Reuben Kendrick

Photograph of Reuben Kendrick (1874)

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. ^[1] He was elected to a seat in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1871 ^[2] and served from 1872 to 1875. ^[1] He represented Amite County. ^[3] He and other Mississippi state legislators were photographed in 1874 by E. von Seutter. ^[4]

In 1876 he wrote the governor about being denied his right to vote. ^{[5] [6]}

See also

• Reconstruction era
• Mississippi Plan
• African American officeholders from the end of the Civil War until before 1900

References

1. Foner, Eric (1996). Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. p. 125. ISBN   978-0807120828.
2. Work 1920, p. 74.
3. "1872 Jan JR Mc House of Rep State of MS". The Semi-Weekly Clarion. January 5, 1872. p. 4. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
4. "Reuben Kendrick · Mississippi State University Libraries". msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com.
5. "Cincinnati Daily Gazette, Aug 2, 1876 – Against All Odds".
6. "Reuben Kendrick – Against All Odds".

Works cited

• Work, Monroe N. (January 1920). "Some Negro Members of Reconstruction Conventions and Legislatures and of Congress" . The Journal of Negro History. V (1): 63–111. doi:10.2307/2713503. JSTOR   2713503. S2CID   149610698.