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African-American state legislators in Mississippi

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The list African-American state legislators in Mississippi includes Aaron Henry, Hiram Rhodes Revels, John R. Lynch, James J. Spelman and George W. Gayles. The list consists of 103 members.
  • 1.

    Aaron Henry
    US civil rights activist
    Aaron Henry
    Overview: Aaron Henry (July 2, 1922 – May 19, 1997) was an American civil rights leader, politician, and head of the Mississippi branch of the NAACP. He was one of the founders of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic ...
    Date of birth: 2 July 1922
    Date of death: 19 May 1997
    Age: 74 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Activist
    Gender: Male
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    People from Dublin, Mississippi 5T
    Activists from Mississippi 23T
    NAACP activists 182T
  • 2.

    Hiram Rhodes Revels
    19th-century American politician (1827–1901)
    Hiram Rhodes Revels
    Overview: Hiram Rhodes Revels (September 27, 1827 – January 16, 1901) was a Republican U.S. Senator, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and a college administrator. Born free in North Carolina ...
    Date of birth: 27 September 1827
    Date of death: 16 January 1901
    Age: 73 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Politician
    Gender: Male
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    Republican Party United States senators from Mississippi 9T
    19th-century American clergy 987T
    Burials at Hillcrest Cemetery (Holly Springs) 11T
  • 3.

    Angela Cockerham
    American politician
    Overview: Angela Cockerham is an Independent member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing the 96th district. Cockerham joined the Mississippi House appropriations committee in 2013.
    Date of birth: 20 August 1976
    Age: 48
    Occupation: Attorney
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    21st-century American women politicians 3,140T
    People from Magnolia, Mississippi 11T
    Politicians from Jackson, Mississippi 49T
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    John R. Lynch
    American politician
    John R. Lynch
    Overview: John Roy Lynch (September 10, 1847 – November 2, 1939) was a Black Republican politician, writer, attorney and military officer. Born into slavery in Louisiana, he became free in 1863 under the ...
    Date of birth: 10 September 1847
    Date of death: 2 November 1939
    Age: 92 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Activist
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    19th-century American slaves 304T
    People from Vidalia, Louisiana 14T
    Dunning School 10T
  • 5.

    Linda F. Coleman
    American lawyer, judge, and politician from Mississippi
    Linda F. Coleman
    Overview: Linda F. Coleman (born September 27, 1961) is an American judge, attorney, and former lawmaker from the state of Mississippi. She has served as Circuit Court Judge of Mississippi's Eleventh Circuit Court ...
    Date of birth: 27 September 1961
    Age: 63
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    21st-century American women judges 892T
    Democratic Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives 297T
    20th-century American women lawyers 684T
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    James G. Patterson
    American politician from Mississippi
    James G. Patterson
    Overview: James G. Patterson was a teacher and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Yazoo County in the Mississippi House of Representatives 1874-1875. On October 20, 1875, amidst a wave of political ...
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    African-American politicians during the Reconstruction period 254T
    Lynching deaths in Mississippi 23T
    1875 deaths 1,419T
  • 7.
    Overview: Cornelius J. Jones (August 13, 1858 – March 16, 1931) was a lawyer and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented issaq County in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1890 and 1891. He was ...
    Date of birth: 13 August 1858
    Date of death: 16 March 1931
    Age: 72 (age at death)
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    George F. Bowles
    American lawyer and politician (1844–1899)
    George F. Bowles
    Overview: George F. Bowles (1844 - December 26, 1899) was a lawyer, militia colonel, chief of police and state legislator in Mississippi.
    Date of birth: 1844
    Date of death: 26 December 1899
    Age: 55 (age at death)
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    Free Negroes 69T
    School board members in Mississippi 6T
    Politicians from Natchez, Mississippi 22T
  • 9.

    Robert Thompson (Mississippi politician)
    Mississippi state legislator
    Robert Thompson (Mississippi politician)
    Overview: Robert Thompson (b 1830) was a state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875 from Lowndes County, Mississippi. He was born in South Carolina and ...
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    African-American politicians during the Reconstruction period 208T
    1830 births 1,909T
    People from Lowndes County, Mississippi 14T
  • 10.

    Anderson Boyd (politician)
    American politician
    Anderson Boyd (politician)
    Overview: Anderson Boyd (February 1835 - ?) was an American politician.
    Date of birth: February 1835
    Age: 190
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    Military personnel from Mississippi 108T
    African-American politicians during the Reconstruction period 205T
    People from Oktibbeha County, Mississippi 12T
  • 11.

    Stephanie Foster (politician)
    American politician
    Overview: Stephanie McKenzie Foster (born March 8, 1967) is an American politician serving as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 63rd district. Elected in November 2019, she assumed office ...
    Date of birth: 8 March 1967
    Age: 58
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    Tracey Rosebud
    American politician
    Overview: Tracey T. Rosebud (born February 27, 1976) is an American politician serving as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 30th district. He assumed office on June 11, 2018.
    Date of birth: 27 February 1976
    Age: 49
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    Alexander K. Davis
    American 19th Century politician
    Overview: Alexander Kelso Davis was a state legislator and Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi. He was impeached by the resurgent Democrats towards the end of the Reconstruction era in 1876. He was the first African ...
    Occupation: Attorney
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    Tammy Witherspoon
    American politician (born 1968)
    Overview: Tammy Witherspoon (born December 10, 1968) is an American politician, currently serving as mayor of Magnolia, Mississippi. She previously served in the Mississippi State Senate from the 38th district from ...
    Date of birth: 10 December 1968
    Age: 56
    Occupation: Politician
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    William Richardson (Mississippi politician)
    American politician and teacher
    Overview: William "Bill" Richardson (December 26, 1951 - March 25, 1997) was a teacher and politician from Indianola, Mississippi who served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1993 until his death ...
    Date of birth: 26 December 1951
    Date of death: 25 March 1997
    Age: 45 (age at death)
    Occupation: Politician
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  • 16.

    James J. Spelman
    American journalist and politician (1841–1894)
    James J. Spelman
    Overview: James J. Spelman (January 18, 1841 – June 25, 1894) was a journalist and politician in New York and Mississippi. His early career was as a journalist and a stage performer and manager in New York City ...
    Date of birth: 18 January 1841
    Date of death: 25 May 1894
    Age: 53 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Activist
    Gender: Male
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    Politicians from Norwich, Connecticut 29T
    Baptists from Mississippi 101T
    African-American politicians during the Reconstruction period 133T
  • 17.

    George W. Gayles
    American politician
    George W. Gayles
    Overview: George Washington Gayles (June 29, 1844 - March 5, 1924) was a Baptist minister and state legislator in Mississippi. He was in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1872 until 1875 and to the ...
    Date of birth: 29 June 1844
    Date of death: 5 March 1924
    Age: 79 (age at death)
    Occupation: Activist
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    Baptists from Mississippi 101T
    African-American politicians during the Reconstruction period 133T
    African-American Baptist ministers 132T
  • 18.

    Josiah T. Settle
    American politician
    Josiah T. Settle
    Overview: Josiah "Joe" Thomas Settle (September 30, 1850 – August 21, 1915) was a lawyer in Washington, D.C., Sardis, Mississippi, and Memphis, Tennessee. He was a part of Howard University's first graduating class ...
    Date of birth: 30 September 1850
    Date of death: 21 August 1915
    Age: 64 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Activist
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    Doug Anderson (politician)
    American educator and politician
    Overview: Doug Anderson (1939 – April 13, 2013) was an American educator and politician from Mississippi. Anderson, a Democrat, was first elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1976. He served ...
    Date of birth: 1939
    Date of death: 13 April 2013
    Age: 73 (age at death)
    Occupation: Politician
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    Sara Thomas
    American educator and politician
    Overview: Sara Richardson Thomas (born April 21, 1941) is an American educator and politician from Indianola, Mississippi. She was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 31st District, having ...
    Date of birth: 21 April 1941
    Age: 84
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Educator
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