• More than 1,500 African American officeholders served during the Reconstruction era (1865–1877) and in the years after Reconstruction before white supremacy...
    272 KB (21,055 words) - 16:11, 21 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Robert John Palmer
    Robert John Palmer (category African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era)
    along with eight other Reconstruction Era legislators. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era "Robert John Palmer (1849-1928)...
    3 KB (216 words) - 11:34, 28 November 2022
  • Thumbnail for Reconstruction era
    The Reconstruction era was a period in United States history following the American Civil War, dominated by the legal, social, and political challenges...
    262 KB (30,980 words) - 09:51, 2 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for African Americans in the United States Congress
    2012. Retrieved July 27, 2012. Bailey, Richard. Black Officeholders During the Reconstruction of Alabama, 1867–1878. New South Books, 2006. ISBN 1-58838-189-7...
    26 KB (3,033 words) - 18:02, 15 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for List of African-American statewide elected officials
    commissioner African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era List of African-American officeholders (1900–1959) List of African–American...
    48 KB (592 words) - 13:49, 2 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Alexander H. Curtis
    an American politician, he served as a state legislator in the Alabama House of Representatives and the Alabama Senate during the Reconstruction era. Curtis...
    8 KB (608 words) - 07:34, 23 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for African Americans in Florida
    Florida portal African Americans in Georgia (U.S. state) Black Seminoles African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era History of...
    13 KB (1,302 words) - 13:41, 9 January 2024
  • president of the University of Chicago William Harper (Louisiana politician), state senator (African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction...
    2 KB (244 words) - 09:08, 31 October 2022
  • Thumbnail for Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs
    Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs (category African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era)
    among the most powerful black officeholders in the state during Reconstruction. An African American who served during the Reconstruction era, he was the first...
    33 KB (4,267 words) - 03:22, 30 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of African-American United States senators
    list of African Americans who have served in the United States Senate. The Senate has had 12 African-American elected or appointed officeholders. Two each...
    53 KB (2,834 words) - 19:50, 7 February 2024