Wade Hampton III was an American military officer who joined the Confederate States of America in rebellion against the United States of America during the American Civil War. He later had a career as a South Carolina politician. Hampton came from a wealthy planter family. Shortly before the war,he was both one of the largest enslavers in the Southeastern United States and a state legislator. During the American Civil War,he joined the Confederate cavalry,where he was a lieutenant general.
William Lyne Wilson was an American politician and lawyer from West Virginia. A Bourbon Democrat,he was elected to the United States Congress in 1882 and served six terms of office,ending in 1895.
Elisha Benjamin Andrews was an American economist,soldier,and educator.
Matthew Calbraith Butler was a Confederate soldier,an American military commander and attorney and politician from South Carolina. He served as a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War,reconstruction era three-term United States Senator,and a major general in the United States Army during the Spanish–American War.
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 states. Historian Canter Brown Jr. noted that in some states,such as Florida,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 notable African American officeholders from the end of the Civil War until before 1900. Dates listed are the year that a term states or the range of years served if multiple terms.
Wade Hampton II was an American politician,plantation owner,and soldier in the War of 1812. He was a member of the Hampton family,whose influence was strong in South Carolina politics and social circles for nearly 100 years.
Captain Abram Epperson Wood was an officer in the United States Army between 1872 and 1894,and the first acting Military Superintendent of Yosemite National Park.
James Ronald Chalmers was an American politician and senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry and cavalry in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
Alexander Cheves Haskell was a Colonel in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War and a Democratic politician in Reconstruction era South Carolina.
Samuel Dibble was a lawyer,educator and Confederate Civil War veteran who served several terms as U.S. Representative from South Carolina during the 1880s.
William Thompson Martin was an American lawyer and politician who became a Confederate States Army major general during the American Civil War. He later served in the Mississippi state senate,and was a delegate to four Democratic National Conventions. Martin was the president of the Natchez,Jackson,and Columbus Railroad,of which he oversaw the construction in 1884.
John Shand was a New Zealand university professor,educationalist and administrator. He was one of the three foundation professors at the University of Otago.
Wilson Gaines Richardson was an American Classicist,minister,and veteran of the Civil War. Richardson was the son of Thomas Gaines and Sarah Richardson and the grandson of Richard and Sarah Richardson and of Captain John and Elizabeth Perry of Woodford county,Kentucky.
William Reynolds Allen was a justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1911 until his death in 1921.
William Ephraim Mikell was an American legal scholar,lawyer and dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
John Snyders Kenyon was an American politician and Medal of Honor recipient from New York.
Hugh McQueen Street was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1870 to 1880,1890 to 1894,and from 1908 to 1912. He was its Speaker in four different stints.
William M. Inge was an American Democratic politician. He was the Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1884 to 1886.
Hubert Anthony Shands (1872-1955) was a professor and author in Mississippi. His published works include a book on peculiarities of speech in Mississippi,a collection of short stories,and a novel dealing with themes including religion,morality,and race relations are among his publishings.
