Joseph Smothers was a Baptist minister and state legislator in Mississippi. [1] He represented Claiborne County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1872 to 1875. [2]
He was born in Kentucky. [1] He lived in Port Gibson, Mississippi. [3]
Randle Nettles was a farmer, Baptist preacher, state legislator, and state militia member during the Reconstruction era in Mississippi. He served on the county Board of Supervisors from 1870 to 1872. He represented Oktibbeha County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1870 to 1873. He was appointed as an officer to the state militia.
Orange Brunt was a state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1874 to 1875 representing Panola County. He had a wife named Thursday and children.
Thomas Sykes was an American politician. He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives from Panola County in 1873. He was African American and had a wife and children.
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 and other Mississippi state legislators were photographed in 1874 by E. von Seutter.
Murdock M. McLeod was a lawyer eho served as a city clerk and state legislator in Mississippi. A Republican, he served as the 21st Secretary of State of Mississippi from October to November 1873. He is listed as one of several "Negro" Mississippi Secretary of State officeholders who served during the Reconstruction era.
Merriman Howard was a state legislator and sheriff in Mississippi. He served as sheriff in Jefferson County, Mississippi.
Anderson Boyd was an American politician.
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.
George G. Moseley was a state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from Hinds County, Mississippi in 1874 and 1875.
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.
J. H. Johnson was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented De Soto County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives.
Tenant Weatherly was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Holmes County, Mississippi from 1874 to 1875 and 1880 to 1881 in the Mississippi House of Representatives. He was a Methodist.
George W. White was a 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.
Henry H. Harrison was a minister, shoemaker, teacher, and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Chickasaw County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1874 to 1875.
Samuel W. Fitzhugh was an American politician. He was a state legislator representing Wilkinson County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1874 to 1876.
Stephen B. Blackwell was a state legislator in Mississippi.
William H. Allen was a farmer, magistrate, and state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1884-1887. He was born in Jackson, Mississippi. He was a Methodist. He was a Republican.
Samuel W. Lewis was a Canadian-born American schoolteacher and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Madison County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1884-1885.
J. Wesley Caradine was a farmer and state legislator in 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.
Albert B. Poston was a teacher, principal, preacher, and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Panola County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1882 and 1883.