John T. Costin

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John T. Costin
Member of the GeorgiaHouseofRepresentatives
from the Talbot County district
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Born Virginia
Political party Republican

John T. Costin was a Republican Party organizer, a member of the Georgia Legislature, and a minister in Georgia, United States, during the Reconstruction Era (1863 or 1865 - 1877). [1] Costin helped form the Republican Party of Georgia [2] He met with U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. [3] [4] Costin was a freemason [5] [6] and held the title of Grand Master (Masonic). [7] Costin was described as a scion of one of Washington's most illustrious families. [8]

Costin was born in Virginia. [9]

References

  1. ↑ Clegg, Claude Andrew (March 21, 2018). The Life and Times of Elijah Muhammad. UNC Press Books. ISBN   9781469618050 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Anderson, James D. (January 27, 2010). The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860–1935 . Univ of North Carolina Press. p. 18.
  3. ↑ Symonds, Craig L. (October 1, 2010). Lincoln and His Admirals: Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. Navy, and the Civil War. Oxford University Press. ISBN   9780199751570 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Hayes Historical Journal, Volumes 6-7 Hayes Historical Society, 1986 pages 28 and 31
  5. ↑ Gates, Henry Louis (March 21, 2018). 100 Amazing Facts about the Negro. Pantheon Books. ISBN   9780307908711 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "The Freemason's Chronicle". W.W. Morgan. March 21, 1885 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-7b97-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 New York Public Library collection etched print of Costin as grand master of freemasons
  8. ↑ New York Times: Disunion: Modern Historians Revisit and Reconsider the Civil War from Lincoln's Election to the Emancipation Proclamation. Running Press. June 11, 2013. ISBN   9781603763417.
  9. ↑ "The Georgia Historical Quarterly". Georgia Historical Society. March 21, 1960 – via Google Books.


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