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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 Sumter
Jonas W. Nash Kershaw
1868-70 W. A. Bishop Greenville
John Boston Darlington
William Brodie Charleston
Stephen Brown Charleston
Barney Burton Chester
Edward J. Cain Orangeburg
Richard H. Cain Charleston
John A. Chestnut Kershaw
Wilson Cooke Greenville
Robert C. DeLarge Charleston
William A. Driffle Colleton
Robert B. Elliott
Barnwell/Edgefield/Aiken
Philllip E. Ezekiel Beaufort
John Gardner Edgefield
John G. Grant Marlboro
Eben Hayes Marion
James A. Henderson Newberry
Henry Jacobs Fairfield
Burrell James Sumter
D. J. J. Johnson Chesterfield
Henry Johnson Fairfield
Samuel Johnson Charleston
George H. Lee Charleston
Hutson J. Lomax Abbeville
Julius Mayer Barnwell
James P. Mays Orangeburg
William McKinlay Charleston
William J. McKinlay
Orangeburg/Charleston
William C. Morrison Beaufort
William Nelson Clarendon
Wade Perrin Laurens
Henry W. Purvis Lexington
Alonzo J. Ransier Charleston
Thomas Richardson Colleton
Alfred Rush Darlington
Thaddeus K. Sasportas Orangeburg
Robert F. Scott Williamsburg
Henry L. Shrewsburg Chesterfield
Robert Smalls Beaufort
James E. Smiling Sumter
Powell Smythe Clarendon
Charles M. Wilder Richland
John B. Wright Charleston
1868-72 George W. Barber Fairfield
Lawrence Cain Edgefield
Simeon Farr Union
Aesop Goodson Richland
David Harris Edgefield
Charles D. Hayne Barnwell
James N. Hayne Barnwell
Barney Humphries Chester
William R. Jervay Charleston
Griffin C. Johnson Laurens
William H. Jones Georgetown
Jordan Lang Darlington
Harry McDaniels Laurens
JohnW. Meade York
Edward C. Mickey Charleston
Junius S. Mobley Union
Samuel Nuckles Union
Jeffrey Pendergrass Williamsburg
Sancho Saunders Chester
William Simons Richland
Abraham W. Smith Charleston
William James Whipper Beaufort
John H. White York
1868-73 Benjamin A. Bosemon Charleston
1868-74 Samuel J. Lee Edgefield/Aiken
Prince R. Rivers Edgefield/Aiken
Benjamin A. Thompson Marion
Samuel B. Thompson Richland
1868-76 Joseph D. Boston Newberry
William 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 Charleston
John Wallace Orangeburg
1870-72 Benjamin Byos
Berkeley/Orangeburg
James Davis Richland
William E. Elliott Charleston
Florian Henry Frost Williamsburg
William H. Gardner Sumter
Stephen Gary Kershaw
William C. Glover Charleston
Mitchell Goggins Abbeville
John Green Edgefield
Alfred Hart Darlington
Plato P. Hedges Charleston
John T. Henderson Newberry
Allen Hudson Lancaster
James L. Jamison Orangeburg
Joseph W. Lloyd Charleston
Aaron Logan Charleston
Thomas D. McDowell Georgetown
Syphax Milton Clarendon
Alfred M. Moore Fairfield
Asbury L. Singleton Sumter
J. P. Singleton Chesterfield
John W. Thomas Marlboro
1870-74 Frank Adamson Kershaw
John B. Bascomb Beaufort
Richard Bryan Charleston
Everidge Cain Abbeville
Henry H. Ellison Abbeville
Adam P. Ford Charleston
Fortune Giles Williamsburg
Gloster H. Holland Aiken
Abraham P. Holmes Colleton
Sherman Smalls Colleton
Robert Tarlton Colleton
Jared D. Warley Clarendon
1870-75 Samuel Greene Beaufort
William F. Myers Colleton
1870-76 Thomas A. Davis Charleston
Hastings Gantt Beaufort
Richard H. Humbert Darlington
Samuel I. Keith Darlington
1872-73 Robert Turner Charleston
1872-74 Robert B. Artson Charleston
Abram Dannerly Orangeburg
John Dix Orangeburg
William H. Frazier Colleton
John T. Gilmore Richland
William A. Grant Charleston
Ishom Greenwood Newberry
Eben Hayes Marion
Allison W. Hough Kershaw
John W. Johnson Marion
John Lee Chester
Levi Lee Fairfield
John Lilley Chester
Thomas Martin Abbeville
Benjamin Middleton Barnwell
Isaac Miller Fairfield
M. Miller Fairfield
James Mills Laurens
Charles S. Minort Richland
Frederick Nix, Jr. Barnwell
Charles F. North Charleston
Edward Petty Charleston
Thomas Pressley Williamsburg
Isaac Prioleau Charleston
George A. Reed Beaufort
Henry Riley Orangeburg
Limus Simons Edgefield
Charles Sims Chester
Butler Spears Sumter
Nathaniel T. Spencer Charleston
Charles H. Sperry Georgetown
Caesar Sullivan Laurens
Julius C. Tingman Charleston
James Clement Wilson Sumter
Prince Young Chester
1872-76 Jacob C. Allman Marion
Sampson S. Bridges Newberry
Augustus Collins Clarendon
Andrew W. Curtis Richland
David Graham Edgefield
Charles S. Green Georgetown
Thomas Hamilton Beaufort
Augustus Simkins Edgefield
Paris Simpkins Edgefield
Jackson A. Smith Darlington
John Vanderpool Charleston
Hannibal A. Wideman Abbeville
James M. Young Laurens
1872-78 James F. Peterson Williamsburg
Samuel L. Duncan Orangeburg
1873-76 Nelson Davies York
1874-76 William J. Andrews Sumter
Samuel J. Bampfield Beaufort
E. M. Brayton Aiken
Mitchel Goggins Abbeville
Archie Weldon Edgefield
John Westberry Sumter
Ellison M. Weston Richland
Peter Bright Charleston
H. Z. Burchmeyer Charleston
Simon P. Coker Barnwell
Samuel B. Doiley Charleston
Robert B. Elliott
Barnwell/Edgefield/Aiken
Simeon Farrow Union
John M. Freeman, Jr. Charleston
Stephen Gary Kershaw
Ebenezer F. George Kershaw
John Gibson Fairfield
R. M. Harriett Georgetown
William A. Hayne Marion
James A. Henderson Newberry
A. H. Howard Marion
Allen Hudson Lancaster
Austin Jackson Barnwell
Paul W. Jefferson Aiken
A. H. Jones Charleston
Paul E. Jones Orangeburg
Syphax Milton Clarendon
Shadrack Morgan Orangeburg
Richard Nesbitt Charleston
William G. Pinckney Charleston
Thomas Richardson Colleton
Alfred Rush Darlington
William C. Scott Williamsburg
Aaron Simmons Orangeburg
Hercules Simmons Colleton
William Simons Richland
James A. Spencer Abbeville
Henry Steele York
Joseph Thompson Richland
Bruce H. Williams Georgetown
Smart Wright Charleston
1874-77 Dublin Walker Chester
1874-80 Thomas E. Miller Beaufort
1875-76 Samuel Coleman Chester
Benjamin Simmons Beaufort
1876-78 Christian Wesley Caldwell
Orangeburg
John Evans Williamsburg
Eugene Herriot Dibble Kershaw
Ellis Forrest Orangeburg
William Lowman Richland
Robert John Palmer Richland
James Wells Richland
Zachariah W. Wines Darlington
1878-80 S. C. Eckhard Charleston
W. T. Elfe Charleston
B. G. Frederick Orangeburg
Hastings Gantt Beaufort
William Maree Colleton
T. E. Miller Beaufort
Rev. W. Smalls Charleston
Benjamin Simons Beaufort
J. W. Westberry Sumter
1880-82 Paul B. Drayton Charleston
W. A. Driffle Colleton
Hastins Gantt Beaufort
George M. Mears Charleston
William Moultrie Georgetown
Joseph Parker Charleston
Joseph Alexander Owens
Barnwell
Joseph Robinson Beaufort
J. C. Rue Beaufort
1882-84 W. W. Beckett Berkeley
Caesar P. Chisolm Colleton
B. G. Frederick Orangeburg
Hastings Gantt Beaufort
George Mears Charleston
L. S. Mills Beaufort
W. J. Moultrie Georgetown
W. G. Pinckney Berkeley
Cain Ravenel Berkeley
Joseph Robinson Beaufort
Andrew Singleton Berkeley
James Singleton Berkeley
1884-86 J. A. Baxter Georgetown
George M. Mears Charleston
F. S. Mitchell Beaufort
W. H. Sheppard Beaufort
Aaron Simmons Orangeburg
Joseph Robinson Beaufort
1886-88 J. A. Baxter Georgetown
Marshall Jones Orangeburg
George M. Mears Charleston
T. E. Miller Beaufort
J. C. Rice Beaufort
J. J. Washington Beaufort
1888-90 J. A. Baxter Georgetown
George M. Mears Charleston
A. C. Reynolds Beaufort
Aaron Simmons Orangeburg
J. J. Washington Beaufort
1890-92 R. B. Anderson Georgetown
T. R. Fields Beaufort
George M. Mears Charleston
Mark P. Richardson Berkeley
Thomas H. Wallace Berkeley
James Wigg Beaufort
1892-94 R. B. Anderson Georgetown
M. C. Hamilton Beaufort
J. R. Rivers Beaufort
1894-96 R. B. Anderson Georgetown
T. 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 Colleton
Jonathan Jasper Wright Beaufort
Samuel Green Beaufort
Thomas E. Miller Beaufort
Thomas J. Reynolds Beaufort
Hamilton Robinson Beaufort
Robert Smalls Beaufort
Stephen A. Swails Williamsburg
Joseph H. Rainey Georgetown
Reverend Bruce H. Williams Chester
John Lea Chester
Dublin I. Walker Chester
Lucius Winbush Chester
George W. Barber Fairfield
Isreal R. Bird Fairfield
Sanders Ford Fairfield
Moses Martin Fairfield
Charles D. Hayne Aiken
Robert Simmons Berkeley
Reverend Jared D. Warley Clarendon
Henry 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
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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