Silas Comfort Swallow was a United States Methodist preacher and prohibitionist politician who was a lifelong opponent of slavery.
Edward Murphy Jr. was a businessman and politician from Troy,New York. A Democrat,he served as mayor of Troy,New York (1875–1883),chairman of the New York State Democratic Committee (1888–1894),and a United States senator from New York (1893–1899).
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.
Charles Creighton Carlin was an American lawyer,newspaper publisher and Democratic politician who served in the United States House of Representatives representing Virginia's 8th congressional district.
Mottrom Dulany Ball was an American lawyer,newspaper publisher,Confederate Army officer and collector of customs for the United States Department of the Treasury. From March 27,1878,to June 13,1879,he was the highest-ranking federal official in the Department of Alaska,making him the de facto governor of the territory.
The Alexandria Gazette was a succession of newspapers based in Alexandria,Virginia,United States. The newspaper offers an important source of information for events in Alexandria,particularly in the nineteenth century. The newspaper served as the dominant newspaper in Alexandria from 1834 to 1974. It served as a voice to the Whig Party and later the Democratic Party.
Charles Edward Stuart was a Virginia politician. He represented Alexandria City and County in the Virginia House of Delegates,and served as that body's Speaker from 1883 until 1887.
Alexander W. Monroe was a prominent American lawyer,politician,and military officer in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia. Monroe served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates and West Virginia House of Delegates representing Hampshire County. He was the Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates during the 1875–1877 legislative session. Monroe also represented Hampshire County in the West Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1872.
The Virginia Argus and Hampshire Advertiser,often referred to simply as the Virginia Argus,was a weekly newspaper published between July 1850 and August 1861 in Romney,Virginia. The paper's circulation of 800 copies was the second-highest in Hampshire County,after the South Branch Intelligencer's. The Virginia Argus ceased publication following its closure by the Union Army during the American Civil War,after which it was not revived.
William Rice (1821–1897) was a Methodist Episcopal minister,author,and from 1861 to his death in 1897,the President and Executive Director of the Springfield City Library Association. He was an important public figure in nineteenth-century Springfield,Massachusetts.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Alexandria,Virginia,USA.
Charles Bendheim was an American politician and lawyer from Virginia. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1891 to 1894.
George Augustus Mushbach was an American lawyer and politician who served in the Virginia House of Delegates representing Alexandria and Alexandria County. He also served in the Virginia Senate,representing Alexandria,Fairfax County and Prince William County,from 1891 to 1898.
St. John's Academy was a military academy for boys in Alexandria,Virginia established by Jesuits.
Eppa Hunton III,known as Eppa Hunton Jr.,was an American lawyer,railroad executive,and politician. The son of General Eppa Hunton,he experienced a turbulent childhood with the American Civil War and Reconstruction as its backdrop. After graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law,he practiced law with his father in Warrenton,Virginia,for a number of years before moving south to Richmond in 1901 to help found the law firm Munford,Hunton,Williams &Anderson.
George Colton was an American politician,printer and newspaperman. He served as member of the Maryland House of Delegates,representing Baltimore's 2nd district,from 1868 to 1872 and 1888 to 1892. Colton served as president of the Baltimore Board of Police Commissioners. He owned and operated both the Maryland Republican in the 1860s and the Baltimore Gazette in the 1880s.
Edgar Snowden Sr. was a Virginia politician who served as mayor of Alexandria D.C. and represented Alexandria in the Virginia House of Delegates.
Grenville Gaines was an American politician,lawyer and banker from Virginia. He served as mayor of Warrenton in the 1890s.
Lawrence W. Corbett was an American politician from Virginia. He served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1887 to 1888.
William H. Fowle was an American politician from Virginia. He served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Alexandria City and Alexandria from 1875 to 1876.
