The Iowa State Capitol,commonly called the Iowa Statehouse,is in Iowa's capital city,Des Moines. As the seat of the Iowa General Assembly,the building houses the Iowa Senate,Iowa House of Representatives,the Office of the Governor,and the Offices of the Attorney General,Auditor,Treasurer,and Secretary of State. The building also includes a chamber for the Iowa Supreme Court,although court activities usually take place in the neighboring Iowa Supreme Court building. The building was constructed between 1871 and 1886,and is the only five-domed capitol in the country.
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.
The City of Mackay was a local government area located in the Central Queensland region of Queensland,Australia,encompassing the regional city of Mackay and the surrounding region. The City was created as a municipal borough in 1869,and prior to amalgamation with the Shire of Pioneer in 1994,the City was limited to the central suburbs on the south shore of the Pioneer River. From 1994 until 2008,the City covered an area of 2,897.5 square kilometres (1,118.7 sq mi). In 2008,it amalgamated with the Shires of Mirani and Sarina to become the Mackay Regional Council.
James Arthur Roberts was an American lawyer and politician.
Hannibal Caesar Carter 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. 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. In later years he changed his affiliation to Democratic. He was one of several African Americans to serve as Mississippi Secretary of State during the Reconstruction era.
James Hill was a Republican politician and government official in the U.S. state of Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives,including as Sergeant at Arms and as Speaker,and was Secretary of State of Mississippi during the Reconstruction era.
Oliver Clifton was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives and three-time mayor of Jackson,Mississippi.
Francis Marion Johnson was an American politician. He was a Democratic member of the Mississippi State Senate and of the Mississippi House of Representatives in the early 20th century.
John Logan Power was an Irish-born American politician and publisher,and the Secretary of State of Mississippi from 1896 until his death.
Carroll Kendrick was a Mississippi state legislator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was the President Pro Tempore of the Mississippi State Senate from 1916 to 1920.
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1889,in eleven states.
George Morgan Govan was an American military officer and Democratic politician from Mississippi. He was the 27th Secretary of State of Mississippi,serving from 1886 to 1896.
Hugh McQueen Street was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1870 to 1880,1890 to 1894,and from 1908 to 1912. He was its Speaker in four different stints.
Charles Albert Brougher was an American politician. He was the 14th and 16th Secretary of State of Mississippi,serving from 1860 to 1865 and 1865 to 1869.
Wilson Hemingway was an American politician. He was the 8th Secretary of State of Mississippi,serving from 1843 to 1847.
McCron Avondale Cook Hussey was an American politician from Natchez,Mississippi.
William M. Inge was an American Democratic politician. He was the Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1884 to 1886.
John Prentiss Carter was an American politician. He served in both houses of the Mississippi Legislature and was the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1904 to 1908.
James Thomas Harrison was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He served in both houses of the Mississippi Legislature and was the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1900 to 1904. He was also the President Pro Tempore of the Mississippi State Senate from 1896 to 1900.
