Dunn – 1867 (also Lt. Governor of Louisiana)
- Gustave Dupart – 1867[44]
- Ulgar Dupart – Terrebonne Parish 1867–1868 (also Louisiana House)[44]
- John B. Esnard – St. Mary Parish
- Louis Francois – 1867–1868[48][49][44]
- John Gair – 1867 (also Louisiana Senate)[44]
- R. G. Gardiner – 1867–1868[48][49][44]
- Leopold Guichard – 1867[44]
- Robert F. Guichard – Saint Bernard Parish 1868 (also Louisiana Senate and Louisiana House)
- James H. Ingraham – 1867[44][50]
- R. H. Isabelle – 1867–1868[48][49][44]
- Thomas Isabelle – 1867–1868[48][49][44]
- George Y. Kelso – Rapides Parish 1867–1868 (also Louisiana Senate)[44]
- Victor Lange – 1868[50]
- Charles Leroy – 1867–1868[48][49][44]
- J. B. Lewis – 1867–1868[48][49][44]
- Richard Lewis – 1867–1868[48][49][44]
- Theophile Mahier – 1868[48][49]
- Thomas M. Martin – 1867–1868[48][49][44]
- Jules A. Masicot – Third District 1867–1868 (also Louisiana House and Louisiana Senate)[44]
- William R. Meadows – 1867–1868[48][49][44]
- ? Monroe – 1868[48][49]
- Milton Morris – 1867–1868 (also Louisiana House)[48][49][44]
- R. S. Moses – 1867–1868[48][49][44]
- William Murrell Jr. – Madison Parish 1867–1868 (also Louisiana House)[48][49][44]
- 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)[44]
- D. D. Riggs – 1867–1868[48][49][44]
- J.. A. H. Roberts – 1867–1868[48][49][44]
- L. B. Rodriguez – 1867[44]
- ? Scott – 1868[48][49]
- Louis Snaer – Saint Martin Parish 1868 (also Louisiana House)
- Sosthen L. Snaer – 1867[44]
- 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[44]
- Edouard D. Tinchant – 1867[51][48]
- P. F. Valfroit – 1867–1868[48][49][44]
- Henderson Williams – Madison Parish 1867–1868 (also Louisiana House)[48][49][44]
- David Wilson – 1867–1868[48][49][44]
Other state offices
[edit]- William C. Brown – Louisiana Superintendent of Education 1872–1876[44]
- 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]- 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[52]
- Alexander Noguez – Avoyelles Parish sheriff 1868–1872[52]
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]- Wiley H. Bates – Annapolis Board of Aldermen 1897–1899[53]
- William H. Butler – Annapolis Board of Aldermen 1873–1875[53]
- William H. Butler Jr. – Annapolis Board of Aldermen 1893–1897[53]
- John Marcus Cargill – Baltimore City Council 1895–1897[54]
- Harry Sythe Cummings – Baltimore City Council 1891, 1892, 1898[55][54][56]
- Hiram Watty – Baltimore City Council 1899 and 1905[54]
Massachusetts
[edit]Massachusetts 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[57]
- 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 1866
Local 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
[edit]Michigan House of Representatives
[edit]- Joseph H. Dickinson – Wayne County 1897
- William Webb Ferguson – Wayne County 1893
Other state offices
[edit]- Samuel C. Watson – State Board of Estimates 1875; Detroit City Council 1875, 1883–1886
Minnesota
[edit]Minnesota did not have any African American legislators until after the Reconstruction era.[41]
Minnesota House of Representatives
[edit]- John Francis Wheaton – District 42, 1899–1900
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.[58][59]
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)
Mississippi 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, 1878–1880
Mississippi 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[58][59]
- 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[59]
- Frank P. Brooks – Sharkey County 1866
- George P. A. Brown – Tunica County 1875[59]
- Orange Brunt – Panola County 1874
- Joseph Henry Bufford – Bolivar County 1880
- Charles W. Bush – Warren County 1872[59]
- 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[58][59]
- 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[59]
- Robert Cunningham – Marshall County 1878[59]
- 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[59]
- 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[58][59]
- William Henderson Foote – Yazoo County 1870[59]
- George Washington Gayles – Bolivar County 1872–1875 (also Mississippi Senate)
- J. H. Glenn – Lowndes County 1874[59]
- George Caldwell Granberry – Hinds County 1882
- David S. Green – Grenada County 1872–1875
- Richard Griggs – Issaquena County 1870, 1872 (also Commissioner of Agriculture & 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[58][59]
- William W. Hence – Adams County 1880[59]
- 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[58][59]
- 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[59]
- 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[59]
- 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[59]
- Joseph E. Monroe – Coahoma County 1874–1877
- James Aaron Moore – Lauderdale County 1870 (also Mississippi Constitutional Convention)
- L. C. Moore – Bolivar County 1890[59]
- Lemuel C. Moore – Issaquena County 1880, 1884[59]
- 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[58][59]
- George H. Oliver – Coahoma County 1890[59]
- 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[59]
- Samuel A. Sanderlin – Washington and Issaquena counties 1876[59]
- 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[59]
- 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[59]
- 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[59]
- 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[59]
- Charles A. Yancy – Panola County 1870 (died before being seated)[58][59]
- James B. Young – Washington County 1877[59]
- James M. Young – Panola County 1878
Mississippi 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 & 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
[edit]Federal positions
[edit]- James Milton Turner – consul general to Liberia March 1, 1871 – May 7, 1877
Nebraska
[edit]Nebraska House of Representatives
[edit]- Matthew Oliver Ricketts – 1893–1897[60]
New York
[edit]Local offices
[edit]- Edward "Ned" Sherman – mayor of Cleveland 1878[61]
North Carolina
[edit]North 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)[62][63]
- Wilson Carey – Caswell County 1870 (also North Carolina House)[64]
- Hawkins W. Carter – Warren County 1881, 1883[65][64]
- Franklin D. Dancy – Edgecombe County 1879–1880[66]
- Henry Eppes – 7th District/Halifax County 1868–1874, 1879, 1887 (also N.C. Constitutional Convention)[67][62]
- Thomas O. Fuller – Warren County 1899–1900[66]
- Abraham Galloway – 13th District/New Hanover County 1868 (N.C. Constitutional Convention)[62]
- Robert Gray – 5th District/Edgecombe County 1833 (also North Caroline House)[62][64]
- James Harris – 18th District/Wake County 1872 (also North Carolina House and N.C. Constitutional Convention)[68][64]
- William B. Henderson – Vance County 1897–1898[66]
- 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)[62]
- George Lawrence Mabson – 5th District/Edgecombe County 1866, 1872–1877 (also North Carolina House and N.C. Constitutional Convention)[62]
- George Mebane – Bertie and Northampton counties 1866, 1876, 1883[65][64]
- Jacob H. Montgomery – (also North Carolina House)[65]
- William H. Moore – 12th District/New Hanover County 1876 (also North Carolina House)[64]
- John M. Paschall – 19th District/Warren County 1874[64]
- George W. Price Jr. – 13th District/New Hanover County 1870 (also North Carolina House) [62]
- H. E. Scott – 12th District/New Hanover County 1881, 1883[64]
- R. S. Taylor – 5th District/Edgecombe County 1885, 1887[64]
- Richard Tucker – 8th District/Craven County 1874[64]
- George L. Mabson – New Hanover County 1872–1874
- George Henry White – 8th District/Craven County 1885 (also North Carolina House and U.S. Congress)[63]
North Carolina House of Representatives
[edit]- Israel Abbott – Craven County 1872[68][63]
- Isaac Alston – Warren County 1879, 1890[63]
- Wiley Baker – Northampton County 1883[65][64]
- B. W. Battle – Edgecombe County 1879[63]
- William Belcher – Edgecombe County 1883[65]
- W. Henry Brewington – New Hanover County 1874[63][64]
- Aaron R. Bridgers – Edgecombe County 1883[65][63]
- John R. Bryant – Halifax County 1870, 1872 (also North Carolina Senate)[62][63]
- Willis Bunn – Edgecombe County 1870–1877[62][63][64]
- Wilson Carey – Craven County 1868, 1874, 1876, 1879, 1889 (also North Carolina Senate)[62][69][63]
- Hawkins W. Carter – Warren County 1879[63]
- William Cawthorne – Warren County 1870[63][64]
- Henry C. Cherry – Edgecombe County 1868 (also N.C. Constitutional Convention)[63][64]
- L. T. Christmas – Warren County 1879[63]
- Hugh Cole – Pasquotank County 1879[63]
- J. A. Crawford – Granville County 1868, 1870[63][64]
- C. W. Crews – Granville County 1874, 1876[63][64]
- H. W. Crews – Person County 1893[63]
- Edward R. Dudley – Craven County 1870, 1872[62][63]
- Harry B. Eaton – Warren and Vance counties 1883, 1885[65][62]
- J. Y Eaton – Vance County 1899[63]
- Richard Elliott – Chowan County 1874[63][64]
- Stewart Ellison – Wake County 1870, 1872, 1879[62][70][63]
- Richard Faulkner – Warren County 1868, 1870[63][64]
- Robert Fletcher – Richmond County 1870–1874[63][71]
- John R. Good – Craven County 1874[63][64]
- John S. W. Eagles – New Hanover County 1869–70[64]
- Eustace Edward Green – New Hanover County 1882[65]
- Robert Gray – Edgecombe County 1883 (also North Carolina Senate)[62][63]
- James Harris – Wake County 1868, 1883, 1895, 1897 (also North Carolina Senate and N.C. Constitutional Convention)[68][63]
- H. T. J. Hayes – Halifax County 1868 (also N.C. Constitutional Convention)[63]
- Hilliard J. Hewlin – 1883[65]
- Alexander Hicks – Washington County 1881[63]
- Edward H. Hill – Craven County 1874[63][64]
- J. C. Hill – New Hanover County 1876[63][64]
- Valentine Howell – New Hanover County 1887[63]
- George W. Howell – Caswell County 1874[63]
- Hanson T. Hughes – Granville County 1866, 1872, 1874 (also North Carolina Senate)[63]
- John E. Hussey – Craven County 1885, 1887, 1889[63][64]
- Ivey Huthings – Halifax County 1868[63][64]
- R. M. Johnson – Edgecombe County 1870[63][64]
- William H. Johnson – 1883[65]
- J. A. Jones – Halifax County 1874[63][64]
- George H. King – Warren County 1872[63]
- John Sinclair Leary – Cumberland County 1868, 1870[63]
- Bryant Lee – Bertie County 1868[63]
- Alfred Lloyd – New Hanover County 1872, 1874; Pender County 1876[63]
- George Lawrence Mabson – New Hanover County 1870 (also North Carolina Senate)[62][63]
- Cuffe Mayo – Granville County 1868[63][64]
- William McLaurin – New Hanover County 1872[63]
- William P. Mabson – Edgecombe County 1872 (also North Carolina Senate and N.C. Constitutional Convention)
- George Mebane – New Hanover County 1868[63]
- Jacob H. Montgomery – Warren County 1883 (also North Carolina Senate)[65]
- William H. Moore – New Hanover County 1874 (also North Carolina Senate)[63]
- Wilson W. Morgan or Willis Morgan – Wake County 1870[63][64]
- B. T. Morris or B. W. Morris – Craven County 1868[62][63]
- Noah R. Newby – 1883[65]
- John J. Newell – Bladen County 1874, 1879, 1881[65][63]
- W. D. Newsome – Hertford County 1870[62][63][64]
- James E. O'Hara – Halifax County 1868 (also U.S. Congress and N.C. Constitutional Convention)
- John R. Page – Chowan County 1870[63][64]
- John W. H. Paschall – Warren County 1872 (also North Carolina Senate)[64]
- Moses M. Peace – Vance County 1895, 1897[63]
- Willis D. Pettipher or Pettiford – Craven County 1879[63][64]
- James M. Pittman – 1883[65]
- James W. Poe – Caswell County 1883[65][63][64]
- George W. Price Jr. – New Hanover County 1868, 1870 (also North Carolina Senate)[63]
- W. H. Reavis – Granville County 1870[63][64]
- John T. Reynolds – Halifax County 1879[62][63]
- Augustus Robbins – Bertie County 1879, 1881[72][64]
- Parker David Robbins – Bertie County 1868, 1870 (also North Carolina Constitutional Convention and postmaster)[73][72]
- Limas Roulhac – Bertie County 1885
- H. E. Scott – New Hanover County 1879[63][64]
- Isaac H. Smith – Craven County 1899[63][64]
- Turner R. Speller – Bertie County 1883, 1887, 1889[65]
- A. W. Stevens – Craven County 1868[63]
- Isham Sweat – Cumberland County 1868[62][63]
- Edward H. Sutton – Chowan County 1883[65]
- Thomas A. Sykes – Pasquotank County 1868–1872 (also Tennessee House)[63][62]
- B. W. Thorpe – Edgecombe County 1885[63][64]
- Richard Tucker – Craven County 1870[63]
- William Henry Waddell – New Hanover County 1879, 1883[65][63]
- James M. Watson – Vance County 1887, 1893[63]
- George Henry White – Craven County 1879, 1881 (also North Carolina Senate and U.S. Congress)[63]
- John A. White – Halifax County 1874, 1876, 1879, 1887[63][64]
- John H. Williamson – Franklin County 1866–1888 (also North Carolina Constitutional Convention)[62][63]
- George B. Willis – Craven County 1870[63]
- Dred Wibmerley – Sampson County 1879[63]
- James H. Young – Wake County 1895, 1897[63]
North Carolina Constitutional Convention
[edit]- Wilson Cary – Caswell County 1868, 1875[64]
- Henry C. Cherry – Edgecombe County 1868 (also North Carolina House)[64]
- John O. Crosby – Warren County 1874[64]
- 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[64]
- John Adams Hyman – Warren County 1868 (also U.S. Congress and North Carolina Senate)
- Bryant Lee – Bertie County 1868[64]
- 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[64]
- C. D. Pierson – Craven County 1868[64]
- Parker David Robbins – Bertie County 1868 (also North Carolina House and postmaster)
- J. H. Smythe – New Hanover County 1875[64]
- 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]<