Hannibal C. Carter | |
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20th and 22nd Secretary of State of Mississippi | |
In office September 1, 1873 –October 20, 1873 | |
Governor | Ridgely C. Powers |
Preceded by | Hiram R. Revels |
Succeeded by | M. M. McLeod |
In office November 13,1873 –January 4,1874 | |
Governor | Ridgely C. Powers |
Preceded by | M. M. McLeod |
Succeeded by | James Hill |
Member of the MississippiHouseofRepresentatives from the Warren County district | |
In office 1872–1873 | |
In office 1876–1877 | |
Personal details | |
Born | New Albany,Indiana | February,1835
Died | June 1,1904 69) Chicago,Illinois | (aged
Hannibal Caesar Carter (February 1835 - June 1,1904) [1] was the Secretary of State of Mississippi from September 1 to October 20,1873,and from November 13,1873,to January 4,1874,serving the first term after being appointed when Hiram R. Revels resigned. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] He also served two non-consecutive terms representing Warren County in the Mississippi House of Representatives,the first from 1872 to 1873 the second from 1876 to 1877,both times as a Republican. [1] [7] [6] In later years he changed his affiliation to Democratic. [8] He was one of several African Americans to serve as Mississippi Secretary of State during the Reconstruction era. [9]
Carter was born in New Albany,Indiana,in February 1835,then moving to Toronto,Canada for his early childhood. [1] He and his brother served in the Native Guards of Louisiana and then the Union Army. [10] [11]
He helped establish the Freedmen's Oklahoma Immigration Association in Chicago in 1881. [12]
He spent his later life in Chicago,Illinois,where he then died at home June 1,1904 at the age of 69. [8]
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