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James Ward Porter was elected a state representative in Georgia during the
Reconstruction era The Reconstruction era was a period in History of the United States, US history that followed the American Civil War (1861-65) and was dominated by the legal, social, and political challenges of the Abolitionism in the United States, abol ...
, representing Chatham County. Before becoming a representative he was the owner of a tailor's shop in
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. This was unusual, as the laws in Georgia at the time largely prohibited Black people from owning property. He and other African Americans were expelled from the legislature.


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Original 33 The "Original 33" were the first 33 African-American members of the Georgia General Assembly. They were elected to office in 1868, during the Reconstruction era. They were among the first African-American state legislators in the United States. T ...
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African American officeholders from the end of the Civil War until before 1900 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 sta ...


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African-American state legislators in Georgia (U.S. state) African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era Year of birth missing Year of death missing Original 33 Georgia (U.S. state) Republicans 19th-century members of the Georgia General Assembly {{GeorgiaUS-politician-stub