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Nicholas Burton was an American A.M.E. Church minister, sheriff, and politician in
Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...
. He served in the
Louisiana House of Representatives The Louisiana House of Representatives (; ) is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. This chamber is composed of 105 representatives, each of whom represents approximately 4 ...
in 1877 and 1878. Burton was involved in a disputed election with
Cain Sartain J. Cain Sartain (1843–1902) was a planter, justice of the peace, sheriff, and state legislator in Louisiana. He was a Republican. He and P. Jones Yorke represented Carroll Parish. He served from 1873 to 1878. His final years representing newly cr ...
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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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Louisiana sheriffs African Methodist Episcopal Church clergy Year of birth missing Year of death missing African-American state legislators in Louisiana African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era 19th-century members of the Louisiana State Legislature {{Louisiana-politician-stub