YearNameCounty1868-69T .M. AllenJasperUnseated 1862-69,Reseated in 1870[10]]E. BarnesHancock""T. G. CampbellMcIntosh""G. H. ClowerMonroe""A. ColbyGreene""J. T. CostinTalbot""Monday FloydWarren""S. GardnerWarren""W. A. GoldenLiberty""W. H. HarrisonHancock""U. L. HoustonBryan""Philip JoinerDougherty""George LinderLaurens""R. LumpkinMaconUnseated 1862-69,Reseated in 1870[10]Romulus MooreColumbia""Peter O 'NealBaldwin""James PorterChatham""A. RichardsonClarke""J. M. SimsChatham""Abram SmithMuscogee""Alexander StoneJefferson""H. M. TurnerBibb""J. WarrenGlynn""Samuel WilliamsBurke""M. ClaiborneHarris""R. B. HallBurke""—— Beard[11]Richmond—— Belcher[11]WilkinsMadison Davis[11]Clarke—— Fyall[11]Macon
House
YearNameCounty1871James Blue[12]Glynn1872""1873""1874""1874""1875""1876""1877""1878Thomas M. Butler[12]Camden1879""1884A. Wilson[12]Camden1885""1886Lectured Crawford[12]McIntosh1887""1890""John M. HolzendorfCamden1891Lectured CrawfordMcIntoshJohn M. HolzendorfCamden1900Lectured CrawfordMcIntoshH. A. McKay[12]Liberty1901Lectured CrawfordMcIntoshH. A. McKayLiberty1902W. H. Rogers[12]McIntosh1903""1904""1905""1906""1907""1908""
List of Negro Members in Mississippi Legislature—1870
Senate
NameCountyRev. H. R. RevelsAdamsRev. William GrayWashingtonRev. T. W. StringerWarrenCharles CaldwellHindsRubert GleedLowndes
House
NameCountyCharles P. HeadWarrenPeter BarrowWarrenAlbert JohnsonWarrenHenry MaysonHindsC. F. NorrisHindsJ. F. BoldenLowndesJohn R. LynchAdamsH. P. JacobsAdamsEdmund ScarboroughHolmesCicero MitchellHolmesDr. J. J. SpellmanMadisonWilliam HolmesMonroeIsham StewartNoxubeeNathan McNeeseNoxubeeA. R. DavisNoxubeeJohn MorganWashingtonDr. StilesWashingtonW. H. FonteYazooAmbrose HendersonChickasawM. T. NewsomClaiborneEmanuel HandyCopiahMerrimon HowardJeffersonJ. Aaron MooreLauderdaleDavid HigginsOktibbehaC. A. YancyPanolaJ. H. PilesPanolaH. M. FaleyWilkinsonGeorge W. WhiteWilkinsonC. M. BowlesBolivarRichard GriggsIssaquenaGeorge CharlesLawrence
John R. Lynch elected speaker of the House.H. R. Revels elected to United State Senate for the unexpired term.—From J. M. Garner,Reconstruction in Mississippi, New York, 1901.
John R. Lynch elected speaker of the House.H. R. Revels elected to United State Senate for the unexpired term.
—From J. M. Garner,Reconstruction in Mississippi, New York, 1901.
Negroes Elected in 1871[13]
NameCountyHenry P. JacobsAdamsReuben KendrickAmiteJoseph SmothersClaiborneThomas McCainDeSotaMonroe BellHindsWilliam JohnsonHindsF. StewartHolmesRichard GriggsIssaquenaWilliam LandersJeffersonAlfred HandyMadisonArthur BrooksMonroeA. K. DavisNoxubeeRandle NettlesOktibbehaJohn CockePanolaH. C. CarterWarrenF. D. ShaddWarrenJ. H. MorganWashingtonH. M. FoleyWilkinsonJames M. DixonYazooR. W. HoustonIssaquenaJohn R. LynchAdamsG. W. GaylesBolivarEmanuel HandyCopiahJ. H. JohnsonDeSotaCharles ReeseHindsH. H. TruehartHolmesPerry HowardHolmesJames D. CessarJeffersonJames J. SpelmanMadisonJames HillMarshallWilliam HolmesMonroeIsham StewartNoxubeeJames H. PilesPanolaGilbert SmithTunicaW. H. MalloryWarrenCharles W. BushWarrenJohn D. WebsterWashingtonGeorge W. WhiteWilkinsonF. D. WadeYazoo
Additions and Corrections for Mississippi
Josiah T. Settle was a member of the House from Panola in 1883-84.
G. W. Gayles was a member of the House 1873-77 and a member of the Senate 1877 to some time after 1886. He was the last Negro to be a member of the Mississippi Senate. For sketch of his career see Simmons'Men of Mark, 379-381.
Garner,Reconstruction in Mississippi, page 294, gives Negro members of the Mississippi Legislature for 1873 as Senate, 9; House, 55. On page 402, for 1876, Senate, 5; House, 16. Total membership, Senate, 37. Total membership, House, 116.
Negro Members of the North Carolina Reconstruction Constitutional Conventions, 1868 and 1875
Dates of the Conventions January 14-March 17, 1868, and September 6-October 11, 1875. Total members of each Convention 120. Negro members, 13 in Convention of 1868, and 5 in Convention of 1875.
CountyYearNameBertie1868P. D. RobbinsBryant LeeCaswell1868Wilson CaryCaswell1875Wilson CaryCraven1868C. D. PiersonDuplin1868J. W. PettersonSamuel HighsmithEdgcombe1868Henry C. CherryEdgcombe1875W. P. MabsonFranklin1868John H. WilliamsonHalifax1868Henry EppsW. J. T. HayesHalifax1875J E. O'HaraNew Hanover1868A. H. GallowayNew Hanover1875J. H. SmytheWake1868James H. HarrisWarren1868John HymanWarren1875J. O. Crosby
Negro Members of General Assembly of North Carolina During Reconstruction Period and After[15]
CountyYearSenatorial DistrictSenatorsRepresentativesBertie1868..................Parker D. RobbinsBertie1870..........Parker D. RobbinsBertie18763rdGeorge A. Mebane..........Bertie1881..........Augustus RobbinsBertie18833rdGeorge A. Mebane..........Bladen1874..........John NewellBladen1879..........John NewellBladen1881..........John NewellBladen1883..........John NewellCaswell1868..........Wilson CaryCaswell187024thWilson Cary..........Caswell1874..........Wilson CaryCaswell1876..........Wilson CaryCaswell1879..........Wilson CaryCaswell1883..........James W. PoeCaswell1889..........Wilson CaryChowan1870..........John R. PageChowan1874..........Richard ElliottCraven1868..........A. W. StevensB. W. MorrisCraven1870..........R. TuckerE. R. DudleyG. B. WillisCraven1872..........I. B. AbbottE. R. DudleyCraven18748thRichard TuckerJohn R. GoodEdward H. HillCraven1879..........Willis D. PettipherCraven1881..........J. (Geo.) H. WhiteCraven18858thGeorge H. WhiteJohn E. HusseyCraven18878thCharles C. ClarkJohn E. HusseyCraven1889..........John E. HusseyCraven1899..........Isaac H. SmithCumberland1868..........John S. LearyIsham SweatEdgecombe1868..........Henry C. CherryEdgecombe1870..........Willis BunnR. M. JohnsonEdgecombe18727thHenry EppesWillis BunnEdgecombe18745thW. P. MabsonWillis BunnEdgecombe18765thW. P. MabsonWillis BunnEdgecombe18835thRobert R. GrayA. R. BridgersEdgecombe18855thR. S. TaylorB. W. ThorpeEdgecombe18875thR. S. Taylor..........Franklin1868..........John H. WilliamsonFranklin1870..........John H. WilliamsonFranklin1872..........John H. WilliamsonFranklin1876..........John H. WilliamsonFranklin1887..........John H. WilliamsonGranville1868..........Cuffie MayoA. A. CrawfordGranville1870..........W. H. ReavisGranville1872..........H. T. HughesGranville1874..........W. H. CrewsH. T. HughesGranville187621stHanson T. HughesW. H. CrewsGranville1893..........W. H. CrewsHalifax18686thHenry EppsH. T. J. HayesIvey HutchingsHalifax18706thHenry EppsJohn R. BryantHalifax18724thHenry EppsJohn R. BryantHalifax18744thJohn R. BryantJ. A. JonesJohn A. WhiteHalifax18764thJohn R. BryantJohn A. WhiteHalifax18794thHenry EppesJohn A. WhiteHalifax18874thHenry EppesJohn A. WhiteHertford1870..........W. D. NewsomNew Hanover186813thA. H. GallowayGeorge W. PriceJohn S. W. EagleNew Hanover187013thG. W. Price, Jr.G. L. MabsonNew Hanover187212thGeorge L. MabsonWm. H. McLaurinAlfred LloydNew Hanover1874..........H. BrewingtonW. H. MooreAlfred LloydNew Hanover187612thW. H. MooreJ. C. HillNew Hanover1879..........H. E. ScottNew Hanover188112thH. E. Scott..........New Hanover188312thH. E. Scott..........Northampton1883..........Wiley BakerWake1868..........James H. HarrisWake1870..........Willis MorganStewart EllisonWake187218thJames H. HarrisStewart EllisonWake1879..........Stewart EllisonWake1883..........James H. HarrisWake1895..........James H. YoungWake1897..........James H. YoungWarren186820thJohn A. HymanWilliam CawthornRichard FalknerWarren187020thJohn A. HymanWilliam CawthornRichard FalknerWarren187219thJohn A. HymanJ. W.H. PaschallWarren187419thJohn M. Paschall..........Warren187919thIsaac Alston..........Warren189119thIsaac Alston..........Washington1881..........Alexander Hicks
Number White and Negro Members Each Session of the Assembly in which there were Negro Members
(Number Senators in Assembly, 50; Representatives, 120)
YearWhiteNegro1868Senators473Representatives102181870Senators464Representatives101191872Senators455Representatives108121874Senators454Representatives107131876Senators455Representatives11371879Senators482Representatives11461881Senators491Representatives11641883Senators473Representatives11551885Senators482Representatives11821887Senators473Representatives11731889Senators50-Representatives11821891Senators491Representatives120-1893Senators50-Representatives11911895Senators50-Representatives11911897Senators50-Representatives11911899Senators491Representatives1191
Delegates to the South Carolina Constitutional Convention[16]Held at Charleston, January 14 to March 18, 1868[17]
Abbeville—John A. Hunter, B. Milford, white; H. J. Lomax, W. N. Joiner, Thomas Williamson, colored.Anderson—William Perry, N. J. Newall, white; Samuel Johnson, colored.Berkeley—M. F. Becker, D. H. Chamberlain, Timothy Hurley, Joseph H. Jenks, A. C. Richmond, white; William Jervey, Benjamin Byas, W. H. W. Gray, George Lee, colored.Beaufort—J. D. Bell, R. G. Holmes, white; F. E. Wilder, L. S. Langley, W. J. Whipper, Robert Smalls, J. J. Wright, colored.Barnwell—C. P. Leslie, Niles G. Parker, white; James N. Hayne, A. Middleton, C. D. Hayne, Julius Mayer, colored.Charleston—A. G. Mackey, C. C. Bowen, Gilbert Pillsbury, white; F. L. Cardozo, William McKinlay, R. H. Cain, R. C. DeLarge, A. J. Ransier, colored.Chester—Purvis Alexander, Barney Burton, Sancho Sanders, colored.Chesterfield—R. J. Donaldson, white; H. L. Shrewsbury, colored.Clarendon—Elias E. Dickson, white; William Nelson, colored.Colleton—J. S. Craig, white; William M. Thomas, William Driffle, W. M. Vinery, colored.Darlington—B. F. Whittemore, white; Isaac Brockenton, Jordan Lang, Richard Humbird, colored.Edgefield—Frank Arnim, white; R. B. Elliott, Prince R. Rivers, John Bonum, David Harris, John Wooley, colored.Fairfield—James M. Rutland, white; H. D. Edwards, Henry Jacob, colored.Georgetown—Henry W. Webb, white; F. F. Miller, Joseph H. Rainey, colored.Greenville—James M. Allen, J. M. Runion, white; Wilson Cook, W. B. Johnson, colored.Horry—Henry Jones, A. R. Thompson, colored.Kershaw—J. K. Jillson, S. G. W. Dill, white; John A. Chestnut, colored.Lancaster—Albert Clinton, Charles Jones, colored.Lexington—Lemanuel Boozer, Simeon Corley, white.Laurens—Joseph Crews, Y. J. P. Owens, white; Harry McDaniels, Nelson Davis, colored.Marion—W. S. Collins, white; J. W. Johnson, H. E. Hayne, B. A. Thompson, colored.Marlboro—Calvin Stubbs, George Jackson, colored.Newberry—B. O. Duncan, white; James Henderson, Lee Nance, colored.Orangeburg—E. W. M. Mackey, white; E. J. Cain, W. J. McKinlay, T. K. Sasportas, B. F. Randolph, colored.Pickens—M. Mauldin, Alexander Bryce, L. B. Johnson, white.Richland—Thomas J. Robertson, white; W. B. Nash, S. B. Thompson, C. M. Wilder, colored.Spartanburg—J. P. F. Camp, J. S. Gentry, white; Rice Foster, Coy Wingo, colored.Sumter—T. J. Coghlan, F. J. Moses, Jr., white; W. E. Johnson, Samuel Lee, colored.Union—J. H. Goss, white; Abram Dogan, Samuel Nuckles, colored.Williamsburg—William Darrington, white; C. M. Olsen, S. A. Swails, colored.York—J. L. Neagle, William E. Rose, white; J. W. Mead, J. H. White, colored.
Abbeville—John A. Hunter, B. Milford, white; H. J. Lomax, W. N. Joiner, Thomas Williamson, colored.
Anderson—William Perry, N. J. Newall, white; Samuel Johnson, colored.
Berkeley—M. F. Becker, D. H. Chamberlain, Timothy Hurley, Joseph H. Jenks, A. C. Richmond, white; William Jervey, Benjamin Byas, W. H. W. Gray, George Lee, colored.
Beaufort—J. D. Bell, R. G. Holmes, white; F. E. Wilder, L. S. Langley, W. J. Whipper, Robert Smalls, J. J. Wright, colored.
Barnwell—C. P. Leslie, Niles G. Parker, white; James N. Hayne, A. Middleton, C. D. Hayne, Julius Mayer, colored.
Charleston—A. G. Mackey, C. C. Bowen, Gilbert Pillsbury, white; F. L. Cardozo, William McKinlay, R. H. Cain, R. C. DeLarge, A. J. Ransier, colored.
Chester—Purvis Alexander, Barney Burton, Sancho Sanders, colored.
Chesterfield—R. J. Donaldson, white; H. L. Shrewsbury, colored.
Clarendon—Elias E. Dickson, white; William Nelson, colored.
Colleton—J. S. Craig, white; William M. Thomas, William Driffle, W. M. Vinery, colored.
Darlington—B. F. Whittemore, white; Isaac Brockenton, Jordan Lang, Richard Humbird, colored.
Edgefield—Frank Arnim, white; R. B. Elliott, Prince R. Rivers, John Bonum, David Harris, John Wooley, colored.
Fairfield—James M. Rutland, white; H. D. Edwards, Henry Jacob, colored.
Georgetown—Henry W. Webb, white; F. F. Miller, Joseph H. Rainey, colored.
Greenville—James M. Allen, J. M. Runion, white; Wilson Cook, W. B. Johnson, colored.
Horry—Henry Jones, A. R. Thompson, colored.
Kershaw—J. K. Jillson, S. G. W. Dill, white; John A. Chestnut, colored.
Lancaster—Albert Clinton, Charles Jones, colored.
Lexington—Lemanuel Boozer, Simeon Corley, white.
Laurens—Joseph Crews, Y. J. P. Owens, white; Harry McDaniels, Nelson Davis, colored.
Marion—W. S. Collins, white; J. W. Johnson, H. E. Hayne, B. A. Thompson, colored.
Marlboro—Calvin Stubbs, George Jackson, colored.
Newberry—B. O. Duncan, white; James Henderson, Lee Nance, colored.
Orangeburg—E. W. M. Mackey, white; E. J. Cain, W. J. McKinlay, T. K. Sasportas, B. F. Randolph, colored.
Pickens—M. Mauldin, Alexander Bryce, L. B. Johnson, white.
Richland—Thomas J. Robertson, white; W. B. Nash, S. B. Thompson, C. M. Wilder, colored.
Spartanburg—J. P. F. Camp, J. S. Gentry, white; Rice Foster, Coy Wingo, colored.
Sumter—T. J. Coghlan, F. J. Moses, Jr., white; W. E. Johnson, Samuel Lee, colored.
Union—J. H. Goss, white; Abram Dogan, Samuel Nuckles, colored.
Williamsburg—William Darrington, white; C. M. Olsen, S. A. Swails, colored.
York—J. L. Neagle, William E. Rose, white; J. W. Mead, J. H. White, colored.
Three of the delegates elected failed to attend,—F. A. Sawyer, white, Charleston; John K. Terry, white, Colleton; George D. Medis, colored, Edgefield.
Of the 124 delegates elected, forty-eight were white and seventy-six colored. The white men classed as Republicans were about equally divided as natives or newcomers—in the vernacular of the times, "scalawags" or "carpetbaggers."
The following table gives the previous residence of the delegates:
WhitesNegroesSouth Carolina23South Carolina59North Carolina3Pennsylvania2Georgia1Michigan1Massachusetts7Georgia1Connecticut1Tennessee1Rhode Island1Ohio1New York1North Carolina1Other Northern States5Virginia1England2Massachusetts2Ireland1Dutch Guiana1Prussia1Unknown6Denmark1——Unknown176——48
Senators of South Carolina—Reconstruction Period[18]
*[19]—— BarberFairfield Co.—— BirdFairfield Co.R. H. CainCharleston Co.*Lawrence CainEdgefield Co.*Rev. H. CardozoKershaw Co.F. A. ClintonLancaster Co.*S. E. GaillardCharleston Co.Samuel GreenBeaufort Co. formerly of H. of Rep.*C. D. HayneAiken Co.H. E. HayneMarion Co.*W. R. JerveyCharleston Co.*Rev. W. E. JohnsonSumter Co.*W. H. JonesGeorgetown Co.*—— JamisonOrangeburg Co.*John LeeChester Co.H. J. MaxwellMarlboro Co.*W. F. MyersColleton Co.W. Beverley NashRichland Co.J. H. RaineyGeorgetown Co.Rev. B. F. RandolphOrangeburg Co.*Robert SmallsBeaufort Co.S. A. SwailsWilliamsburg Co.*J. H. WhiteYork Co.Rev. B. H. WilliamsGeorgetown Co.Lucius WimbushChester Co.*Thomas E. MillerBeaufort Co.R. E. WallKershaw Co.
Member of the House of Representatives of South Carolina During Reconstruction Period[20]
*—— BascombBeaufort Co.S. J. BampfieldBeaufort Co.B. A. BosemonCharleston Co.Joseph D. BostonNewberry Co.*J. A. BowleyGeorgetown Co.Benjamin ByasBerkley Co.E. J. CainBerkley Co.*J. E. ClydeCharleston Co.Wilson CookGreenville Co.*—— DavisCharleston Co.*James DavisRichland Co.R. C. DeLargeCharleston Co.W. A. DriffleColleton Co.*Major M. R. DelaneyCharleston Co.*William ElliottCharleston Co.R. B. ElliottEdgefield Co.*—— EllisonAbbeville Co.*—— FraserColleton Co.*John FreemanCharleston Co.*F. H. FrostWilliamsburg Co.*John GilmoreRichland Co.*W. A. GrantCharleston Co.*Adam GreenAiken Co.Charles GreenGeorgetown Co.*Samuel GreenBeaufort Co.Thomas HamiltonBeaufort Co.David HarrisEdgefield Co.*H. E. HayneMarion Co.*Zachariah HinesDarlington Co.*—— HowardMarion Co.Richard HumbertDarlington Co.Rev. H. H. HunterCharleston Co.*S. J. KeithDarlington Co.S. J. LeeEdgefield Co.Harry McDanielsLaurens Co.*Thomas McDowellGeorgetown Co.John W. MeadYork Co.Thos. E. MillerBeaufort Co.*A. MiddletonBarnwell Co.Chas. S. MinortRichland Co.June MobleyUnion Co.*Wm. MoultrieGeorgetown Co.Nathaniel B. MyersBeaufort Co.*—— NehemiahBeaufort Co.*Fred Nix, Jr.Barnwell Co.Saml. NucklesUnion Co.*Lee NanceNewberry Co.R. J. PalmerRichland Co.M. H. PrioleanCharleston Co.*J. H. RaineyGeorgetown Co.G. A. ReedBeaufort Co.Prince RiversEdgefield Co.*John RueBeaufort Co.Sancho SaundersChester Co.H. L. ShrewsburyChesterfield Co.*—— SingletonDarlington Co.*Paris SimpkinsEdgefield Co.Wm, SimmonsRichland Co.J. A. SmithDarlington Co.*Butler SpearsSumter Co.*Jas. A. SpencerAbbeville Co.*Nath. T. SpencerCharleston Co.D. A. StrakerOrangeburgW. H. ThomasNewberry Co.Rev. W. M. ThomasColleton Co.S. B. ThompsonRichland Co.*Robert TurnerCharleston Co.James WellsRichland Co.*Ellison WestonRichland Co.W. J. WhipperRichland Co.B. A. ThompsonMarion Co.*Isaac BrockenboroDarlington Co.*T. AndrewsSumter Co.
Additional names by Bishop George W. Clinton.