Alexander Stone

Alexander Stone
Member of the GeorgiaHouseofRepresentatives from the Jefferson County district
In office 1868 –1868 Original 33
Personal details
Political party	Republican

Alexander Stone was a member of Georgia's constitutional convention held in 1867 and 1868 ^[1] and was an elected member of the Georgia Legislature in 1868. He was a Republican.

Biography

Stone and 25 of 29 African Americans elected during the post-American Civil War Reconstruction Era were prohibited from taking office by their white colleagues.^{[ citation needed ]} Stone was elected to represent Jefferson County, Georgia. ^[2] After federal intervention, African Americans were able to hold office following the 1870 election in Georgia.^{[ citation needed ]} But Ku Klux Klan activity, Jim Crow laws, poll taxes, and voter intimidation intensified as the Reconstruction era ended.^{[ citation needed ]}

Stone was accused of graft while in office, but was cleared of charges he was bribed to oppose Reconstruction measures. ^[3]

References

1. "Constitution, Ordinances and Resolutions of the Georgia Convention: Assembled in Pursuance of the Reconstruction Acts of Congress, and Held, by Order of General Pope, in the City of Atlanta, in 1867 and 1868 ..." New Era Office. March 18, 1868 – via Google Books.
2. Georgia. Supreme Court; White, R.W.; Clements, W.J.; Davis, E. (1869). Can a Negro Hold Office in Georgia?. Daily Intelligence Book and Job Office. p. 132. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
3. Drago, Edmund L. (March 18, 1982). Black Politicians and Reconstruction in Georgia: A Splendid Failure. University of Georgia Press. p. 68. ISBN   9780820314389 – via Google Books.