Negro Members of General Assembly of North Carolina During Reconstruction Period and After[15]

CountyYearSenatorial DistrictSenatorsRepresentatives
Bertie1868..................Parker D. Robbins
Bertie1870 ..........Parker D. Robbins
Bertie18763rdGeorge A. Mebane..........
Bertie1881 ..........Augustus Robbins
Bertie18833rdGeorge A. Mebane..........
Bladen1874 ..........John Newell
Bladen1879 ..........John Newell
Bladen1881 ..........John Newell
Bladen1883 ..........John Newell
Caswell1868 ..........Wilson Cary
Caswell187024thWilson Cary..........
Caswell1874 ..........Wilson Cary
Caswell1876 ..........Wilson Cary
Caswell1879 ..........Wilson Cary
Caswell1883 ..........James W. Poe
Caswell1889 ..........Wilson Cary
Chowan1870 ..........John R. Page
Chowan1874 ..........Richard Elliott
Craven1868 ..........A. W. Stevens
B. W. Morris
Craven1870 ..........R. Tucker
E. R. Dudley
G. B. Willis
Craven1872 ..........I. B. Abbott
E. R. Dudley
Craven18748thRichard TuckerJohn R. Good
Edward H. Hill
Craven1879 ..........Willis D. Pettipher
Craven1881 ..........J. (Geo.) H. White
Craven18858thGeorge H. WhiteJohn E. Hussey
Craven18878thCharles C. ClarkJohn E. Hussey
Craven1889 ..........John E. Hussey
Craven1899 ..........Isaac H. Smith
Cumberland1868 ..........John S. Leary
Isham Sweat
Edgecombe1868 ..........Henry C. Cherry
Edgecombe1870 ..........Willis Bunn
R. M. Johnson
Edgecombe18727thHenry EppesWillis Bunn
Edgecombe18745thW. P. MabsonWillis Bunn
Edgecombe18765thW. P. MabsonWillis Bunn
Edgecombe18835thRobert R. GrayA. R. Bridgers
Edgecombe18855thR. S. TaylorB. W. Thorpe
Edgecombe18875thR. S. Taylor..........
Franklin1868 ..........John H. Williamson
Franklin1870 ..........John H. Williamson
Franklin1872 ..........John H. Williamson
Franklin1876 ..........John H. Williamson
Franklin1887 ..........John H. Williamson
Granville1868 ..........Cuffie Mayo
A. A. Crawford
Granville1870 ..........W. H. Reavis
Granville1872 ..........H. T. Hughes
Granville1874 ..........W. H. Crews
H. T. Hughes
Granville187621stHanson T. HughesW. H. Crews
Granville1893 ..........W. H. Crews
Halifax18686thHenry EppsH. T. J. Hayes
Ivey Hutchings
Halifax18706thHenry EppsJohn R. Bryant
Halifax18724thHenry EppsJohn R. Bryant
Halifax18744thJohn R. BryantJ. A. Jones
John A. White
Halifax18764thJohn R. BryantJohn A. White
Halifax18794thHenry EppesJohn A. White
Halifax18874thHenry EppesJohn A. White
Hertford1870 ..........W. D. Newsom
New Hanover186813thA. H. GallowayGeorge W. Price
John S. W. Eagle
New Hanover187013thG. W. Price, Jr.G. L. Mabson
New Hanover187212thGeorge L. MabsonWm. H. McLaurin
Alfred Lloyd
New Hanover1874 ..........H. Brewington
W. H. Moore
Alfred Lloyd
New Hanover187612thW. H. MooreJ. C. Hill
New Hanover1879 ..........H. E. Scott
New Hanover188112thH. E. Scott..........
New Hanover188312thH. E. Scott..........
Northampton1883 ..........Wiley Baker
Wake1868 ..........James H. Harris
Wake1870 ..........Willis Morgan
Stewart Ellison
Wake187218thJames H. HarrisStewart Ellison
Wake1879 ..........Stewart Ellison
Wake1883 ..........James H. Harris
Wake1895 ..........James H. Young
Wake1897 ..........James H. Young
Warren186820thJohn A. HymanWilliam Cawthorn
Richard Falkner
Warren187020thJohn A. HymanWilliam Cawthorn
Richard Falkner
Warren187219thJohn A. HymanJ. W.H. Paschall
Warren187419thJohn 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)

Year WhiteNegro
1868Senators473
Representatives10218
1870Senators464
Representatives10119
1872Senators455
Representatives10812
1874Senators454
Representatives10713
1876Senators455
Representatives1137
1879Senators482
Representatives1146
1881Senators491
Representatives1164
1883Senators473
Representatives1155
1885Senators482
Representatives1182
1887Senators473
Representatives1173
1889Senators50-
Representatives1182
1891Senators491
Representatives120-
1893Senators50-
Representatives1191
1895Senators50-
Representatives1191
1897Senators50-
Representatives1191
1899Senators491
Representatives1191

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.

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: