Samuel A. Elbert

Samuel A. Elbert (April 9, 1832 – July 15, 1902) was an American physician and politician in Indiana. He was the Republican nominee for a state house seat in 1882.^[1]^[2]^[3] He was the first African American to receive a medical degree in the state of Indiana.^[4]

Biography

Samuel A. Elbert was born in Maryland to parents who were not enslaved. He worked as a servant, and studied at Oberlin College.^[1] He moved to Indianapolis in 1866 and taught at a private school for African Americans supported by the Allen Chapel. He studied medicine with two doctors and enrolled at Indiana Medical College in 1869.^[1] After a dispute he was degreed by the college in 1871, appointed to the state board of health, and established a private medical practice.^[1]

He won the Republican nomination for a state house seat over incumbent James Sidney Hinton. He and other Republicans lost in the state’s general election.^[5]

He married and had six children. He was a prominent A.M.E. Church member. He died at his home at 512 North Senate Avenue.^[6] In 2013 a grave marker was added at Crown Hill Cemetery for Elbert.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bodenhamer, David J.; Barrows, Robert G. (November 22, 1994). The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253112494 – via Google Books.
^ Bodenhamer, David J.; Barrows, Robert G. (November 22, 1994). The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253112494 – via Google Books.
^ Thornbrough, Emma Lou (July 21, 1964). "Since Emancipation: A Short History of Indiana Negroes, 1863-1963". Indiana Division, American Negro Emancipation Centennial Authority – via Google Books.
^ Society, Indiana Historical (July 21, 1996). Peopling Indiana: The Ethnic Experience. Indiana Historical Society. ISBN 9780871951120 – via Google Books.
^ January, Alan Frank; Walsh, Justin E. (1986). "A Century of Achievement: Black Hoosiers in the Indiana General Assembly, 1881-1986".
^ "Indianapolis Recorder 12 July 1902 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program".
^ "Indiana's 1st black physician is honored with headstone". 28 January 2013.

External links

Samuel A. Elbert at Find a Grave

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[encyc-1] Bodenhamer, David J.; Barrows, Robert G. (November 22, 1994). The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253112494 – via Google Books.

[2] Bodenhamer, David J.; Barrows, Robert G. (November 22, 1994). The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253112494 – via Google Books.

[3] Thornbrough, Emma Lou (July 21, 1964). "Since Emancipation: A Short History of Indiana Negroes, 1863-1963". Indiana Division, American Negro Emancipation Centennial Authority – via Google Books.

[4] Society, Indiana Historical (July 21, 1996). Peopling Indiana: The Ethnic Experience. Indiana Historical Society. ISBN 9780871951120 – via Google Books.

[5] January, Alan Frank; Walsh, Justin E. (1986). "A Century of Achievement: Black Hoosiers in the Indiana General Assembly, 1881-1986".

[6] "Indianapolis Recorder 12 July 1902 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program".

[7] "Indiana's 1st black physician is honored with headstone". 28 January 2013.

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