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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.
Charles D. Hayne (1844–1913) was an American politician,tailor,and railroad investor from South Carolina. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1868 to 1872 and in the South Carolina Senate from 1872 to 1876. He also served as a warden in Aiken County,South Carolina and as a lieutenant colonel in the state militia. His brothers Henry E. Hayne and James N. Hayne also held political offices.
William Fabriel Myers was a lawyer and state senator in South Carolina. An African American,he was involved in politics during the Reconstruction Era. He served as a state senator from 1874 until 1878.
James P. Mays served as Commissioner of Elections in Orangeburg County,South Carolina and served in the South Carolina House of Representatives during the Reconstruction era in 1868. He also served as coroner,first appointed in 1873.
Joseph A. Greene was a state senator in South Carolina during the Reconstruction era,representing Orangeburg County in the 48th and 49th South Carolina General Assemblies from 1868 till 1871.
William R. Jervey was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives during the Reconstruction era,and then a state senator.
Henry Johnson Maxwell was a lawyer,soldier in the Union Army,state senator,and postmaster in South Carolina.
William J. Brodie was a legislator in South Carolina during the Reconstruction era. He was identified as a mullato bricklayer who was literate. Another document lists him as a carpenter. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1876 until 1880.
Henry W. Webb was a political leader in Reconstruction era South Carolina. He was a delegate to the South Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1868 and elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives the same year.
Thaddeus Kenlock Sasportas was a state legislator in South Carolina during the Reconstruction era. He represented Chester County,South Carolina in the South Carolina House of Representatives. A document describes him as a slave before the American Civil War,as being a Baptist minister,and as Black.
Hercules Simmons,sometimes spelled Simons was a state legislator in South Carolina during the Reconstruction era. He represented Colleton County.
Samuel L. Duncan was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1872 until 1876 and in the South Carolina Senate from 1876 until 1880. A Republican,he represented Orangeburg. He opposed a bill to provide artificial legs to Confederate South Carolina veterans because it excluded U.S. Army veterans. He was from Fort Motte. He signed opposition to a delay of a State Senate investigation into the abuse of prisoners sent to work for railroads and other businesses.
Datus Ensing Coon was a newspaper publisher,Union Army officer during the American Civil War,planter,and state politician in Alabama. He was a delegate to the 1875 Alabama Constitutional Convention and a fraternal order of veterans president in San Diego,California. He served as a state legislator during the Reconstruction era in Alabama. representing Dallas County,Alabama in the Alabama House of Representatives. He served on investigating committee evaluating corruption allegations against U.S. Senator George E. Spencer.
James Henri Burch,often written as J. Henri Burch,was an African American state legislator in Louisiana during Reconstruction,the years after the Civil War. He represented East Baton Rouge Parish in both the state's House of Representatives and Senate and was an important Black political leader in the period.
Charles H. Sperry was a teacher,state legislator,and carpenter in South Carolina. He represented Georgetown County in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1872 to 1874.
James F. Peterson was a farmer,teacher,and state legislator in South Carolina. He represented Williamsburg County in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1872 to 1878.
Sanders Ford was a farmer and state legislator in South Carolina. He was elected to represent Fairfield County,South Carolina in the South Carolina Senate in 1872,and died in office in 1873.
John Vanderpool was a barber,laborer,and state legislator in South Carolina. He represented Charleston County,South Carolina in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1872 to 1877.
William H. Frazier was a state legislator in South Carolina. He represented Colleton County,South Carolina in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1872 to 1874.
Richard Tucker was a carpenter,undertaker,and state legislator in North Carolina. He represented Craven County in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1870 and in the North Carolina Senate in 1874 during the Reconstruction era.
References
- ↑ "Death of Senator Jamison". The Orangeburg News. July 5, 1873. p. 4 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ Holt, Thomas Cleveland (June 9, 1977). Black Over White: Negro Political Leadership in South Carolina During Reconstruction. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252007750 – via Google Books.
- ↑ General Assembly, South Carolina (June 9, 1873). "Report of State Officers, Board and Committees to the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina". South Carolina General Assembly – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Journal of the Senate of the State of South Carolina, Being the Sessions of ..." Charles P. Pelham, State Printer. South Carolina Senate. June 9, 1869 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Report of the Joint Investigating Committee on Public Frauds and Election of Hon. J.J. Patterson to the United States Senate: Made to the General Assembly of South Carolina at the Regular Session 1877-78". Calvo & Patton, state printers. South Carolina General Assembly Joint Investigating Committee on Public Frauds. June 9, 1878 – via Google Books.
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