Hiram Rhodes Revels was an American Republican politician,minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church,and college administrator. Born free in North Carolina,he later lived and worked in Ohio,where he voted before the Civil War. Elected by the Mississippi legislature to the United States Senate as a Republican to represent Mississippi in 1870 and 1871 during the Reconstruction era,he was the first African American to serve in either house of the U.S. Congress.
John Adams Hyman was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina from 1875 to 1877. A Republican,he was the first African American to represent the state in the House of Representatives. He was elected from North Carolina's 2nd congressional district,including counties in the northeast around New Bern. Earlier he served in the North Carolina Senate.
Robert Gleed Sr.,was an American politician,merchant,and civic leader. He served as a Republican in the Mississippi State Senate during the Reconstruction era.
Alfred Brown Osgood was an American legislator and Christian minister in Florida.
Perry Wilbon Howard was an American blacksmith,and a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Holmes County,Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1872 to 1875;and served on the county board of supervisors.
Reuben Kendrick was a constable and state representative in Mississippi. He was born into slavery in Louisiana. He was appointed constable in Amite County,Mississippi in 1869 by Governor Adelbert Ames. He was elected to a seat in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1871 and served from 1872 to 1875. He represented Amite County. He and other Mississippi state legislators were photographed in 1874 by E. von Seutter.
Walter Boyd was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Yazoo County,Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875. J. G. Patterson was the other representative in the House from Yazoo County. In 1875,Julius Allen wrote about a meeting with Boyd in Yazoo City and the armed whites making threats against Republicans and potential African American voters.
W. H. Harris was a farmer and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Washington County,Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1874 to 1875 and from 1888 to 1889.
Alfred Peal was a farmer and state legislator in Mississippi. He was born in Mississippi and was enslaved. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from Marshall County,Mississippi in 1874 and 1875.
Wilson Hicks was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Rankin County,Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875. He was a Republican and was of the last generation of African-Americans to be elected to state office in Mississippi prior to what was then called "the end to Republican reconstruction" in Mississippi.
J. H. Johnson was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented DeSoto County,Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives 1872–1875.
Harrison H. Truhart. was a blacksmith and state legislator in Mississippi serving as a representative from 1872 to 1875. In 1872 he was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives to represent Holmes County,Mississippi along with Perry Howard and F. Stewart. In 1874,again with Perry Howard and Tenant Weatherly replacing Stewart,he represented Holmes County in the House.
George W. White was an American state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1870 to 1873 and Mississippi Senate from 1874 to 1877. White was born in Mississippi. He represented Wilkinson County,Mississippi.
John Wesley Caradine was an American farmer and state legislator from Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875. He was the first state representative for Clay County,Mississippi after it was established in 1871.
James M. Dickson,sometimes written as James M. Dixon,was a minister,farm owner,and state legislator in Mississippi. He was enslaved from birth. He represented Yazoo County in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1872 and 1873. He also served as a chancery clerk and on the county school board.
Charles Reese was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Hinds County,Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1872 to 1873. In April 1872 he signed,along with many representatives and senators,a petition for the equal rights and treatment of African Americans many of whom had been freed from slavery during and after the American Civil War.
Richard Griggs was a state legislator and author in Mississippi. He also served as a court clerk.
Countelow M. Bowles was a cooper,soldier,and state legislator. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives and Mississippi Senate. He was a Republican and African American.
Alexander E. Barber was an American soldier,newspaper editor and state legislator serving in the Louisiana State Senate from 1870 to 1874.
Curtis Pollard was a minister,farmer,store keeper and state legislator who served in the Louisiana State Senate during the Reconstruction era.
