A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT AND THE MEMBERS OF THE STATE’S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION WHO HEROICALLY SERVED THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE FOLLOWING THE CIVIL WAR UNTIL THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY.
Whereas, South Carolina’s history is filled with many contributions from its citizens of African-American heritage from the time the earliest European explorers visited the American continent to the present day; and
Whereas, originally brought to this land as slaves, their contributions played an integral role in the state’s development as a center for economic, agricultural, and cultural advances in its early days; and
Whereas, in the aftermath of the Civil War, great progress was made in the fields of national, state, and local governments as former slaves and their descendents took their rightful seats in the highest offices of the state and federal governments; and
Whereas, during the period following the Civil War, the following men of African-American heritage filled the chamber of the State’s House of Representatives:
Year Name County
1868 Richard M. Valentine Abbeville
1868-69 William E. Johnston SumterJonas W. Nash Kershaw
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1868-70 W. A. Bishop GreenvilleJohn Boston DarlingtonWilliam Brodie CharlestonStephen Brown CharlestonBarney Burton ChesterEdward J. Cain OrangeburgRichard H. Cain CharlestonJohn A. Chestnut KershawWilson Cooke GreenvilleRobert C. DeLarge CharlestonWilliam A. Driffle ColletonRobert B. Elliott Barnwell/Edgefield/AikenPhilllip E. Ezekiel BeaufortJohn Gardner EdgefieldJohn G. Grant MarlboroEben Hayes MarionJames A. Henderson NewberryHenry Jacobs FairfieldBurrell James SumterD. J. J. Johnson ChesterfieldHenry Johnson FairfieldSamuel Johnson CharlestonGeorge H. Lee CharlestonHutson J. Lomax AbbevilleJulius Mayer BarnwellJames P. Mays OrangeburgWilliam McKinlay CharlestonWilliam J. McKinlay Orangeburg/CharlestonWilliam C. Morrison BeaufortWilliam Nelson ClarendonWade Perrin LaurensHenry W. Purvis LexingtonAlonzo J. Ransier CharlestonThomas Richardson ColletonAlfred Rush DarlingtonThaddeus K. Sasportas OrangeburgRobert F. Scott WilliamsburgHenry L. Shrewsburg ChesterfieldRobert Smalls BeaufortJames E. Smiling SumterPowell Smythe ClarendonCharles M. Wilder RichlandJohn B. Wright Charleston
1868-72 George W. Barber FairfieldLawrence Cain EdgefieldSimeon Farr UnionAesop Goodson Richland
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David Harris EdgefieldCharles D. Hayne BarnwellJames N. Hayne BarnwellBarney Humphries ChesterWilliam R. Jervay CharlestonGriffin C. Johnson LaurensWilliam H. Jones GeorgetownJordan Lang DarlingtonHarry McDaniels LaurensJohnW. Meade YorkEdward C. Mickey CharlestonJunius S. Mobley UnionSamuel Nuckles UnionJeffrey Pendergrass WilliamsburgSancho Saunders ChesterWilliam Simons RichlandAbraham W. Smith CharlestonWilliam James WhipperBeaufortJohn H. White York
1868-73 Benjamin A. Bosemon Charleston
1868-74 Samuel J. Lee Edgefield/AikenPrince R. Rivers Edgefield/AikenBenjamin A. Thompson MarionSamuel B. Thompson Richland
1868-76 Joseph D. Boston NewberryWilliam M. Thomas Colleton
1869-70 William Adamson Kershaw
1869-74 James A. Bowley Georgetown
1869-76 Warren W. Ramsey Sumter
1870-71 James J. Hardy CharlestonJohn Wallace Orangeburg
1870-72 Benjamin Byos Berkeley/OrangeburgJames Davis RichlandWilliam E. Elliott CharlestonFlorian Henry Frost WilliamsburgWilliam H. Gardner SumterStephen Gary KershawWilliam C. Glover CharlestonMitchell Goggins AbbevilleJohn Green EdgefieldAlfred Hart Darlington
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Plato P. Hedges CharlestonJohn T. Henderson NewberryAllen Hudson LancasterJames L. Jamison OrangeburgJoseph W. Lloyd CharlestonAaron Logan CharlestonThomas D. McDowell GeorgetownSyphax Milton ClarendonAlfred M. Moore FairfieldAsbury L. Singleton SumterJ. P. Singleton ChesterfieldJohn W. Thomas Marlboro
1870-74 Frank Adamson KershawJohn B. Bascomb BeaufortRichard Bryan CharlestonEveridge Cain AbbevilleHenry H. Ellison AbbevilleAdam P. Ford CharlestonFortune Giles WilliamsburgGloster H. Holland AikenAbraham P. Holmes ColletonSherman Smalls ColletonRobert Tarlton ColletonJared D. Warley Clarendon
1870-75 Samuel Greene BeaufortWilliam F. Myers Colleton
1870-76 Thomas A. Davis CharlestonHastings Gantt BeaufortRichard H. Humbert DarlingtonSamuel I. Keith Darlington
1872-73 Robert Turner Charleston
1872-74 Robert B. Artson CharlestonAbram Dannerly OrangeburgJohn Dix OrangeburgWilliam H. Frazier ColletonJohn T. Gilmore RichlandWilliam A. Grant CharlestonIshom Greenwood NewberryEben Hayes MarionAllison W. Hough KershawJohn W. Johnson MarionJohn Lee ChesterLevi Lee FairfieldJohn Lilley ChesterThomas Martin Abbeville
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Benjamin Middleton BarnwellIsaac Miller FairfieldM. Miller FairfieldJames Mills LaurensCharles S. Minort RichlandFrederick Nix, Jr. BarnwellCharles F. North CharlestonEdward Petty CharlestonThomas Pressley WilliamsburgIsaac Prioleau CharlestonGeorge A. Reed BeaufortHenry Riley OrangeburgLimus Simons EdgefieldCharles Sims ChesterButler Spears SumterNathaniel T. Spencer CharlestonCharles H. Sperry GeorgetownCaesar Sullivan LaurensJulius C. Tingman CharlestonJames Clement Wilson SumterPrince Young Chester
1872-76 Jacob C. Allman MarionSampson S. Bridges NewberryAugustus Collins ClarendonAndrew W. Curtis RichlandDavid Graham EdgefieldCharles S. Green GeorgetownThomas Hamilton BeaufortAugustus Simkins EdgefieldParis Simpkins EdgefieldJackson A. Smith DarlingtonJohn Vanderpool CharlestonHannibal A. Wideman AbbevilleJames M. Young Laurens
1872-78 James F. Peterson WilliamsburgSamuel L. Duncan Orangeburg
1873-76 Nelson Davies York
1874-76 William J. Andrews SumterSamuel J. Bampfield BeaufortE. M. Brayton AikenMitchel Goggins AbbevilleArchie Weldon EdgefieldJohn Westberry SumterEllison M. Weston RichlandPeter Bright CharlestonH. Z. Burchmeyer Charleston
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Simon P. Coker BarnwellSamuel B. Doiley CharlestonRobert B. Elliott Barnwell/Edgefield/AikenSimeon Farrow UnionJohn M. Freeman, Jr. CharlestonStephen Gary KershawEbenezer F. George KershawJohn Gibson FairfieldR. M. Harriett GeorgetownWilliam A. Hayne MarionJames A. Henderson NewberryA. H. Howard MarionAllen Hudson LancasterAustin Jackson BarnwellPaul W. Jefferson AikenA. H. Jones CharlestonPaul E. Jones OrangeburgSyphax Milton ClarendonShadrack Morgan OrangeburgRichard Nesbitt CharlestonWilliam G. Pinckney CharlestonThomas Richardson ColletonAlfred Rush DarlingtonWilliam C. Scott WilliamsburgAaron Simmons OrangeburgHercules Simmons ColletonWilliam Simons RichlandJames A. Spencer AbbevilleHenry Steele YorkJoseph Thompson RichlandBruce H. Williams GeorgetownSmart Wright Charleston
1874-77 Dublin Walker Chester
1874-80 Thomas E. Miller Beaufort
1875-76 Samuel Coleman ChesterBenjamin Simmons Beaufort
1876-78 Christian Wesley CaldwellOrangeburg
John Evans WilliamsburgEugene Herriot Dibble KershawEllis Forrest OrangeburgWilliam Lowman RichlandRobert John Palmer RichlandJames Wells RichlandZachariah W. Wines Darlington
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1878-80 S. C. Eckhard CharlestonW. T. Elfe CharlestonB. G. Frederick OrangeburgHastings Gantt BeaufortWilliam Maree ColletonT. E. Miller BeaufortRev. W. Smalls CharlestonBenjamin Simons BeaufortJ. W. Westberry Sumter
1880-82 Paul B. Drayton CharlestonW. A. Driffle ColletonHastins Gantt BeaufortGeorge M. Mears CharlestonWilliam Moultrie GeorgetownJoseph Parker CharlestonJoseph Alexander Owens
BarnwellJoseph Robinson BeaufortJ. C. Rue Beaufort
1882-84 W. W. Beckett BerkeleyCaesar P. Chisolm ColletonB. G. Frederick OrangeburgHastings Gantt BeaufortGeorge Mears CharlestonL. S. Mills BeaufortW. J. Moultrie GeorgetownW. G. Pinckney BerkeleyCain Ravenel BerkeleyJoseph Robinson BeaufortAndrew Singleton BerkeleyJames Singleton Berkeley
1884-86 J. A. Baxter GeorgetownGeorge M. Mears CharlestonF. S. Mitchell BeaufortW. H. Sheppard BeaufortAaron Simmons OrangeburgJoseph Robinson Beaufort
1886-88 J. A. Baxter GeorgetownMarshall Jones OrangeburgGeorge M. Mears CharlestonT. E. Miller BeaufortJ. C. Rice BeaufortJ. J. Washington Beaufort
1888-90 J. A. Baxter Georgetown
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George M. Mears CharlestonA. C. Reynolds BeaufortAaron Simmons OrangeburgJ. J. Washington Beaufort
1890-92 R. B. Anderson GeorgetownT. R. Fields BeaufortGeorge M. Mears CharlestonMark P. Richardson BerkeleyThomas H. Wallace BerkeleyJames Wigg Beaufort
1892-94 R. B. Anderson GeorgetownM. C. Hamilton BeaufortJ. R. Rivers Beaufort
1894-96 R. B. Anderson GeorgetownT. E. Miller Beaufort
1896-98 R. B. Anderson Georgetown
1898-1900 J. W. Bolts Georgetown
1900-02 J. W. Bolts Georgetown; and
Whereas, during the period following the Civil War until the early twentieth century, these men of African-American heritage served in our State’s Senate:
Name County
Henry E. Hayne Marion Reverend William E. Johnston Sumter William B. Nash Richland William R. Hoyt and William F. Myers ColletonJonathan Jasper Wright BeaufortSamuel Green Beaufort Thomas E. Miller Beaufort Thomas J. Reynolds Beaufort Hamilton Robinson BeaufortRobert Smalls Beaufort Stephen A. Swails Williamsburg Joseph H. Rainey Georgetown Reverend Bruce H. Williams Chester John Lea Chester Dublin I. Walker Chester
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Lucius Winbush ChesterGeorge W. Barber Fairfield Isreal R. Bird Fairfield Sanders Ford Fairfield Moses Martin Fairfield Charles D. Hayne Aiken Robert Simmons Berkeley Reverend Jared D. Warley ClarendonHenry Cardozo Kershaw Frederick A. Clinton Lancaster Hiram W. Duncan Union Benjamin F. Randolph Orangeburg Joseph A. Green Orangeburg Samuel L. Duncan Orangeburg James L. Jamison Orangeburg Richard H. Cain Orangeburg Lawrence Cain Edgefield; and
Whereas, the following men of African-American heritage held statewide office following the Civil War: Francis Louis Cardozo served as Secretary of State from 1870 to 1872 and as State Treasurer from 1872 to 1877; and Henry E. Hayne served as Secretary of State from 1872 to 1874; and
Whereas, during this period Samuel T. Lee served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1872 to 1874, and Robert Brown Elliott served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1874 to 1877; and
Whereas, the State sent the following men to serve as members of the United States Congress: Joseph H. Rainey, (1869-1879), Robert C. DeLarge, (1871-1873), Robert Brown Elliott, (1871-1875), Richard H. Cain, (1873-1875 and 1877-1879), Alonzo Ransier, (1873-1875), Robert Smalls, (1875-1879 and 1881-1887), Thomas E. Miller, (1884-1891), George W. Murray, (1893-1897); and
Whereas, the Honorable Jonathan Jasper Wright served from 1870 to 1877 on the South Carolina Supreme Court; and
Whereas, Lieutenant Governor Alonzo Jacob Ransier served in that capacity from 1870 to 1872, and Lieutenant Governor Richard H. Gleaves held that office from 1872 to 1877; and
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Whereas, it is fitting and proper for the members of the South Carolina General Assembly to honor and recognize these sons of South Carolina for providing great leadership during a tumultuous period in the history of our nation. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly by this resolution, honor and recognize the African-American members of the South Carolina executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government and members of the State’s Congressional Delegation who heroically served this State following the Civil War until the early twentieth century.
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