Moses Sterrett

Moses Sterrett was a politician and community leader in Louisiana. Described as "mulatto", he served as president of the Caddo Parish Republican Club. ^[1] He served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1868 to 1870. ^[2] He later worked as a janitor in the Caddo Parish courthouse. ^{[3] [4]}

He organized "colored" nurses under the Howard Association in 1873. ^[5]

A steward, he represented Caddo Parish for one term in the Louisiana House of Representatives. He and state senator C. C. Antoine sponsored a bill to give the mayor of Shreveport additional powers. ^[6] They also promoted a bill to establish a charity hospital in Shreveport. ^[2] In the House he served on the Public Printing Committee and on a committee for the equal distribution of rooms in the State House. ^[7]

Governor H. C. Warmoth appointed him administrator of assessments at Shreveport in 1872. ^[8]

He was part of the Republican State Convention held at Turner Hall in New Orleans August 9 and 10, 1861. He and various other Republican delegates signed a letter protesting actions by the State Central Committee. ^[9] The convention was documented as a "bolters' convention". ^[10] In 1892, he was a delegate to the Tenth Republican National Convention held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ^[11]

See also

• African American officeholders from the end of the Civil War until before 1900

References

1. Jones, Howard James (December 12, 1982). "Faces and Phases of Afro-American History, Volume I". H.J. Jones – via Google Books.
2. Vincent, Charles (January 28, 2011). Black Legislators in Louisiana during Reconstruction. SIU Press. ISBN   978-0-8093-8581-2 – via Google Books.
3. Nash, Gary B.; Schultz, Ronald (December 12, 2003). Retracing the Past: Since 1865. Longman. ISBN   978-0-321-10138-9 – via Google Books.
4. "Reconstruction". New Departures, Incorporated. December 12, 1992 – via Google Books.
5. Shreveport Times September 6, 1873
6. Vincent, Charles (January 28, 2011). Black Legislators in Louisiana during Reconstruction. SIU Press. ISBN   978-0-8093-8581-2 – via Google Books.
7. Representatives, Louisiana Legislature House of (December 12, 1870). "Official Journal of the Proceedings of the House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana". The State – via Google Books.
8. "Testimony Taken by the Joint Select Committee to Investigate the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States of Louisiana". December 12, 1872 – via Google Books.
9. Convention, Republican Party (La ) (December 12, 1871). "Official Report of the Proceedings, Addresses and Resolutions of the Republican State Convention of Louisiana,: Held in Turner Hall, New Orleans, August 9 and 10, 1871, : to which are Added, the Report of the Committee on Address, the State Central Committee, the Committee to Wait Upon the President, and the Proceedings of a Republican Mass Meeting Held at Mechanics' Institute, August 11 : Published by Authority of the Republican Party". Printed at the office of The Republican, 94 Camp Street – via Google Books.
10. "Testimony Taken by the Joint Select Committee to Investigate the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States of Louisiana". December 12, 1872 – via Google Books.
11. Rose, Theodore C.; Burke, James Francis (December 12, 1892). "Proceedings of the Tenth Republican National Convention: Held in the City of Minneapolis, Minn., June 7, 8, 9, and 10, 1892 ..." Harrison & Smith, printers – via Google Books.