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“All for Civil Rights”

African-American Congressmen, Judges & Lawmakers in South Carolina, Compiled by W. Lewis Burke

Alphabetical List of Officials

A

  • Adamson, Frank, SCH 1870–74
  • Adamson, William, SCH 1869–70
  • Alexander, Purvis, CCD 1868
  • Alexander, Terry, SCH 2008–P.
  • Allen, Karl B., SCH 2001–P.
  • Allen, Macon B., J-SCIC 1873–74, J-SCPC 1877–78
  • Allman, Jacob C., SCH 1872–76
  • Anderson, Carl Lovetta, SCH 2005–P.
  • Anderson, Ralph, SCH 1991–96, SCS 1997–P.
  • Anderson, Robert B., Jr., SCH 1890–98
  • Andrews, Robert B., CCD 1895
  • Andrews, William J., SCH 1874–78
  • Artson, Robert B., SCH 1872–74

B

  • Bailey, Kenneth Elvin, SCH 1985–92
  • Bampfield, Samuel J., SCH 1874–76
  • Barber, George W., SCS 1868–72
  • Barksdale, Hudson Lee, SCH 1975–82
  • Bascomb, John B., SCH 1870–74
  • Baxter, Jonathan A., SCH 1884–89
  • Beatty, Donald W., SCH 1991–95, J-SCCC 1995–03, J-SCCOA 2003–07, J-SCSC 2007–P.
  • Becker, Martin F., CCD 1868
  • Beckett, William W., SCH 1882–83
  • Bennett, George A., SCH 1868
  • Bird, Israel, SCS 1876–80
  • Bishop, W.A., SCH 1868–70
  • Blanding, Larry, SCH 1977–91
  • Bolts, John W., SCH 1899–02
  • Boney, Harrison N., J-SCPC 1874–76
  • Bonum, John, CCD 1868
  • Boseman, Benjamin A., Jr., SCH 1868–73
  • Boston, John, SCH 1868–70, 72–74
  • Boston, Joseph D., SCH 1868–76
  • Boulware, Harold R., J-SCFC 1975–82
  • Bowley, James A., SCH 1868–74, J-SCPC 1890–94
  • Brantley, Curtis, SCH 2007–P.
  • Brayton, Ellery M., SCH 1874–76
  • Breeland, Floyd, SCH 1993–09
  • Bridges, Sampson S., SCH 1872–78
  • Bright, Peter, SCH 1874–76
  • Broadwater, Thomas D., SCH 1981–85
  • Brockenton, Isaac P., CCD 1868
  • Brodie, William J., SCH 1868–70
  • Brown, Joe Ellis, SCH 1986–07
  • Brown, Robert L., SCH 2001–P.
  • Brown, Stephen, SCH 1868–70
  • Brown, Theodore A., SCH 1995–01
  • Bryan, Richard, SCH 1870–74
  • Burckmeyer, H.Z., SCH 1874–76
  • Burton, Barney, CCD 1868, SCH 1868–70
  • Byas, Benjamin, SCH 1870–72
  • Byrd, Alma Weaver, SCH 1991–99

C

  • Cain, Edwin J., CCD 1868, SCH 1868–70
  • Cain, Everidge, SCH 1870–74
  • Cain, Lawrence, SCH 1868–72, SCS 1872–76
  • Cain, Richard H., CCD 1868, SCS 1868–70, USH 1873–75, 77–79
  • Canty, Ralph W., SCH 1991–01
  • Cardozo, Francis L., CCD 1868, SCSOS 1870–72, SCT 1872–77
  • Cardozo, Henry, SCS 1870–74
  • Carter, Frank, SCS 1874–78
  • Cave, Wilbur Lucius, SCH 1995–99
  • Chestnut, John A., CCD 1868, SCH 1868–70
  • Childs, Michelle, J-SCCC 2006–P.
  • Chisolm, Caesar P., SCH 1882–83, CCD 1895
  • Clinton, Frederick A., CCD 1868, SCS 1870–77
  • Clyburn, James E., USH 1992–P.
  • Clyburn, William “Bill”, SCH 1995–P.
  • Cobb-Hunter, Gilda, SCH 1992–P.
  • Coker, Simon P., SCH 1874–76
  • Coleman, Samuel, SCH 1875–78
  • Collins, Augustus, SCH 1872–76
  • Cooke, Wilson, CCD 1868, SCH 1868–70
  • Cureton, Jasper M., J-SCFC 1982–83, J-SCCOA 1983–03
  • Curtis, Andrew W., SCH 1872–78

D

  • Dannerly, Abram, SCH 1872–74
  • Dannerly, William, SCH 1870–72
  • Davies, Nelson, CCD 1868, SCH 1872–76
  • Davis, James, SCH 1870–72
  • De Large, Robert Carlos, CCD 1868, SCH 1868–70, USH 1871–73
  • DeMars, Francis, SCH 1868–70
  • Dillard, Chandra E., SCH 2009–P.
  • Dix, John, SCH 1872–74
  • Dogan, Abram, CCD 1868
  • Doilly, Samuel B., SCH 1874–76
  • Drayton, Paul B., SCH 1880–82
  • Driffle, William A., CCD 1868, SCH 1868–70, 80–82
  • Duncan, Hiram W., SCS 1868–72
  • Duncan, Samuel L., SCH 1872–76, SCS 1876–80

E

  • Eckhard, Sidney C., SCH 1876–80
  • Edwards, Harvey, CCD 1868
  • Elfe, William T., SCH 1878–80
  • Elliott, Robert B., CCD 1868, SCH 1868–70, 74–76, USH 1871–74
  • Elliott, William E., SCH 1870–72
  • Ellison, Henry H., SCH 1870–74
  • Ezekiel, Phillip E., SCH 1868–70

F

  • Faber, James, SCH 1985–91
  • Fant, Ennis Maurice, SCH 1989–91
  • Farr, Simeon, SCH 1868–72
  • Farrow, Simeon P., SCH 1874–76
  • Felder, James L., SCH 1971–73
  • Ferguson, Edward, SCH 1870–72
  • Ferguson, Tee, SCH 1983–91, J-SCCC 1990–92
  • Fielding, Herbert U., SCH 1971–73, 83–85, SCS 1985–93
  • Fields, Richard E., J-MC 1969–74, J-SCFC 1974–80, J-SCCC 1980–92
  • Fields, Thomas R., SCH 1890–91
  • Finney, Ernest A. Jr., SCH 1973–76, J-SCCC 1976–85, J-SCSC 1985–94, CJ-SCSC 1994–01
  • Ford, Adam P., SCH 1870–74
  • Ford, Robert, SCS 1993–P.
  • Ford, Sanders, SCS 1872–73
  • Foster, Rice, CCD 1868
  • Foster, Samuel Rufus, SCH 1981–93
  • Fraser, William H., SCH 1872- 74
  • Frederick, Benjamin G., SCH 1878–80, 82–83
  • Freeman, John M., Jr., SCH 1874–76
  • Frost, Florian Henry, SCH 1870–72

G

  • Gadson, Tobias, Sr., SCH 1981–85
  • Gaillard, Samuel E., SCS 1871–77
  • Gaither, Reuben D., SCH 1870–78
  • Gantt, Hastings, SCH 1870–74, 76–83
  • Gardner, John, SCH 1868–70
  • Garey, Stephen, SCH 1870–72, 74–76
  • Geathers, John D., J-SCCOA 2008–P.
  • George, Ebenezer F., SCH 1874–76
  • Gibson, John, SCH 1874–77
  • Gilbert, Frank, SCH 1983–88, SCS 1989–93
  • Giles, Fortune, SCH 1870–74
  • Gilliard, Wendell G., SCH 2009–P.
  • Gilmore, John T., SCH 1872–74
  • Gleaves, Richard H., LTG 1872–77
  • Glover, Maggie W., SCH 1989–93, SCS 1993–05
  • Glover, William C., SCH 1870–72
  • Goggins, Juanita W., SCH 1973–80
  • Goggins, Mitchell, SCH 1870–72, 74–76
  • Goodson, Aesop, SCH 1868–72
  • Gordon, Benjamin J., SCH 1973–91
  • Gourdine, Amos Lee, SCH 1997–05
  • Govan, Jerry N., Jr., SCH 1993–P.
  • Graham, David, SCH 1872–76
  • Grant, Jeremiah, J-SCPC 1868–72
  • Grant, John G., SCH 1868–70
  • Grant, Joseph J., SCH 1872–74
  • Grant, William A., SCH 1872–74
  • Gray, William H.W., CCD 1868, SCH 1868–70
  • Green, John A., SCH 1870–72
  • Greene, Zachariah D., J-SCPC 1894–97
  • Green, Charles S., SCH 1872–78
  • Greene, Samuel, SCH 1870–75, SCS 1875–77
  • Greenwood, Ishom, SCH 1872–74
  • Gunn, Anton J., SCH 2009–P.

H

  • Hamilton, Maurice C., SCH 1892–93
  • Hamilton, Thomas, SCH 1872–78
  • Hardy, James J., SCH 1870–71
  • Harriet, R.M., SCH 1874–76
  • Harris, David, CCD 1868, SCH 1868–72
  • Hart, Alfred, SCH 1870–72
  • Hart, Christopher R., SCH 2007–P.
  • Hayes, Eben, SCH 1868–70, 72–74
  • Hayne, Charles D., CCD 1868, SCH 1868–72, SCS 1872–76
  • Hayne, Henry E., CCD 1868, SCS 1868–72, SCSOS 1872–74
  • Hayne, James N., CCD 1868, SCH 1868–72
  • Hayne, William A., SCS 1874–76
  • Hedges, Plato P., SCH 1870–72
  • Henderson, James A., CCD 1868, SCH 1868–70, 74–76
  • Henderson, John T., SCH 1870–72
  • Hines, Jesse Edison, SCH 1993–07
  • Hines, Mack Torise, SCH 1995–07
  • Hodges, Kenneth F., SCH 2005–P.
  • Holland, Gloster H., SCH 1872–76
  • Holmes, Abraham P., SCH 1870–74
  • Holmes, Jan B., J-SCFC 2007–P.
  • Hosey, Lonnie, SCH 1999–P.
  • Hough, Allison W., SCH 1872–74, 76–78
  • Howard, A.H., SCH 1874–76
  • Howard, Leon, SCH 1995–P.
  • Hudson, Allen, SCH 1870–72, 74–76
  • Humbert, Richard H., SCH 1870–78
  • Humphries, Barney, SCH 1868–72
  • Hunter, Alfred T.B., SCH 1874–76
  • Hunter, Hezekiah H., SCH 1870–72
  • Hutson, James, SCH 1868–70

I

  • Inabinett, Curtis B., SCH 1991–01

J

  • Jackson, Darrell, SCS 1993–P.
  • Jackson, Austin S., SCH 1874–76
  • Jacobs, Henry, CCD 1868, SCH 1868–70
  • James, Burrell, SCH 1868–70
  • Jamison, James L., SCH 1870–72, SCS 1872–73
  • Jefferson, Deadra L., J-SCFC 1996–01, J-SCCC 2001–P.
  • Jefferson, Joseph Herman, SCH 2005–P.
  • Jefferson, Paul W., SCH 1874–76
  • Jenkins, Robert N., Sr., J-SCFC 1996–P.
  • Jervey, William R., CCD 1868, SCH 1868–72, SCS 1872–76
  • Joe, Isaac C., SCH 1981–85
  • Johnson, D.J.J., SCH 1868–70
  • Johnson, Griffin C., SCH 1868–72
  • Johnson, Henry, SCH 1868–70
  • Johnson, I.S. Leevy, SCH 1971–73, 75–81
  • Johnson, John W., SCH 1872–74
  • Johnson, Samuel, CCD 1868, SCH 1868–70
  • Johnston, William E., CCD 1868, SCH 1868–69, SCS 1869–77
  • Joiner, W. Nelson, CCD 1868
  • Jones, A.H., SCH 1874–76
  • Jones, Charles, CCD 1868
  • Jones, Henry W., CCD 1868
  • Jones, Marshall, SCH 1886–87
  • Jones, Paul E., SCH 1874–76
  • Jones, Walter R., J-SCPC 1876
  • Jones, Williams H., Jr., SCH 1868–72, SCS 1872–76

K

  • Keith, Samuel J., SCH 1870–77
  • Kennedy, Kenneth, SCH 1991–P.
  • King, John R. C., SCH 2009–P.
  • Kinlaw, Alex, Jr., J-SCFC 2009–P.

L

  • Lang, Jordan, CCD 1868, SCH 1868–72
  • Langley, Langdon S., CCD 1868
  • Lee, Alison R., J-SCCC 1999–P.
  • Lee, Brenda, SCH 1995–05
  • Lee, George H., CCD 1868, SCH 1868–70, J-SCIC 1870–72
  • Lee, John, SCS 1872–74
  • Lee, Levi, SCH 1872–74
  • Lee, Samuel, J-SCPC 1876–78
  • Lee, Samuel J., CCD 1868, SCH 1868–74
  • Lilly, John, SCH 1872–74
  • Lloyd, Joseph W., SCH 1870–72
  • Lloyd, Reginald I., J-SCCC 2003–06
  • Lloyd, Walter P., SCH 1995–05
  • Logan, Aaron, SCH 1870–72
  • Lomax, Hutson J., CCD 1868, SCH 1868–70

M

  • Mack, David J., III, SCH 1997–P.
  • Malloy, Gerald, SCS 2002–P.
  • Manning, Lee Casey, J-SCCC 1994–P.
  • Maree, William, SCH 1876–80
  • Martin, Daniel E., Sr., SCH 1984–92, J-SCCC 1992–01
  • Martin, Moses, SCS 1873–76
  • Martin, Thomas H., SCH 1872–74
  • Matthews, John W., Jr., SCH 1975–85, SCS 1985–P.
  • Maxwell, Henry J., SCS 1868–77
  • Mayer, Julius, CCD 1868, SCH 1868–70
  • Mays, James P., SCH 1868–70
  • McBride, Frank Earl, SCH 1985–91
  • McDaniels, Harry, SCH 1868–72
  • McDowell, Thomas D., SCH 1870–72
  • McEachern, Joseph A., SCH 2009–P.
  • McKinlay, Whitefield J., CCD 1868, SCH 1868–70
  • McKinlay, William, CCD 1868, SCH 1868–70
  • McMahand, Willie B., Jr., SCH 1993–01
  • Mead, John W., CCD 1868, SCH 1868–72
  • Mears, George M., SCH 1880–91
  • Mickey, Edward C., SCH 1868–72
  • Middleton, Abram, CCD 1868
  • Middleton, Benjamin W., SCH 1872–74
  • Middleton, Earl Matthew, SCH 1975–85
  • Miles, Mary P., SCH 1983–85
  • Miller, Franklin F., SCH 1868–70
  • Miller, Isaac, SCH 1872–74
  • Miller, M.S., SCH 1872–74
  • Miller, Thomas E., SCH 1874–80, 86–87, 94–96, SCS 1880–82, USH 1890–91, CCD 1895
  • Mills, James, SCH 1872–74
  • Mills, L.S., SCH 1882–83
  • Milton, Syphax, SCH 1870–72, 74–78
  • Minort, Charles S., SCH 1872–74, 76–77
  • Mitchell, F.S., SCH 1884–85
  • Mitchell, Harold, Jr., SCH 2005–P.
  • Mitchell, Herbert Larry, SCH 1985–87
  • Mitchell, Theo Walker, SCH 1975–85, SCS 1985–95
  • Mobley, Junius S., SCH 1868–72
  • Moody-Lawrence, Bessie Ayers, SCH 1993–09
  • Moore, Alfred M., SCH 1870–72
  • Moorer, Jacob,
  • Morgan, Shadrach, SCH 1874–78
  • Morrison, William C., SCH 1868–70
  • Moultrie, William J., SCH 1880–83
  • Murray, George Washington, USH 1893–95, 96–97
  • Murray, Joseph R., SCH 1975–81
  • Murray, Julius, SCH 1979–85
  • Myers, Nathaniel B., SCH 1870–78
  • Myers, William F., SCS 1874–78

N

  • Nance, Lee A., CCD 1868
  • Nash, Jonas W., SCH 1868–69
  • Nash, William B., CCD 1868, SCS 1868–77
  • Neal, Joseph H., SCH 1993–P.
  • Nelson, William, CCD 1868, SCH 1868–70
  • Nesbitt, Richard, SCH 1874–76
  • Newman, Isaiah D., SCS 1983–86
  • Newman, Clifton, J-SCCC 2000–P.
  • Nicholson, Floyd, SCS 2009–P.
  • Nix, Frederick, Jr., SCH 1872–74
  • North, Charles F., SCH 1872–74
  • Nuckles, Samuel, CCD 1868, SCH 1868–72

O

  • Owens, Joseph A., SCH 1880–82

P

  • Parker, Joseph, SCH 1880–82
  • Parks, Julia Anne, SCH 1997–98, 99–P.
  • Patterson, Kay, SCH 1973–85, SCS 1984–09
  • Pendergrass, Jeffrey, SCH 1868–72
  • Perrin, Wade, SCH 1868–70
  • Perry, Matthew J., J-USDC 1979–P.
  • Peterson, James F., SCH 1872–78
  • Petty, Edward, SCH 1872–74
  • Pinckney, Clementa C., SCH 1997–01, SCS 2001–P.
  • Pinckney, William G., SCH 1874–76, 82–83
  • Presley, Thomas, SCH 1872–74
  • Prioleau, Isaac, SCH 1872–74
  • Purvis, Henry W., SCH 1868–70, SCAdG 1870–77

R

  • Rainey, Joseph H., CCD 1868, SCS 1868–70, USH 1870–79
  • Ramsey, Warren W., SCH 1868–76
  • Randolph, Benjamin F., CCD 1868, SCS 1868
  • Ransier, Alonzo J., CCD 1868, SCH 1868–70, LTG 1870–72, USH 1873–75
  • Ravenel, Cain, SCH 1882–83
  • Reed, George A., SCH 1872–74, 76–78
  • Reed, Isaiah, CCD 1895
  • Reynolds, A.C., SCH 1888–89
  • Reynolds, Thomas J., SCS 1884–87
  • Richardson, Mark P., SCH 1890
  • Richardson, Thomas D., SCH 1868–70, 74–76
  • Richmond, John C., J-SCPC 1878–80
  • Riley, Henry, SCH 1872–76
  • Rivers, January R., SCH 1892–93
  • Rivers, Prince R., CCD 1868, SCH 1868–74
  • Robinson, Hamilton, SCS 1882–83
  • Robinson, Joseph, SCH 1876–78, 80–85
  • Rogers, Abigail, J-SCFC 1989–95
  • Rue, John C., SCH 1880–82, 86–87
  • Rush, Alfred, SCH 1868–70, 74–76
  • Rutherford, James Todd, SCH 1999–P.

S

  • Sasportas, Thaddeus K., CCD 1868, SCH 1868–70
  • Saunders, Sancho, CCD 1868, SCH 1868–72
  • Scott, John L., Jr., SCH 1990–08, SCS 2009–P.
  • Scott, Robert F., SCH 1868–70
  • Scott, Timothy E., SCH 2009–P.
  • Scott, William, SCH 1874–78
  • Sellers, Bakari T., SCH 2007–P.
  • Seymour, Margaret B., J-USDC 1998–P.
  • Shelton, Sara Valena, SCH 1985–89
  • Sheppard, W.H., SCH 1884–85
  • Shrewsbury, Henry L., CCD 1868, SCH 1868–70
  • Simkins, Augustus, SCH 1872–76
  • Simkins, Paris, SCH 1872–76
  • Simmons, Aaron, SCH 1874–76, 84–85, 88–89
  • Simmons, Benjamin, SCH 1875–76, 78–80
  • Simmons, Hercules, SCH 1874–76
  • Simmons, Robert, SCS 1882–85
  • Simms, Charles, SCH 1872–74
  • Simons, Lewis, SCH 1872–74
  • Simons, William, SCH 1868–72, 74–76
  • Singleton, Andrew, SCH 1882–83, 90
  • Singleton, Ashbury L., SCH 1870–72
  • Singleton, J.P., SCH 1871–72
  • Singleton, James, SCH 1882–83
  • Smalls, Robert, CCD 1868, 1895, SCH 1868–70, SCS 1870–75, USH 1875–79, 82–83, 84–87
  • Smalls, Sherman, SCH 1870–74
  • Smalls, William, SCH 1878–80
  • Smiley, James E., SCH 1868–70
  • Smith, Abraham, SCH 1868–72
  • Smith, Fletcher N., Jr., SCH 1997–09
  • Smith, Jackson A., SCH 1872–78
  • Smith, Willie T., Jr., J-SCFC 1978–93
  • Smythe, Powell, SCH 1868–70
  • Spears, Butler, SCH 1872–74
  • Spencer, James A., SCH 1874–76
  • Spencer, Nathaniel T., SCH 1872–74
  • Sperry, Charles H., SCH 1872–74
  • Steele, Henry S., SCH 1874–76
  • Straker, Daniel A., SCH 1876–77
  • Stubbs, Calvin, CCD 1868
  • Sullivan, Caesar, SCH 1872–74
  • Swails, Stephen A., CCD 1868, SCS 1868–77

T

  • Tarlton, Robert S., SCH 1870–74
  • Taylor, Angela R., J-SCFC 2010–P.
  • Taylor, Levola S., SCH 1991–93
  • Taylor, Luther L., Jr., SCH 1983–91
  • Thomas, John W., SCH 1870–72
  • Thomas, William H., SCH 1876–77
  • Thomas, William M., CCD 1868, SCH 1868–76
  • Thompson, Augustus R., CCD 1868
  • Thompson, Benjamin A., CCD 1868, SCH 1868–70, 72–74
  • Thompson, Joseph, SCH 1874–76
  • Thompson, Samuel B., CCD 1868, SCH 1868–74
  • Thorpe, James, 1876–78
  • Tingman, Julius C., SCH 1872–74
  • Turner, Robert W., SCH 1872–74

V

  • Valentine, Richard M., SCH 1868
  • Vanderpool, John, SCH 1872–76
  • Viney, William, CCD 1868

W

  • Walker, Dublin J., SCS 1874–77
  • Wallace, John, SCH 1872–74
  • Wallace, Thomas H., SCH 1890
  • Warley, Jared D., SCH 1870–74, SCS 1874–77
  • Washington, Julius I., SCH 1886–89
  • Washington, McKinley, Jr., SCH 1975- 90, SCS 1991–01
  • Weeks, David, SCH 2001–P.
  • Weldon, Archie, SCH 1874–76
  • Westberry, John H., SCH 1874–80
  • Weston, Ellison M., SCH 1874–76
  • Whipper, J. Seth, SCH 1995–P.
  • Whipper, Lucille S., SCH 1986–97
  • Whipper, William James, CCD 1868, 1895, SCH 1868–72, 75–76, J-SCCC 1875, J-SCPC 1882–88
  • White, John H., CCD 1868, SCH 1868–72, SCS 1872–76
  • White, Juanita M., SCH 1980–97
  • Wideman, Hannibal A., SCH 1872–76
  • Wigg, James, SCH 1890–91, CCD 1895
  • Wilder, Charles M., CCD 1868, SCH 1868–70
  • Williams, Bruce H., SCH 1874–76, SCS 1876–87
  • Williams, Dewitt, SCH 1983–96, SCS 1996–97
  • Williams, Kent M., SCS 2005–P.
  • Williams, Robert Quentin, SCH 2007–P.
  • Williamson, Thomas M., CCD 1868
  • Wilson, George, SCH 1975–79
  • Wilson, James Clement, SCH 1872–74
  • Wilson, Joseph Alva, J-SCFC 1988–91, J-SCCC 1991–97
  • Wimbush, Lucius, SCS 1868–72
  • Wingo, Coy, CCD 1868
  • Woods, Robert R., SCH 1973–87
  • Wright, John B., SCH 1868–70
  • Wright, Jonathan J., CCD 1868, SCS 1868–70, J-SCSC 1870–77
  • Wright, Smart, SCH 1874–76

Y

  • Young, James, SCH 1872–76
  • Young, Prince, SCH 1872–74