The Journal of Negro History Volume V Part 9

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1878 Thomas M. Butler[12] Camden 1879 " " "

1884 A. Wilson[12] Camden 1885 " " "

1886 Lectured Crawford[12] McIntosh 1887 " " "

1890 " " "

John M. Holzendorf Camden 1891 Lectured Crawford McIntosh John M. Holzendorf Camden 1900 Lectured Crawford McIntosh H. A. McKay[12] Liberty 1901 Lectured Crawford McIntosh H. A. McKay Liberty 1902 W. H. Rogers12] McIntosh 1903 " " " "

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LIST OF NEGRO MEMBERS IN MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE--1870

_Senate_

Name County Rev. H. R. Revels Adams Rev. William Gray Washington Rev. T. W. Stringer Warren Charles Caldwell Hinds Rubert Gleed Lowndes

_House_

Name County Charles P. Head Warren Peter Barrow Warren Albert Johnson Warren Henry Mayson Hinds C. F. Norris Hinds J. F. Bolden Lowndes John R. Lynch Adams H. P. Jacobs Adams Edmund Scarborough Holmes Cicero Mitch.e.l.l Holmes Dr. J. J. Spellman Madison William Holmes Monroe Isham Stewart Noxubee Nathan McNeese Noxubee A. R. Davis Noxubee John Morgan Washington Dr. Stiles Washington W. H. Fonte Yazoo Ambrose Henderson Chickasaw M. T. Newsom Claiborne Emanuel Handy Copiah Merrimon Howard Jefferson J. Aaron Moore Lauderdale David Higgins Oktibbeha C. A. Yancy Panola J. H. Piles Panola H. M. Faley Wilkinson George W. White Wilkinson C. M. Bowles Bolivar Richard Griggs Issaquena George Charles Lawrence

John R. Lynch elected speaker of the House.

H. R. Revels elected to United State Senate for the unexpired term.

--From J. M. Garner, _Reconstruction in Mississippi_, New York, 1901.

NEGROES ELECTED IN 1871[13]

Name County Henry P. Jacobs Adams Reuben Kendrick Amite Joseph Smothers Claiborne Thomas McCain DeSota Monroe Bell Hinds William Johnson Hinds F. Stewart Holmes Richard Griggs Issaquena William Landers Jefferson Alfred Handy Madison Arthur Brooks Monroe A. K. Davis Noxubee Randle Nettles Oktibbeha John c.o.c.ke Panola H. C. Carter Warren F. D. Shadd Warren J. H. Morgan Washington H. M. Foley Wilkinson James M. Dixon Yazoo R. W. Houston Issaquena John R. Lynch Adams G. W. Gayles Bolivar Emanuel Handy Copiah J. H. Johnson DeSota Charles Reese Hinds H. H. Truehart Holmes Perry Howard Holmes James D. Cessar Jefferson James J. Spelman Madison James Hill Marshall William Holmes Monroe Isham Stewart Noxubee James H. Piles Panola Gilbert Smith Tunica W. H. Mallory Warren Charles W. Bush Warren John D. Webster Washington George W. White Wilkinson F. D. Wade Yazoo

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS FOR MISSISSIPPI

Josiah T. Settle was a member of the House from Panola in 1883-84.

G. W. Gayles was a member of the House 1873-77 and a member of the Senate 1877 to some time after 1886. He was the last Negro to be a member of the Mississippi Senate. For sketch of his career see Simmons' _Men of Mark_, 379-381.

Garner, _Reconstruction in Mississippi_, page 294, gives Negro members of the Mississippi Legislature for 1873 as Senate, 9; House, 55. On page 402, for 1876, Senate, 5; House, 16. Total membership, Senate, 37. Total membership, House, 116.

NEGRO MEMBERS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA RECONSTRUCTION CONSt.i.tUTIONAL CONVENTIONS, 1868 AND 1875

Dates of the Conventions January 14-March 17, 1868, and September 6-October 11, 1875. Total members of each Convention 120. Negro members, 13 in Convention of 1868, and 5 in Convention of 1875.

County Year Name Bertie 1868 P. D. Robbins Bryant Lee Caswell 1868 Wilson Cary Caswell 1875 Wilson Cary Craven 1868 C. D. Pierson Duplin 1868 J. W. Petterson Samuel Highsmith Edgcombe 1868 Henry C. Cherry Edgcombe 1875 W. P. Mabson Franklin 1868 John H. Williamson Halifax 1868 Henry Epps W. J. T. Hayes Halifax 1875 J E. O'Hara New Hanover 1868 A. H. Galloway New Hanover 1875 J. H. Smythe Wake 1868 James H. Harris Warren 1868 John Hyman Warren 1875 J. O. Crosby

NEGRO MEMBERS OF GENERAL a.s.sEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA DURING RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD AND AFTER[15]

County Year Senatorial Senators Representatives District Bertie 1868 ... ... Parker D. Robbins Bertie 1870 ... Parker D. Robbins Bertie 1876 3rd George A. Mebane ...

Bertie 1881 ... Augustus Robbins Bertie 1883 3rd George A. Mebane ...

Bladen 1874 ... John Newell Bladen 1879 ... John Newell Bladen 1881 ... John Newell Bladen 1883 ... John Newell Caswell 1868 ... Wilson Cary Caswell 1870 24th Wilson Cary ...

Caswell 1874 ... Wilson Cary Caswell 1876 ... Wilson Cary Caswell 1879 ... Wilson Cary Caswell 1883 ... James W. Poe Caswell 1889 ... Wilson Cary Chowan 1870 ... John R. Page Chowan 1874 ... Richard Elliott Craven 1868 ... A. W. Stevens B. W. Morris Craven 1870 ... R. Tucker E. R. Dudley G. B. Willis Craven 1872 ... I. B. Abbott E. R. Dudley Craven 1874 8th Richard Tucker John R. Good Edward H. Hill Craven 1879 ... Willis D. Pettipher Craven 1881 ... J. (Geo.) H. White Craven 1885 8th George H. White John E. Hussey Craven 1887 8th Charles C. Clark John E. Hussey Craven 1889 ... John E. Hussey Craven 1899 ... Isaac H. Smith c.u.mberland 1868 ... John S. Leary Isham Sweat Edgecombe 1868 ... Henry C. Cherry Edgecombe 1870 ... Willis Bunn R. M. Johnson Edgecombe 1872 7th Henry Eppes Willis Bunn Edgecombe 1874 5th W. P. Mabson Willis Bunn Edgecombe 1876 5th W. P. Mabson Willis Bunn Edgecombe 1883 5th Robert R. Gray A. R. Bridgers Edgecombe 1885 5th R. S. Taylor B. W. Thorpe Edgecombe 1887 5th R. S. Taylor Franklin 1868 ... John H. Williamson Franklin 1870 ... John H. Williamson Franklin 1872 ... John H. Williamson Franklin 1876 ... John H. Williamson Franklin 1887 ... John H. Williamson Granville 1868 ... Cuffie Mayo A. A. Crawford Granville 1870 ... W. H. Reavis Granville 1872 ... H. T. Hughes Granville 1874 ... W. H. Crews H. T. Hughes Granville 1876 21st Hanson T. Hughes W. H. Crews Granville 1893 ... W. H. Crews Halifax 1868 6th Henry Epps H. T. J. Hayes Ivey Hutchings Halifax 1870 6th Henry Epps John R. Bryant Halifax 1872 4th Henry Epps John R. Bryant Halifax 1874 4th John R. Bryant J. A. Jones John A. White Halifax 1876 4th John R. Bryant John A. White Halifax 1879 4th Henry Eppes John A. White Halifax 1887 4th Henry Eppes John A. White Hertford 1870 ... W. D. Newsom New Hanover 1868 13th A. H. Galloway George W. Price John S. W. Eagle New Hanover 1870 13th G. W. Price, Jr. G. L. Mabson New Hanover 1872 12th George L. Mabson Wm. H. McLaurin Alfred Lloyd New Hanover 1874 ... H. Brewington W. H. Moore Alfred Lloyd New Hanover 1876 12th W. H. Moore J. C. Hill New Hanover 1879 ... H. E. Scott New Hanover 1881 12th H. E. Scott ...

New Hanover 1883 12th H. E. Scott ...

Northampton 1883 ... Wiley Baker Wake 1868 ... James H. Harris Wake 1870 ... Willis Morgan Stewart Ellison Wake 1872 18th James H. Harris Stewart Ellison Wake 1879 ... Stewart Ellison Wake 1883 ... James H. Harris Wake 1895 ... James H. Young Wake 1897 ... James H. Young Warren 1868 20th John A. Hyman William Cawthorn Richard Falkner Warren 1870 20th John A. Hyman William Cawthorn Richard Falkner Warren 1872 19th John A. Hyman J. W.H. Paschall Warren 1874 19th John M. Paschall Warren 1879 19th Isaac Alston Warren 1891 19th Isaac Alston Washington 1881 ... Alexander Hicks

NUMBER WHITE AND NEGRO MEMBERS EACH SESSION OF THE a.s.sEMBLY IN WHICH THERE WERE NEGRO MEMBERS

(Number Senators in a.s.sembly, 50; Representatives, 120)

Year White Negro

1868 Senators 47 3 Representatives 102 18 1870 Senators 46 4 Representatives 101 19 1872 Senators 45 5 Representatives 108 12 1874 Senators 45 4 Representatives 107 13 1876 Senators 45 5 Representatives 113 7 1879 Senators 48 2 Representatives 114 6 1881 Senators 49 1 Representatives 116 4 1883 Senators 47 3 Representatives 115 5 1885 Senators 48 2 Representatives 118 2 1887 Senators 47 3 Representatives 117 3 1889 Senators 50 - Representatives 118 2 1891 Senators 49 1 Representatives 120 - 1893 Senators 50 - Representatives 119 1 1895 Senators 50 - Representatives 119 1 1897 Senators 50 - Representatives 119 1 1899 Senators 49 1 Representatives 119 1

DELEGATES TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA CONSt.i.tUTIONAL CONVENTION[16] HELD AT CHARLESTON, JANUARY 14 TO MARCH 18, 1868[17]

Abbeville--John A. Hunter, B. Milford, white; H. J. Lomax, W. N.

Joiner, Thomas Williamson, colored.

Anderson--William Perry, N. J. Newall, white; Samuel Johnson, colored.

Berkeley--M. F. Becker, D. H. Chamberlain, Timothy Hurley, Joseph H.

Jenks, A. C. Richmond, white; William Jervey, Benjamin Byas, W. H. W.

Gray, George Lee, colored.

Beaufort--J. D. Bell, R. G. Holmes, white; F. E. Wilder, L. S.

Langley, W. J. Whipper, Robert Smalls, J. J. Wright, colored.

Barnwell--C. P. Leslie, Niles G. Parker, white; James N. Hayne, A.

Middleton, C. D. Hayne, Julius Mayer, colored.

Charleston--A. G. Mackey, C. C. Bowen, Gilbert Pillsbury, white; F. L.

Cardozo, William McKinlay, R. H. Cain, R. C. DeLarge, A. J. Ransier, colored.

Chester--Purvis Alexander, Barney Burton, Sancho Sanders, colored.

Chesterfield--R. J. Donaldson, white; H. L. Shrewsbury, colored.

Clarendon--Elias E. d.i.c.kson, white; William Nelson, colored.

Colleton--J. S. Craig, white; William M. Thomas, William Driffle, W.