More than 1,500 African-American officeholders served during the

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(1865–1877) and in the years after Reconstruction before

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, disenfranchisement, and the Democratic Party fully reasserted control in Southern states. Historian Canter Brown Jr. noted that in some

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, such as

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, 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 African-American officeholders from the end of the Civil War until 1899. Dates listed are the year that a term states or the range of years served if multiple terms.

U.S. Senate

* Blanche Bruce –

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1875–1881 * P. B. S. Pinchback –

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1873, elected but the Senate refused to seat him (also Louisiana Lt. Governor, Louisiana Senate, acting Louisiana Governor, Louisiana Constitutional Convention) * Hiram Rhodes Revels –

1870 (also Mississippi Secretary of State)

U.S. House of Representatives

* Richard H. Cain – South Carolina 1873–1875, 1877–1879 (also South Carolina Senate, House, Constitutional Congress) * Henry P. Cheatham – North Carolina 1889–1894 * Robert C. De Large – South Carolina 1871–1873 (also South Carolina House, South Carolina Constitutional Convention, and State Land Commissioner) * Robert B. Elliott – South Carolina 1871–1874 (also South Carolina House, South Carolina Attorney General, South Carolina Constitutional Convention, South Carolina Senate, city council) * Jeremiah Haralson – Alabama 1875–1877 (also Alabama Senate and Alabama House) * John Adams Hyman – North Carolina 1875–1877 (also North Carolina Senate and North Carolina Constitutional Convention) * John Mercer Langston – Virginia 1890–1891 (also U.S. Minister to Haiti) * Jefferson F. Long – Georgia 1871 * John R. Lynch – Mississippi 1873–1877, 1882–1883 (also speaker of the Mississippi House) * 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) * George W. Murray – South Carolina 1893–1897 * Charles E. Nash – Louisiana 1875 –1877 * James E. O'Hara – North Carolina 1883–1887 (also North Carolina House) * Samuel Peters – Louisiana, 1872 elected but died before being seated * Joseph H. Rainey – South Carolina 1870–1879 (also South Carolina Senate and South Carolina Constitutional Convention) * Alonzo J. Ransier – South Carolina 1873–1875 (also South Carolina Lt. Governor and Constitutional Convention) * James T. Rapier – Alabama 1873–1875 (also Alabama Constitutional Convention) * Robert Smalls – South Carolina 1875–1879, 1882–1887 (also South Carolina Senate, South Carolina House, and Constitutional Convention) * Benjamin Sterling Turner – Alabama 1871–1873 * Josiah T. Walls – Florida 1871–1876 (also Florida House, Florida Senate, and Florida Constitutional Convention) * George Henry White – North Carolina 1897–1901 (also North Carolina House and North Carolina Senate)

Alabama

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

Alabama Senate

* Alexander H. Curtis – Perry County 1872–1876 (also Alabama House and Alabama Constitutional Convention) * D. J. Daniels – Russell County 1872 *

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– 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

* Benjamin F. Alexander – Greene County 1868 (also Alabama Constitutional Convention) * G. W. Allen – Bullock County 1874 * James H. Alston – Macon County 1868–1879 * Matt Avery – Perry County 1867 * Elijah Baldwin – Wilcox County 1874–1878 * Granville Bennett – Sumter County 1874 * Samuel Blandon – Lee County 1868 * William H. Blevins – Dallas County 1874–1878 * James Bliss – Sumter County 1874 * Matthew Boyd – Perry County 1874 * 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 * Hershel V. Cashin – Montgomery County 1874–1878 * Thomas Clark – Barbour County 1870 * Thomas J. Clarke – Barbour County 1872 * Henry A. Cochran – Dallas County 1870, 1872 * Elijah Cook – Montgomery County 1874 * George Cox – Montgomery County 1868 * Henry H. Craig – Montgomery County 1870 * 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 * John Dozier – Perry County 1870–1874 * Joseph Drawn – Dallas County 1868 * Hales Ellsworth – Montgomery County 1872 * George English – Wilcox County 1878 * Charles Fagan – Montgomery County 1874 * Samuel Fantroy – Barbour County 1872 * Adam Gachet – Barbour County 1874 * Prince Gardner – Russell County 1874 * William Gaskin – Lowndes County 1870–1876 * Edward Gee – Dallas County 1870 * Captain Gilmer – Montgomery County 1876 * Joseph H. Goldsby – Dallas County 1872 *

– 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 * Charles O. Harris – Montgomery County 1876 * D. H. Hill – Bullock County 1868 * George Houston – Sumter County 1868 * Benjamin Inge – Sumter County 1868 * A. W. Johnson – Macon County 1874 * R. L. Johnson – Dallas County 1870–1874 * Green T. Johnston – Dallas County 1876 * Columbus Jones – Madison County 1868 (also Alabama Constitutional Convention) * Reuben Jones – Madison County 1872 * Shandy W. Jones – Tuscaloosa County 1868 * Horace King – Russell County 1868–1872 * David Law – Barbour County 1868 * Samuel Lee – Lowndes County 1874 * Thomas Lee – Perry County 1868 * Greene S. W. Lewis – Perry County 1868, 1872–1878 (also Alabama Constitutional Convention) * Edwin C. Locke – Wilcox County 1874 * Jacob Martin – Dallas County 1874 * Perry Matthews – Bullock County 1872–1876 * January Maull – Lowndes County 1872 * Jefferson McCalley – Madison County 1868 * Willis Merriweather – Wilcox County 1872–1876 * G. R. Miller – Russell County 1872 * Edward Odum – Barbour County 1874 * George Patterson – Macon County 1872–1876 * Samuel J. Patterson – Autauga County 1872 * Robert Reed – Sumter County 1872–1876 * Bristo W. Reese – Hale County 1872–1876 * H. W. W. Rice – Talladega County 1868 * A. G. Richardson – Wilcox County 1868 * Henry St. Clair – Macon County 1870–1874 * James Shaw – Mobile County 1868 * Charles Smith – Bullock County 1874 * Nimrod Snoddy – Greene County 1876 * Lawrence S. Speed – Bullock County 1868–1874 * Lawson Steele – Montgomery County 1872 * William J. Stevens – Dallas County 1876 * W. L. Taylor – Chambers County 1868 * William Taylor – Sumter County 1872 * Holland Thompson – Montgomery County 1868–1872 * Frank H. Threatt – Marengo County * J. R. Treadwell – Russell County 1872 * William V. Turner – Elmore County 1868 * Mansfield Tyler – Lowndes County 1870 * Thomas H. Walker – Dallas County 1872 * Spencer Weaver – Dallas County 1868 * Levi Wells – Marengo County 1870 * A. E. Williams – Barbour County 1872–1876 * L. J. Williams – Montgomery County 1868–1874 * J. R. Witherspoon – Perry County 1874 * Manly Wynne – Hale County 1874 * Henry Young – Lowndes County 1868

Alabama Constitutional Convention

* Benjamin F. Alexander – Greene County 1867 (also Alabama House) * Moses B. Avery – Montgomery County 1867 * Samuel Blanden – Lee County 1867 * 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 * Ovid Gregory – Mobile County 1867 (also Alabama House) * Jack Hatcher – Dallas County 1867 * Benjamin Inge – Sumter County 1867 * Washington Johnson – Russell County 1867 * Columbus Jones – Madison County 1867 (also Alabama House) * L. S. Latham – Bullock County 1867 * Thomas Lee – Perry County 1867 * Greene S. W. Lewis – Perry County 1875 (also Alabama House) * B. F. Royal – Bullock County 1867 * Henry Stokes – Dallas County 1867

Other state offices

* William Hooper Councill – assistant engrossing clerk in the Alabama Legislature 1872, 1874 * Phillip Joseph – engrossing clerk in the Alabama Legislature 1872

Federal offices

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

Local offices

* S. L. David – mayor of Hobson City 1899

Arkansas

Between 1868 and 1893, 85 men noted as "

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" were elected to the Arkansas legislature. 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.

Arkansas Senate

* 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 counties 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

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counties 1873, 1874 * John Willis Williams – Phillips County 1874

Arkansas House of Representatives

Arkansas Constitutional Convention

* 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 –

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1868 * James W. Mason – Chicot County 1868 (also Arkansas Senate, postmaster, and judge) * William Murphy – Jefferson County 1868 (also Arkansas House) * W. Henry Rector –

1868 * Richard R. Samuels – Washington County 1868 (also Arkansas House) * James T. White – Phillips County 1868 and 1874 (also Arkansas House, Arkansas Senate, and Arkansas Commissioner of Public Works)

Other state offices

* 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

* Elisha Davis – postmaster of Sweet Home November 8, 1881 – May 24, 1893 * Edward Allen Fulton – postmaster of Monticello March 1, 1871 – March 29, 1874; May 29, 1871 – December 17, 1875 (also Arkansas House) * Mifflin Wistar Gibbs – American consul to

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1897 (also judge) * William H. Lacy – postmaster of Harwood Island February 16, 1885 – August 2, 1893 * James W. Mason – postmaster of Sunny Side February 2, 1867 – April 11, 1871 (also Arkansas Senate, probate judge, and sheriff) * James A. Roper – postmaster of Surrounded Hill May 9, 1889 – June 22, 1893 * William A. Sloan – postmaster of Ripley July 16, 1891 – April 14, 1894

Local offices

* Mifflin Wistar Gibbs –

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)

California

Local offices

* Edward P. Duplex – mayor of Wheatland 1888

Colorado

Colorado House of Representatives

* John T. Gunnell – Arapahoe County 1881 * Joseph H. Stuart – Arapahoe County 1895

Other state offices

* Henry O. Wagoner – clerk in the Colorado Legislature 1876

Florida

Florida Senate

* William Bradwell – Duval County 1868 * Henry Wilkins Chandler – Marion County 1880–1888 * Oliver J. Coleman – 10th District 1874 (also Florida House and county commissioner) * Harry Cruse – 6th District 1869, 1870 (also Florida House) * T. V. Gibbs – Duval County 1881Work, Monroe N. (January 1920).
Some Negro Members of Reconstruction Conventions and Legislatures and of Congress
(PDF). ''The Journal of Negro History''. 5 (1): 69–71. Retrieved January 11, 2023. * 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) * 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) * Charles H. Pearce – Leon County 1870–1874 (also Florida Constitutional Convention) * 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

* Edward I. Alexander – Madison County 1877, 1879, 1885 (also postmaster)Brown Jr. Carter. ''Florida's Black Public Officials, 1867–1924.'' University of Alabama Press (1998) p. 71. * Samuel Anderson – Duval County 1887 * Josiah Haynes Armstrong – Columbia County 1871, 1875 * Henry Black – Jefferson County * Richard Horatio Black – Alachua County 1869, 1870 * Killis B. Bonner – Marion County 1879 * William Bradwell – Duval County 1868–1870 * Richard Lewis Brown Sr. – Duval County 1881, 1883 * James D. Bryant – Monroe County * Wallace B. Carr – Leon County 1881, 1887 (also Florida Constitutional Convention) * Phillip Carroll – Leon County 1881 * Joseph Newman Clinton – Alachua County 1881–1883 * George C. Coleman – Nassau County 1881 * Oliver J. Coleman – Madison County 1871, 1872, 1875 (also Florida Senate and county commissioner)Brown Jr., Canter. ''Florida's Black Public Officials 1867–1924''. University of Alabama Press, 1998. * Singleton Coleman – Marion County 1873 * Robert Cox – Leon County 1868–1870 * Harry Cruse – Gadsden County 1871–1874, 1877 (also Florida Senate) * Peter H. Davidson Sr., Escambia County 1877 * Peter H. Davidson Jr., Escambia County 1887 * 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) * Lucien Fisher – Leon County 1875 *

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– Leon County * 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 *

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– Leon County 1868–1872 * Alfred Grant – Duval County 1875, 1877 * 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 * 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 * Robert Livingston – Leon County 1868–1869 * 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 * John E. Proctor – Leon County 1873–1875, 1879–1881 (also Florida Senate) * I. E. Purcell – Putnam County * Jesse Robinson – Jackson County 1868–1874 * Riley Edward Robinson – Nassau County 1883, 1885 (also postmaster) * William K. Robinson – Jackson County 1872 * 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 * John Simpson – Marion County 1868–1870 * Samuel Small – Marion County 1874 * William G. Stewart – Leon County 1873 * John N. Stokes – Leon County 1874 *

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– Jefferson County 1868–1870 * Charles H. Thompson – Columbia County 1868–1870 * William F. Thompson – Leon County 1877 (also Florida Constitutional Convention). *

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– 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) *

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– Alachua County 1874–1876 * Randolph W. Washington – Jefferson County 1885 * Richard H. Wells – Leon County 1868–1872 (also Florida Constitutional Convention) * George Walter Wetmore – Duval County 1883, 1885 * Wesley Asbury Wilkinson – Marion County 1881, 1883, 1885 * George Washington Witherspoon – Jefferson County 1875 * John W. Wyatt – Leon County 1870–1874

Constitutional conventions

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.

Florida Constitutional Convention of 1868

* Auburn H. Erwin – Columbia and

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counties 1868 (also Florida House)Hume, Richard L.
Membership of the Florida Constitutional Convention of 1868: A Case Study of Republican Factionalism in the Reconstruction South
" ''The Florida Historical Quarterly'' 51, no. 1 (1972): 20–21. * 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 * Robert Meacham – Jefferson County 1868 (also Florida Senate, clerk of the circuit court, superintendent of common schools, and postmaster) * Anthony Mills – Jefferson County 1868 (also Florida House) * Charles H. Pearce – Leon and Wakulla counties 1868 (also Florida Senate) * William U. Saunders – Gadsden County 1868 (also Florida House) *

– 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) * John W. Wyatt – Leon County 1868

Florida Constitutional Convention of 1885

* Wallace B. Carr – Leon County 1885 (also Florida House) * Samuel Petty – Nassau County 1885 (also Florida House)

Other state offices

* Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs – Florida Secretary of State 1868–1872 and Florida Secretary of Public Instruction (also Florida Constitutional Convention)

Federal offices

* Edward I. Alexander – postmaster of Madison County (also Florida House) * Joseph E. Clark – postmaster of Eatonville May 25, 1889 – September 7, 1907 * Zebulon Elijah – postmaster of

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January 30, 1874 – February 14, 1878 (also Florida House) * Thomas S. Harris– postmaster of Live Oak September 17, 1898 – March 2, 1905 * Fannie A. James – postmaster of Jewell (now Lake Worth) August 22, 1889 – April 15, 1903 * 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) * Matthew M. Lewey – postmaster of Newnansville February 19, 1874 – February 8, 1875 (also Florida House and mayor) * 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) * Riley Edward Robinson – postmaster of Kings Ferry (also Florida House) * Egbert Sammis – consul in

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(also Florida Senate) * Emmanuel Smith – postmaster of Apalachicola October 13, 1881 – May 5, 1885 * William G. Stewart – postmaster of Tallahassee March 26, 1873 – July 20, 1885

Local offices

* Columbus H. Boger – mayor of Eatonville 1887 * Mitchell Chapelle – mayor of LaVilla (now part of

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) * Oliver J. Coleman – county commissioner and Madison councilman (also Florida House and Florida Senate) * James Dean – Monroe County judge 1889 * Charles Dupont – sheriff of Monroe County * 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 * 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

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

Georgia State Senate

* Aaron Alpeoria Bradley – Chatham, Bryan, and Effingham counties 1868 (also Georgia Constitutional Convention and postmaster)Work, Monroe N. (January 1920).
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(PDF). ''The Journal of Negro History''. 5 (1): 71–73. Retrieved January 11, 2023. * Tunis Campbell Sr. –

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, McIntosh, and Tattnall counties 1868, 1870, 1871 (also Georgia Constitutional Convention and justice of the peace) *

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– Hancock, Baldwin, and Washington counties 1868, 1870 (also Georgia Constitutional Convention)

Georgia House of Representatives

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– Hancock County 1868, 1870 (also Georgia Constitutional Convention) * Jack Heard – Greene County 1873 * John M. Holzendorf – Camden County 1890 * Ulysses L. Houston – Bryan County 1868, 1870 * Philip Joiner – Dougherty County 1868, 1870, 1871 (also Georgia Constitutional Convention) * J. A. Lewis – Stewart County 1871 * George Linder – Laurens County 1868, 1870 (also Georgia Constitutional Convention) * Robert Lumpkin – Macon County 1868, 1870 (also Georgia Constitutional Convention) * H. A. McKay – Liberty County 1900 * Romulus Moore – Columbia County 1868, 1870 (also Georgia Constitutional Convention) * Peter O'Neal – Baldwin County 1868, 1870 * James Ward Porter – Chatham County 1868, 1870, 1871 * Alfred Richardson – Clarke County 1868, 1870 * Amos Rogers – McIntosh County 1878 * A. Simmons – Houston County 1871 * James M. Simms – Chatham County 1868, 1870 * Abraham Smith – Muscogee County 1868, 1870 * Alexander Stone – Jefferson County 1868, 1870 (also Columbia County) * Henry McNeal Turner – Bibb County 1868, 1870, 1871 (also Georgia Constitutional Convention and postmaster) * John Warren – Glynn County 1868, 1870 * Samuel Williams – Harris County 1868, 1870 (also Georgia Constitutional Convention) * A. Wilson – Camden County 1884 * Hercules Wilson – McIntosh County 1882–1885

Georgia Constitutional Convention

* Simeon Beard – 18th District/ Jefferson County 1867
Journal of the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the people of Georgia : held in the City of Atlanta in the months of December, 1867, and January, February and March, 1868, and ordinances and resolutions adopted / published by order of the Convention
'. Augusta, Georgia: E. H. Pughe Book & Job Printer, 1868. Accessed January 18, 2023. * Aaron Alpeoria Bradley – 1st District 1867 (also Georgia Senate and postmaster) * Tunis Campbell – 2nd District 1867 (also Georgia Senate and justice of the peace) * Malcolm Claiborne – 17th District/ Burke County 1867 (also Georgia House) *

– 20th District/ Hancock County 1867 (also Georgia House) * Philip Joiner – 10th District 1867/ Dougherty County (also Georgia House) * George Linder –16th District/ Laurens County 1867 (also Georgia House) * Robert Lumpkin – 13th District/ Macon County 1867 (also Georgia House) * Romulus Moore – 29th District 1867/ Columbia County (also Georgia House) * Alexander Stone – 18th District/ Jefferson County 1867 (also Georgia House) * Henry McNeal Turner – 22nd District/ Bibb County 1867 (also Georgia House and postmaster) *

– 20th District 1867 (also Georgia Senate) * Samuel Williams – 25the District/ Harris County (also Georgia House)

Federal offices

* J. Curt Beall – postmaster of La Grange September 6, 1882 – August 6, 1885 * Edwin Belcher – postmaster of Macon March 22, 1873 – March 23, 1875 (also Georgia House) * Aaron Alpeoria Bradley – postmaster of in Macon (also Georgia Constitutional Convention and Georgia Senate) * John H. Clopton – postmaster of Hogansville March 1, 1890 –April 8, 1893 * Madison Davis – postmaster of

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February 13, 1882 – June 2, 1890; February 15, 1886 – May 27, 1893 (Georgia House) * Jacob D. Enos or Enis – postmaster of Valdosta May 4, 1869 – June 8, 1871 * Charles R. Jackson – postmaster of Darien October 15, 1890 – September 14, 1897; June 19, 1893 – May 18, 1909 * Isaiah H. Loftin – postmaster of Hogansville May 17, 1897 – March 2, 1900 * Monroe B. Morton – postmaster of

July 27, 1897 – February 6, 1902 * Luther J. Price – postmaster of South Atlanta June 18, 1889 – June 21, 1893 * Ellic L. Simon – postmaster of South Atlanta July 2, 1897 – October 31, 1904 * Henry McNeal Turner – postmaster of Macon May 18, 1869 – August 10, 1869 (also Georgia House and Georgia Constitutional Convention)

Local offices

* Tunis Campbell Sr. – justice of the peace (also Georgia Senate and Georgia Constitutional Convention) * William Finch – Fourth Ward, Atlanta Board of Aldermen 1892 (now

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) * George Graham – Third Ward, Atlanta Board of Aldermen 1892 (now

)

Idaho

Federal offices

* John B. Mitchell – postmaster of

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October 10, 1890 – November 16, 1894

Illinois

Illinois House of Representatives

* James E. Bish – Cook County 1895 * John C. Buckner – 5th District 1899–1903 * George French Ecton – 3rd District/

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1888 * William L. Martin – Cook County 1898 * Edward H. Morris – Cook County 1890, 1902 * John W. E. Thomas – 3rd District/

1877–1879, 1884–1905

Indiana

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

Indiana House of Representatives

* James S. Hinton – Marion County 1881 (also trustee of the Wabash and Erie Canal)

Federal offices

* James Cantrell – postmaster of Lyles September 12, 1898 – February 12, 1920

Kansas

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

Kansas House of Representatives

* Alfred Fairfax – Chautauqua County 1888

Other state offices

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

Federal offices

* Frances Jennie Fletcher – postmaster of

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December 9, 1889 – January 5, 1894 * Zachary T. Fletcher – postmaster of

September 12, 1877 – September 2, 1886 * 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

April 27, 1896 – December 20, 1916

Local offices

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

Kentucky

Federal offices

* John D. Starks – postmaster of

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November 11, 1899 – September 16, 1890

Louisiana

Through 1900, 24 African Americans served in the Louisiana Senate during Reconstruction; more than 100 served in the

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. In addition, six African American men held statewide offices in Louisiana, including the nation's first African American acting governors.

Louisiana Governor

* Oscar James Dunn – acting governor May–July 1871 * 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

* 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

* Theophile T. Allain – 14th State Senate District/ Iberville Parish 1874–1880 (also Louisiana House) * 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 –

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1872–1880 (also Louisiana House) * Edward Butler –

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1870–1874 * Thomas Cage – Terrebonne Parish 1872–1884 (also Louisiana House) * Oscar Crozier – Lafourche Parish, 1874–April 1875 * James S. Davidson – Iberville Parish 1880–1884 * Henry Demas – St. John the Baptist Parish 1874–1880, 1884–1892 (also Louisiana House) * Emile Detiège – St. Martin Parish 1876–1878 * Andrew Dumont – Orleans Parish 1874–1878 (also Louisiana House) * Alexander R. François – St. Martin Parish 1868–1869 * John Gair – East Feliciana Parish 1868–1876 (also Louisiana Constitutional Convention) * Jacques Gla – Carroll and Madison parishes 1872, 1874–1880 * Robert F. Guichard –

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1884–1892 (also Louisiana House and Louisiana Constitutional Convention) * George Hamlet (politician) – Ouachita Parish 1876–1880 * William Harper – St. Charles Parish 1872–1876 * James Henry Ingraham – Orleans Parish 1870–1874 * 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) * 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) * 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) * John Randall – Concordia Parish and Avoyelles Parish 1868–1869 * Fortune Riard – Orleans Parish 1874–1878 (also Louisiana Constitutional Convention) * Richard Simms – St. James Parish 1880–1892 (also Louisiana House) * T. B. Stamps – Jefferson Parish 1872–1880 (also Louisiana House and Louisiana Constitutional Convention) * Jordan R. Stewart – 9th State Senate District/ Terrebonne Parish 1880–1888 (also Louisiana House and Louisiana Constitutional Convention) * Isaac Sutton – St Mary Parish 1876–1889 (also Louisiana House) * Simon Toby – Orleans Parish 1884–1888 * Samuel Wakefield – Iberia Parish 1877–1879 * David Young – Concordia Parish 1874–1878 (also Louisiana House)

Louisiana House of Representatives

* Canon J. Adolphe – Orleans Parish 1869–1872 * Frank Alexander –

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1868 * Theophile T. Allain – Iberville Parish 1872, 1879–1888 (also Louisiana Senate) * Arthur Antoine – St. Mary Parish 1872 * Felix C. Antoine – Orleans Parish 1870–1876 * Raiford Blunt – West Baton Rouge Parish/ Natchitoches Parish 1868–1872 (also Louisiana Senate) * Charles A. Bourgoise – St. Charles Parish 1878–1896 * R. J. Brooks – St. Mary Parish 1876–1880 * Charles F. Brown – Jefferson Parish 1880–1884 * J. Henry Burch –

1879 (also Louisiana Senate) * Thornton Butler – Orleans Parish 1876–1880 * Thomas Cage – Terrebonne Parish 1884–1888 (also Louisiana Senate) * Henry C. W. CasaCalvo –

1892–1896 * John Cayolle – St. John the Baptist Parish 1880-1888 * Royal Coleman – Terrebonne Parish 1878–1884 * Lucien Comaux – Iberville Parish 1880–1884 * Joseph Connaughton – Rapides Parish 1872–1875 * J. A. Crawford – Franklin Parish 1870–1874 * William Crawford – Union Parish 1870 * P. Darinsburg – Pointe Coupee Parish 1870 * James S. Davidson – Iberville Parish 1871–1880, 1884–1896 * Aristede Dejoie – Orleans Parish 1870–1874, 1877 * Henry Demas – St. John the Baptist Parish 1870–1874, 1879 (also Louisiana Senate) * Vincent Dickerson – St. James Parish 1884–1892 * N. Douglass –

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1868–1870 * Rosario Ducoté – Avoyelles Parish 1878–1888 * Andrew Dumont – Orleans Parish 1868–1876 * Ulgar Dupart – Terrebonne Parish 1868 (also Louisiana Constitutional Convention) * Benjamin B. Ewell –

1884–1888 * John B. Esnard – St. Mary Parish 1868–70 * Victor Fauria – St. Tammany Parish 1892–1896 * T. H. Francois – Jefferson Parish 1868–1872 * John Gair – East Feliciana Parish 1868, 1872 * Bivien Gardner –

1880–1884 * R. G. Gardner – Jefferson Parish 1870 * William C. Gary – St. Mary Parish 1876–1880 * Robert F. Guichard –

1872 (also Louisiana Senate and Louisiana Constitutional Convention) * William Harper – Caddo Parish 1870 * Governor Hawkins – Madison Parish 1884–1888 * Gloster H. Hill – Ascension Parish 1868–1870, 1874–1880 * Moses R. Hite –

1879 * Robert Isabelle – Orleans Parish 1868–1876 * W. W. Johnson – Madison County 1884–1888 * H. S. Jones – Iberville Parish 1880–1884 * Milton Jones – Pointe Coupee Parish 1876 * R. M. J. Kenner –

1870 * Pierre Caliste Landry – Ascension Parish 1872–1873, 1880–1884 (also Louisiana Senate, postmaster, mayor) * Charles Leroy – Natchitoches Parish 1868 * Wash Lyons – Terrebonne Parish 1876–1880 * Harry Mahoney – Plaquemine Parish 1872–1884 * Joseph Mansion – Orleans Parish 1868 * Louis A. Martinet – St. Mary Parish 1872–1875 * Jules A. Masicot – Orleans Parish 1868–1872 (also Louisiana Senate and Louisiana Constitutional Convention) * W. E. McCarthy – Orleans Parish 1868–1872 * J. Monroe – 1868, 1870, 1872 * John J. Moore – St. Mary Parish 1870 * Milton Morris – Ascension Parish 1868–1873 (also Louisiana Constitutional Convention) * Thomas Murray – Orleans Parish 1870 * William Murrell – Lafourche Parish 1868–1878 * William Murrell Jr. – Madison Parish 1872–1876, 1878–1880 (also Louisiana Constitutional Convention) * Anthony Overton, Sr. – Ouachita Parish 1870 * John F. Patty – St. Mary Parish 1884–1888 * Robert Poindexter –

1874–April 1875 (also Louisiana Senate and Louisiana Constitutional Convention) * Isham Pollard – Terrebonne Parish 1878 * W. S. Posey – St. Mary Parish 1884–1884 * Robert R. Ray – East Feliciana Parish 1874 * Harry Rey – Natchitoches Parish 1868 * 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) * Charles Smith – Terrebonne Parish 1880–1884 * W. B. Smith – St. Mary Parish 1878 * Louis Snaer – Orleans Parish 1872–1876 (also Louisiana Constitutional Convention) * 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 *

– Concordia Parish 1870–1874, 1877 * Henry George Washington –

1868–1871 * Enos Williams – Terrebonne Parish 1876–1884 * Henderson Williams – Madison Parish 1868, 1870 (also Louisiana Constitutional Convention) * W. C. Williams – East Feliciana Parish 1868, 1870 * Frederick B. Wright – Terrebonne Parish 1874–1878 * David Young – Concordia Parish 1868–1874, 1880–1884 (also Louisiana Senate)

Louisiana Constitutional Convention

* Caesar Antoine – Caddo Parish 1867–1868 (also Louisiana Lt. Governor and Louisiana Senate) * Arnold Bertonneau – 1868 * O. C. Blandin – 1867 * Emile Bonnefoi – 1867–1868 * H. Bonseigneur – 1867 * Emile Burrel – 1868 * Dennis Burrell – 1867 * William Butler (politician), William Butler – 1867–1868 * R. I. Cromwell – 1867–1868 * Pierre G. Deslondes, Pierre G. Deslonde – Iberville Parish 1867–1868 (also Louisiana Secretary of State) * A. Donato – 1867 * Oscar Dunn – 1867 (also Lt. Governor of Louisiana) * Gustave Dupart – 1867 * Ulgar Dupart – Terrebonne Parish 1867–1868 (also Louisiana House) * John B. Esnard – St. Mary Parish * Louis Francois (politician), Louis Francois – 1867–1868 * John Gair – 1867 (also Louisiana Senate) * R. G. Gardiner – 1867–1868 * Leopold Guichard – 1867 * Robert F. Guichard – St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, Saint Bernard Parish 1868 (also Louisiana Senate and Louisiana House) * James H. Ingraham – 1867 * R. H. Isabelle – 1867–1868 * Thomas Isabelle – 1867–1868

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