African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era facts for kids
More than 1,500 African American officeholders served during the Reconstruction era (1865–1877) after passage of the Reconstruction Acts in 1867 and 1868 as well as in the years after Reconstruction before white supremacy, disenfranchisement, and the Democratic Party fully reasserted control in Southern states. Historian Canter Brown, Jr. noted that in some states, such as Florida, the highest number of African Americans were elected or appointed to offices after 1877 and the end of Reconstruction. The following is a partial list some of the most notable of the officeholders pre–1900.
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U.S. Senate
- Hiram Rhodes Revels (R), Senator from Mississippi (1870-1871)
- Blanche Bruce (R), Senator from Mississippi (1875-1881)
- P. B. S. Pinchback was elected to the U.S. Senate by the Louisiana legislature in 1873, but the Senate refused to seat him.
U.S. House
Alabama
State Senate
- Alexander H. Curtis - Perry County 1872-1874
- James K. Greene - Hale County
- Jeremiah Haralson - Dallas County
- John W. Jones - Lowndes County
- Lloyd Leftwich - Greene County
- Benjamin F. Royal Bullock County (1868-1876)
- D. J. Daniels
1868 Legislature
From 1868 to 1878 more than 100 African Americans served in the Alabama Legislature.
House
- Benjamin F. Alexander representing Greene County
- James H. Alston representing Macon County
- Matt Avery representing Perry County
- Samuel Blandon - Lee
- Nathan A. Brewington - Lowndes
- Richard Burke - Sumter
- John Carraway - Mobile
- George Cox - Montgomery
- Alexander H. Curtis - representing Perry County 1870-1872
- Thomas Diggs - Barbour
- Joseph Drawn - Dallas
- Ovide Gregory - Mobile
- James K. Greene - Hale
- D. H. Hill - Bullock
- George Houston - Sumter
- Benjamin Inge - Sumter
- Columbus Jones - Madison
- Edward R. Rose - Marengo
- Shandy W. Jones - Tuscaloosa
- Horace King - Russell
- Thomas Lee - Perry
- Greene S. W. Lewis - Perry
- Jefferson McCalley - Madison
- A. G. Richardson - Wilcox
- Lawrence S. Speed - Bullock
- W. L. Taylor - Chambers
- Holland Thompson - Montgomery
- William V. Turner - Elmore
- Spencer Weaver - Dallas
- L. J. Williams - Montgomery
- Henry Young - Lowndes
1870 legislature
House
- George W. Braxdell - Talladega
- Thomas Clark - Barbour
- Henry A. Cochran - Dallas
- Henry H. Craig - Montgomery
- Alexander H. Curtis - Perry
- Thomas H. Diggs - Barbour
- John Dozier - Perry
- William D. Gaskin - Lowndes
- Edward Gee - Dallas
- James K. Greene - Hale
- Jere Haralson - Dallas
- Horace King - Russell
- R. L. Johnson - Dallas
- Henry St. Clair - Macon
- Lawrence Speed - Bullock
- Holland Thompson - Montgomery
- Mansfield Tyler - Lowndes
- Levie Wells - Marengo
- L. J. Williams - Montgomery
1872 Legislature
Senate
House
- William E. Carson - Lowndes
- Thomas J. Clarke - Barbour
- Henry A. Cochran - Dallas
- Mentor Dotson - Sumter
- John Dozier - Perry
- Hales Ellsworth - Montgomery
- Samuel Fantroy - Barbour
- Joseph H. Goldsby - Dallas
- James K. Greene - Hale
- R. L. Johnson - Dallas
- Reuben Jones - Madison
- Greene S. W. Lewis - Perry
- Perry Matthews - Bullock
- January Maull - Lowndes
- Willis Merriwether - Wilcox
- G. R. Millen - Russell
- George Patterson - Macon
- Samuel J. Patterson - Autauga
- Robert Reed - Sumter
- Bristo W. Reese - Hale
- Lawrence S. Speed - Bullock
- Henry St. Clair - Macon
- Lawson Steele - Montgomery
- William Taylor - Sumter
- B. R. Thomas - Marengo
- Frank H. Threatt - Marengo
- J. R. Treadwell - Russell
- Thomas H. Walker - Dallas
- A. E. Williams - Barbour
- L. J. Williams - Montgomery
1874 Legislature
House
- G. W. Allen - Bullock
- Elijah Baldwin - Wilcox
- Granville Bennett - Sumter
- William H. Blevins - Dallas
- James Bliss - Sumter
- Matthew Boyd - Perry
- Hershel V. Cashin - Montgomery
- Elijah Cook - Montgomery
- D. J. Daniels - Russell
- Charles Fagan - Montgomery
- Adam Gachet - Barbour
- Prince Gardner - Russell
- William Gaskin - Lowndes
- Charles E. Harris - Dallas
- A. W. Johnson - Macon
- Samuel Lee - Lowndes
- Greene S. W. Lewis - Perry
- Edwin C. Locke - Wilcox
- Jacob Martin - Dallas
- Perry Matthews - Bullock
- Willis Merriwether - Wilcox
- Edward Odum - Barbour
- George Patterson - Macon
- Bristo W. Reese - Hale
- Robert Reid - Sumter
- Charles Smith - Bullock
- A. E. Williams - Barbour
- J. R. Witherspoon - Perry
- Manly Wynne - Hale
1876 Legislature
House
- Elijah Baldwin - Wilcox
- William H. Blevins - Dallas
- Hugh A. Carson - Lowndes
- Hershel V. Cashin - Montgomery
- Charles O. Harris - Montgomery
- Green T. Johnston - Dallas
- Captain Gilmer - Montgomery
- Greene S. W. Lewis - Perry
- Nimrod Snoddy - Greene
- William J. Stevens - Dallas
1878 Legislature
House
- Hugh A. Carson representing Lowndes County
- George English representing Wilcox County
Other
- William Hooper Councill, clerk in the Alabama legislature in 1872 and 1874
Arkansas
Between 1868 and 1893, 85 men noted as either "Colored" or "Mulatto" served in the state legislature (House and Senate) of Arkansas. They served under the 1868 Arkansas Constitution that granted them the right to vote and hold office and then the 1874 Constitution, instituted after Democrats retook control of state government. After 1893, the next African-American to serve as a state legislator in Arkansas was in 1973.
Statewide officeholders
- Joseph Carter Corbin, chief clerk of the Little Rock Post Office (1872), state superintendent of public schools (1873-1875)
1868 Arkansas Constitutional Convention
- William Henry Grey, Arkansas Constitutional Convention (1868)
- James T. White, Arkansas Constitutional Convention (1868), commissioner of public works and internal improvements (1872)
Arkansas Senate
- James W. Mason (1871)
- James T. White (1871)
- Ruben B. White (1873)
- Samuel H. Holland (1873, 1874)
- Richard A. Dawson (1873, 1874)
- William Henry Grey (1875)
- Anthony Stanford (1877-1880)
- W. H. Logan, (1887, 1889)
- George Waltham Bell (1891)
Arkansas House
- Anderson Louis Rush (1868-1869)
- Richard R. Samuels (1868-1869)
- William Henry Grey (1868-1870)
- James T. White (1868-1870)
- James M. Alexander, Arkansas House (1871), first African-American justice of the peace as well as postmaster, school trustee, and grand jury member.
- Edward A. Fulton (1871)
- James A. Robinson, (1871, 1874–75)
- John W. Webb (1871)
- John C. Rollins (1873)
- John H. Johnson (1873)
- Abraham H. Miller (1874-1875)
- William Murphy (Arkansas politician) (1877)
- Anderson Ebberson (1877) for Jefferson County
- Barry Coleman 1874–1875 and (1877) for Phillips County, Arkansas
- James Wofford (1877) for Crittenden County, Arkansas
- T. H. Sawyer (1877) for Lincoln County
- Crockett Brown (1877) for Lee County
- Jacob N. Donohoo (1877, 1887, 1889, 1891) for Phillips County, Arkansas
- Patrick T. Price (1877) for Lee County, Arkansas
- William Hines Furbush (1878)
- Anderson Ebberson (1881)
- William E. Gray (1881) Pulaski County 1881
- William C. Payne (1881)
- Carl R. Polk (1881)
- Isaac George Bailey (1885)
- Joseph H. Bradford (1885)
- Joseph B. Brooks (1885)
- Green Hill Jones (1885 and 1889)
- George W. Bell, Arkansas House (1891 and 1893)
- Hugh C. Newsome (1887)
- John H. Carr (1889, 1891, 1893)
- Sebron Williams Dawson (1889, 1891)
- Henry A. Johnson (1891)
- R. C. Weddington (1891)
- Benjamin F. Adair (1891)
- John Gray Lucas (1891)
- George W. Lowe (1891)
- S. L. Woolfolk (1891)
- G. W. Watson (1891)
- Henry N. Williams (1891)
- Henry A. Johnson (1891)
- Peter H. Booth (1893)
- Nathan E. Edwards (1893)
Local offices
- Mifflin Wistar Gibbs, Arkansas, judge, younger brother of Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs
Colorado
House
- John T. Gunnell (1881)
- Joseph H. Stuart (1895)
Local offices
- Henry O. Wagoner, clerk in the first Colorado State Legislature in 1876
Florida
- Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, Florida Secretary of State and Florida Secretary of Public Instruction
Florida State Senate
Senators in italics and marked * served pre 1900 but not in the 1865–1877 main reconstruction period
- Henry Wilkins Chandler* (1852-1938) – Served 1881-1887
- Harry Cruse (b. 1840/1) – Served 1869-1870 (also representative)
- Frederick Hill (b.1834/5) – Served 1871-1872 (also representative)
- Thomas Warren Long (1839-1917) – Served 1873-1879
- Daniel C. Martin* – Served 1885-1887
- Robert Meacham (1835–1902) – Served 1868-1879
- Alfred Brown Osgood (b. 1843) – Served 1875-1876 (also representative)
- Charles H. Pearce (1817–1887) – Served 1870-1884
- Washington Pope - Served 1873-1876
- Samuel Spearing (born 1823/3) – Served 1874
- John Wallace (1842-1980) – Served 1874-1879 (also representative)
- Josiah T. Walls (1842–1905) – Served 1869-1871 and 1877-1881 (also United States congressman and state representative)
Florida House of Representatives
Representative in italics and marked * served pre 1900 but not in the 1865–1877 main reconstruction period
- Josiah Haynes Armstrong (1842-1898) – represented Columbia County 1871–1872 and 1875–1875
- Edward I. Alexander* (1850-1911) – represented Madison County 1877, 1879, 1885
- Samuel Anderson* – represented Duval County 1887
- Richard Horatio Black (1839-1911) – represented Alachua County 1869 and 1870 (Also soldier, teacher, Volusia County registrar, Alachua County justice of the peace, custom house position in Philadelphia)
- William Bradwell (1822-1887) – represented Duval County 1868-1870
- Richard Lewis Brown Sr.* (1854-1948) – represented Duval County, Florida 1881 and 1883
- Wallace B. Carr* – represented Leon County 1881 and 1887
- Phillip Carroll* (b. 1847) – represented Leon County 1881
- Joseph Newman Clinton* (1854–1927) – represented Alachua County 1881–1883
- George C. Coleman* (1851-1926) – represented Nassau County in the House in 1881
- Oliver J. Coleman (1844-1926) – represented Madison County 1871-1872 and 1874-1875. Also served in the Florida Senate in 1874, as a county commissioner, and Madison councilman
- Singleton Coleman – represented Marion County 1873-1874
- Robert Cox (Florida politician) (b. 1827/8) – represented Leon County 1868-1870
- Harry Cruse (b. 1840/1) – represented Gadsden County 1871-1874 (also senator)
- Robert H. Dennis (1846-1900) – represented Jackson County 1875
- Zebulon Elijah (1836/8-1910) – represented Escambia County 1871–1873
- Auburn Erwin – served 1868-1870
- Samuel W. Frazier* (b. 1851) – represented Leon County 1879 and 1885-1887
- Lucien Fisher – represented Leon County 1875
- Emanuel Fortune (b. 1832) - represented Jackson County 1868-1870
- Theodore Gass – represented Alachua County, Florida 1871-1875
- Thomas Van Renssalaer Gibbs* (1855–1898) – represented Duval County 1884 – son of Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs
- Birch Gibson (1828-1895) – represented Marion County 1872
- Noah Graham – represented Leon County 1868-1872
- Henry Harmon (1839–1889) – represented Alachua County, Florida 1868-1870
- Frederick Hill (b.1834/5) – represented Gadsden County 1868-1870 (also senator)
- Scipio Jasper (b. 1815) – represented Marion County 1872-1873
- Andrew Jackson Junius* – represented Jefferson County 1879
- Joseph H. Lee (b. 1848) – represented Duval County 1875-1876 and 6 other years later (also senator at some-point)
- George A. Lewis* – represented Jacksonville County 1889
- Robert Livingston (d. 1869) – represented Leon County 1868-1869
- Ephraim Logan (b.1829/30) – represented Jefferson County 1871-1872
- Daniel McInnis (b. 1841/2) – represented Duval County 1871-1874
- John Willis Menard (1838-1893) – represented Duval County, Florida 1874
- Anthony Mills (b.1827/8) – represented Jefferson County 1868-1870
- Alfred Brown Osgood (b. 1843) – represented Madison County 1868-1874 (also senator)
- John E. Proctor – represented Leon County 1873 to 1875 and 1879 to 1881
- Jesse Robinson (b.1837/8) – represented Jackson County 1870s
- W. K. Robinson – represented Jackson County 1868-1870
- John R. Scott Sr. ((1840/1–1929)) – represented Duval County 1868-1873
- John R. Scott Jr.* – represented Duval County 1889-1891
- John Simpson (b.1836/7) – represented Marion County 1868-1870
- Samuel Small (1826/7–1883) – represented Marion County 1874-1875
- William G. Stewart – represented Leon County 1873-1874
- Benjamin Thompson – represented Columbia County 1868-1870
- Charles Thompson (b. 1838/9) – represented Columbia County 1874-1875
- Thomas Urquhart – represented Hamilton County and Suwannee County 1668
- John Wallace (1842-1980) – represented Leon County 1870-1874 (also senator)
- Josiah T. Walls (1842–1905) – represented Alachua County 1868-1869 (also United States congressman and state senator)
- George Washington – represented Alachua County 1874-1875
- Richard Wells (b.1830/1) – represented Leon County 1868-1872
- George Washington Witherspoon (1845-1892) – represented Jefferson County 1875-1876
- John W. Wyatt (b. 1831/2) – represented Leon County 1870-1874
Florida Local offices
- James Page (minister), Leon County commissioner
Georgia
Georgia State Senate
- Aaron Alpeoria Bradley, state senator from Chatham County
- Tunis Campbell, State Senator from Georgia
- George Wallace, State Senator from Hancock, Baldwin and Washington counties
Georgia House of Representatives
- Eli Barnes, state legislator from Hancock County
- Abram Colby, state representative from Greene County
- James Ward Porter, state legislator from Chatham County
- Henry McNeal Turner, state legislator from Bibb County
- William Guilford, state legislator from Upson County
- William Henry Harrison, state legislator from Hancock County
- Thomas M. Allen, state representative from Jasper County
- Thomas Beard, state representative from Richmond County
- Edwin Belcher, state representative from Wilkes County
- George H. Clower, state representative from Monroe County
- Abram Colby, state representative from Greene County
- Romulus Moore, state representative from Columbia County
- John T. Costin, state representative from Talbot County
- Madison Davis, state representative from Clarke County
- Monday Floyd, state representative from Morgan County
- F. H. Fyall, state representative from Macon County
- Samuel Gardner, state representative from Warren County
- William A. Golden, state representative from Liberty County
- Ulysses L. Houston, state representative from Bryan County
- James M. Simms, state representative from Chatham County
- Philip Joiner, state representative from Dougherty County
- George Linder, state representative from Laurens County
- Robert Lumpkin, state representative from Macon County
- Peter O'Neal, state representative from Baldwin County
- Alfred Richardson, state representative from Clarke County
- Alexander Stone, state representative from Jefferson County
- Abraham Smith, state representative from Muscogee County
- John Warren, state representative from Burke County
- Samuel Williams, state representative from Harris County
- Hercules Wilson, state representative from McIntosh County (1882-1885)
- Amos Rogers, state representative from McIntosh County (1878-1879)
- Lectured Crawford, state representative from McIntosh County (1886-1887, 1890-1891, 1900–1901)
- Jack Heard, state representative from Greene County (1873-1874)
- A. Simmons, state representative from Houston County (1871-1872)
- James Blue, state representative from Glynn County (1871-1877)
- J.A. Lewis, state representative from Stewart County (1871-1872)
- Thomas M. Butler, state representative from Camden County (1878-1879)
- John M. Holzendorf, state representative from Camden County (1890-1891)
Other officials
- William Finch and George Graham, first two African Americans that were elected to serve on the Atlanta Board of Aldermen (now Atlanta City Council)
Illinois
Illinois House of Representatives
- John W. E. Thomas (1847–1899) – Served 1877–1879 and 1882–1886
- George French Ecton (1846–1929) – Served 1888–1890
- James E. Bish (born 1859) – Served 1893–?
- John C. Buckner (died 1913) – Served in 41st and 42nd general assemblies
- William L. Martin –
- Edward H. Morris (1858–1943) – Served 1890–1892 and 1902–1904
Indiana
Indiana did not have any African American legislators during the Reconstruction era, with James S. Hinton being the first African American to serve in the Indiana state legislature 1881–1882.
Kansas
Kansas did not have any African American legislators during the Reconstruction era, with Alfred Fairfax being the first African American to serve in the Indiana state legislature 1888–1889.
Louisiana
In Louisiana, 24 African Americans served in the Louisiana Senate and more than 100 served in the Louisiana House of Representatives.
In addition, six black men held statewide office in Louisiana, including the nation's first and second black acting governors.
- Oscar James Dunn, acting governor of Louisiana, May - July 1871
- P. B. S. Pinchback, acting governor of Louisiana, December 1872 – January 1873
Three African Americans served as Louisiana's lieutenant governor.
- Oscar James Dunn, lieutenant governor, 1868–1871, first African American elected to a state-level position in the United States
- P. B. S. Pinchback, lieutenant governor, 1872
- Caesar Antoine, lieutenant governor, 1873-1877
Others served as secretary of state, state treasurer, and state superintendent of education.
- Pierre G. Deslonde, secretary of state
- Antoine Dubuclet, state treasurer
- William G. Brown, state superintendent of education
Members of the Louisiana Senate
- Theophile T. Allain – served 1874-1880 (also representative)
- Caesar Antoine – server 1868–1872
- Alexander E. Barber – served 1870-1874
- Raiford Blunt – served 1872-1875 (also representative)
- J. Henry Burch – served 1872-1876
- Edward Butler – served 1870-1874
- Thomas Cage – served 1872-1880 (also representative)
- Oscar Crozier – of Lafourche, served 1874-April 1875
- Henry Demas – served 1876-1880 and 1884-1892 (also representative)
- Emile Detiège – served 1874-1876
- Andrew Dumont – served 1874-1878 (also representative)
- Alexander R. François – served 1868-1869 (murdered)
- Jacques Gla – served 1872 and 1874-1880
- Robert F. Guichard – served 1884-1892 (also representative)
- William Harper – served 1872-1880
- George Y. Kelso – served 1868-1876
- Pierre Caliste Landry – served 1874-1878 (also representative)
- Jules A. Masicot – served 1872-1876 (also representative)
- Julien J. Monette – served 1868-1870
- P. B. S. Pinchback – served 1868-1871
- Robert Poindexter – served 1868-1870 (also representative)
- Curtis Pollard – served 1868-1870 and 1872-1876
- John Randall - served 1868-1869 (died in office)
- Richard Simms – served 1880-1892 (also representative)
- T. B. Stamps – served 1872-1880 (also representative)
- Jordan R. Stewart – served 1880-1888 (also representative)
- David Young – served 1874-1878 (also representative)
Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives
- Curron J. Adolphe – represented New Orleans 1868-1872
- Frank Alexander (b. 1838/9) – represented New Orleans 1868-1870
- Theophile T. Allain – represent 1872-1874 (also senator)
- Arthur Antoine – represented St. Mary Parish 1872-1874
- Raiford Blunt – represented West Baton Rouge Parish 1870-1872 (also senator)
- Thornton Butler – represented Orleans Parish 1874-1880
- Joseph Connaughton (politician) – represented Rapides Parish 1872-1875
- Aristede Dejoie – represent New Orleans 1872-1874 and 1877-1879
- Henry Demas – represent 1870-1874 and 1879-1880 (also senator)
- Andrew Dumont – represent 1872-1874
- Jean-Baptiste Esnard – represented St. Mary Parish 1868-1870
- John Gair – represented East Feliciana Parish 1868-1870 and 1872-1874
- Robert F. Guichard – represented St. Bernard Parish 1872-18742 (also senator)
- William Harper – represented Caddo Parish 1870-1872
- Robert Isabelle – served 1868-1870
- R. M. J. Kenner – represented New Orleans 1870-1872
- Pierre Caliste Landry – served 1872-1874 and 1880-1884 (also senator)
- Charles Leroy – represented Natchitoches Parish 1868-1870
- Joseph Mansion – served 1868-1870
- Louis A. Martinet – represented St. Mary Parish 1872-1875
- Jules A. Masicot (1868-1872) – served 1868-1872 (also senator)
- Milton Morris – represented Ascension Parish 1868-1870
- William Murrell – represented Lafourche Parish 1868-1870 and 1872-1874
- William Murrell Jr. – represented Madison Parish 1872-1876 and 1879-1880
- Anthony Overton, Sr. – represented Ouachita Parish 1870-1872. Father of Anthony Overton
- Robert Poindexter – served 1874 - April 1875 (also senator)
- Robert R. Ray – represented East Feliciana Parish 1874-1876
- Victor Rochon – represented St. Mary Parish 1872 - April 1875 and 1888-1890
- Richard Simms – represented St. Landry Parish 1872-1874 and 1876-1878 (also senator)
- T. B. Stamps – served 1870-1872 (also senator)
- Jordan R. Stewart – represented Tensas Parish 1872-1876 (also senator)
- Robert J. Taylor – represented West Feliciana Parish 1868-1870
- George Washington – represented Concordia Parish 1870-1874 and 1877-1879
- W. C. Williams – represented East Feliciana Parish 1868-1870
- David Young – represented Concordia Parish 1868-1874 and 1880-1884 (also senator)
Local offices
- Pierre Caliste Landry, mayor of Donaldsonville, the first African American mayor elected in the United States
- Thomas Morris Chester, superintendent of school district (1875)
- James Lewis, administrator of public improvements in New Orleans in 1872, appointed New Orleans naval officer in 1877
- Pierre Magloire, Avoyelles Parish Sheriff, Louisiana (1872)
- Alexander Noguez, Avoyelles Parish Sheriff, Louisiana (1868–1872)
Maryland
Local offices
- William Butler, Member of the Annapolis Board of Aldermen (1873)
- William H. Day, Baltimore Inspector of Schools, in 1878 he was elected to the school board of directors at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Edward G. Walker, 1866
- Charles Lewis Mitchell, 1866
- John J. Smith, Massachusetts House, 1868, 1872
- George Lewis Ruffin, Massachusetts House, 1870
- Lewis Hayden, Massachusetts House, 1873
- Joshua Bowen Smith, Massachusetts House, 1873
- George W. Lowther, Massachusetts House, 1878
- Julius C. Chappelle, Massachusetts House, 1883
- William O. Armstrong, Massachusetts House, 1887
- Andrew B. Lattimore, Massachusetts House, 1889
- Charles E. Harris, Massachusetts House, 1892
- Robert T. Teamoh, Massachusetts House, 1894
- William L. Reed, Massachusetts House, 1896
Local offices
- James Monroe Trotter, mail agent
Michigan
House
- William Webb Ferguson, 1893
- Joseph H. Dickinson, 1897
Local offices
- Samuel C. Watson, State Board of Estimates, 1875; Detroit City Council, 1875, 1883-1886
Minnesota
Minnesota did not have any African American legislators during the Reconstruction era, with John Francis Wheaton being the first African American to serve in the Minnesota state legislature as a representative 1899–1900.
Mississippi
The Mississippi Plan was part of an organized effort campaign of terror and violence the Democratic Party and Ku Klux Klan used to disenfranchise African Americans in Mississippi, block them from holding office, end Reconstruction, and restore white supremacy in the state.
U.S. Senate
Mississippi was the only U.S. state that elected African American candidates to the U.S. Senate during the Reconstruction Era:
- Hiram Rhodes Revels (R), Senator from Mississippi (1870-1871)
- Blanche Bruce (R), Senator from Mississippi (1875-1881)
Members of the Mississippi Senate
- George W. Albright – served 1874-1879 representing Marshall County
- Peter Barnabas Barrow – served 1872-1875 (also representative)
- Countelow M. Bowles – served 1872-1875 and 1877-1878 (also representative)
- Charles Caldwell – served 1872-1875
- George Washington Gayles – served 1878-1886 (also representative)
- Robert Gleed – served 1870-1875 representing Lowndes County
- William H. Gray – served 1870-1875 representing Washington County
- Nathan Shirley – served 1874-1879
- George C. Smith – served 1874-1875 representing Coahoma County
- Isham Stewart – served 1874-1879 (also representative)
- Thomas W. Stringer – served 1870-1871
- Jeremiah M. P. Williams – served 1870-1874 and 1878-1880
Members of the Mississippi House of Representatives
Representative in italics served pre 1900 but not in the 1865–1877 main reconstruction period
- L. K. Altwood – served 1880-1881 and 1884-1885 representing Hinds County
- Peter Barnabas Barrow – served 1871-1871 representing Warren County (also Senator)
- Stephen Blackwell – served 1882-1889 representing Issaquena County
- Jesse Freeman Boulden – served 1870-1871 representing Lowndes County
- Countelow M. Bowles – served 1870-1871 representing Bolivar County (also Senator)
- George F. Bowles – served 1881-1894 representing Adams County
- Anderson Boyd – served 1874-1875 representing Oktibbeha County
- George W. Boyd – served 1874-1875 representing Warren County
- Walter Boyd – served 1874-1875 representing Yazoo County
- Orange Brunt – served 1874-1875 representing Panola County
- George William Butler – served 1884-1894 representing Sharkey County
- J. Wesley Caradine – served 1874-1875 representing Clay County
- James Cessor – served 1871-1877 representing Jefferson County
- George Washington Chavis – served 1874-1875 representing Warren County
- Benjamin Chiles – served 1874-1878 representing Oktibbeha County
- Richard Christmas – served 1874-1875 representing Copiah County
- Charles P. Clemens – served 1874-1875 representing Clarke County
- Milton Coates – served 1882-1885 representing Warren County
- Thomas A. Cotton – served 1874-1875 representing Noxubee County
- Felix L. Cory – served 1884-1886 representing Adams County
- Alexander Kelso Davis – served 1870-1873 representing Noxubee County
- Willis Davis – served 1874-1876 representing Noxubee County
- Weldon W. Edwards – served 1874-1877 and 1882-1883 representing Warren County
- Samuel Fitzhugh – served 1874-1876 representing Wilkinson County
- George Washington Gayles – served 1872-1875 representing Bolivar County (also Senator)
- David S. Green – served 1872-1875 representing Grenada County
- Alfred Newton Handy – served 1870-1875 representing Madison County
- Emanuel Handy – served 1870-1873 representing Copiah County
- W. H. Harris – served 1874-1875 and 1888-1889 representing Washington County
- Henry H. Harrison – served 1874-1875 representing Chickasaw County
- John Franklin Henry – served 1884-1885 representing Madison County
- Weldon Hicks – served 1874-1875 and 1878 representing Hinds County
- Wilson Hicks – served 1874-1875 representing Rankin County
- David Higgins – served 1870-1872 representing Oktibbeha County
- James Hill – served 1872-1873 representing Marshall County (Also Secretary of State of Mississippi)
- Perry Howard – served 1872-1875 representing Holmes County
- J. H. Johnson – served 1872-1875 representing DeSoto County
- William H. Jones – served 1874-1877 representing Issaquena County
- Reuben Kendrick – served 1872-1875 representing Amite County
- William Landers – served 1872-1876 representing Jefferson County
- Samuel W. Lewis – served 1884-1885 representing Madison County
- John R. Lynch – served 1870-1873 representing Adams County (also elected to U.S. House of Representatives)
- William H. Lynch – served 1874-1877 and 1882-1889 representing Adams County
- Daniel T. J. Mathews – served 1874-1875 representing Panola County
- Thomas McCain – served 1872-1875 representing DeSoto County
- J. W. McFarland – served 1874-1875 representing Rankin County
- Marshall McNeese – served 1870-1871 and 1874-1877 representing Noxubee County
- Joseph E. Monroe – served 1874-1877 representing Coahoma County
- John H. Morgan – served 1870-1875 representing Washington County
- George G. Mosely – served 1874-1875 representing Hinds County
- Cato Nathan – served 1874-1875 representing Monroe County
- Randle Nettles – served 1870-1873 representing Oktibbeha County
- Lawrence W. Overton – served 1876 representing Noxubee County
- Jones R. Parker – served 1884-1885 representing Washington County
- James G. Patterson – served 1874-1875 representing Yazoo County
- A. Peal – served 1874-1875 representing Marshall County
- Perry Peyton – served 1884-1885 representing Bolivar County
- James H. Piles – served 1870-1875 representing Panola County
- Albert B. Poston – served 1882-1883 representing Panola County
- J. W. Randolph – served 1874-1875 representing Sunflower County and Leflore County
- Charles Reese – served 1872-1873 representing Hinds County
- Elzy Richards – served 1872-1875 representing Lowndes County
- A. A. Rogers – served 1874-1875 representing Marshall County
- Edmund Scarborough – served 1870-1871 representing Holmes County, Mississippi
- Gray Selby – served 1880-1881 representing Marshall County
- James S. Simmons – served 1874-1875 and 1883-1884 representing Issaquena County and Washington County
- Gilbert C. Smith – served 1872-1875 and 1884-1885 representing Tunica County
- Haskin Smith – served 1872-1876 representing Claiborne County
- Joseph Smothers – served 1872-1875 representing Claiborne County
- James J. Spelman – served 1869-1875 representing Madison County (also justice of the peace and alderman of the city of Canton, Mississippi)
- Isham Stewart – served 1870-1873 representing Noxubee County (also senator)
- Thomas Sykes – served 1873 representing Panola County
- Robert Thompson – served 1874-1875 representing Lowndes County
- Harrison Truhart – served 1872-1875 representing Holmes County
- Jefferson Cobb Walker – served 1874-1875 representing Monroe County
- George Washington – served 1874-1875 representing Carroll County
- Tenant Weatherly – served 1874-1875 and 1880-1881 representing Holmes County
- Eugene Welborne – served 1874-1875 representing Hinds County
- George White – served 1874-1875 representing Chickasaw County
- Ralph Williams – served 1873-1875 representing Marshall County
Other
- Thomas Cardozo, Mississippi Superintendent of Education
- Alexander K. Davis, Lieutenant Governor, Mississippi House of Representatives
- James D. Lynch, Secretary of State of Mississippi
Nebraska
Members of the Nebraska House of Representatives
- Matthew Oliver Ricketts (1893 - 1897)
Local offices
- Edwin R. Overall, appointed mail carrier in 1869
North Carolina
- Israel Abbott, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1872-1874)
- John O. Crosby, 1875 delegate from Warren County, North Carolina to the North Carolina State Constitutional Convention
- James Walker Hood, commissioner for the states public schools and assistant superintendent of public instruction in North Carolina (1868-1871)
- John S. Leary, North Carolina State legislature (1868-1871), alderman in Fayetteville, North Carolina (1876-1877)
Ohio
Members of the Ohio Senate
- John Patterson Green, 1892
Members of the Ohio House of Representatives
- George W. Williams, 1879
- John Patterson Green, 1882
- Benjamin W. Arnett, 1886
- Jere A. Brown, 1886
- Robert Harlan, 1886
- William H. Copeland, 1888
- George H. Jackson, 1892
- William H. Clifford, 1894
- Samuel B. Hill, 1894
- Harry Clay Smith, 1894-1898, 1899-1902
- William H. Parham, 1896
- William R. Stewart, 1896
- George A. Myers, 1897
Local offices
- Jeremiah A. Brown, Cleveland, bailiff of the county probate court, deputy sheriff and county prison turnkey, then clerk of the City Boards of Equalization and Revision.
- Robert James Harlan, mail agent
South Carolina
- Francis Lewis Cardozo, Secretary of State of South Carolina (1868 – 1872), South Carolina State Treasurer (1872 – 1877)
- Robert B. Elliott, State House lawmaker, and U.S. Representative from South Carolina
- Richard Theodore Greener, South Carolina school system commissioner, 1875.
- Albert Osceola Jones, clerk of South Carolina House of Representatives, 1868-1876.
- Robert Smalls, South Carolina Representative, South Carolina Senator, U.S. Representative
- D. Augustus Straker, South Carolina House of Representatives, also Inspector of Customs at the port of Charleston and clerk in the auditors office of the treasury in Washington
- Alonzo J. Ransier, Lt. Governor of South Carolina (December 3, 1870 – December 7, 1872) and later served as US Congressman (March 3, 1873 – March 3, 1875)
- Jonathan J. Wright, lawyer, South Carolina State Senator (November 24, 1868 – January 30, 1870) and First Black Associate Justice of South Carolina Supreme Court (January 11, 1870 – December 1, 1877)
Members of South Carolina Senate
- George W. Barber - Fairfield County (1868–1872)
- Isreal R. Bird - Fairfield County - Possibly a mistake as one found so far in one source and not in the papers of freedom lawmakers
- Lawrence Cain - Edgefield (1872–1876)
- Richard H. Cain - Orangeburg (1868-1870)
- Henry Cardozo - Kershaw (1870-1874)
- Frederick A. Clinton - Lancaster (1868–1877)
- Hiram W. Duncan - Union County (1868–1872)
- Samuel L. Duncan - Orangeburg County (1876-1880)
- Sanders Ford - Fairfield County (1872-1873)
- Joseph A. Green - Orangeburg County
- Samuel Green - Beaufort County (1875-1877)
- Charles D. Hayne - Aiken County (1872–1876)
- Henry E. Hayne - Marion County (1868-1872)
- William R. Hoyt - Colleton County (1868-1870)
- James L. Jamison - Orangeburg County (1870–1872)
- William E. Johnston (1869-1877)
- John Lee - Chester County (1872-1874)
- Moses Martin - Fairfield County (1873-1876)
- Thomas E. Miller - Beaufort County (1880-1882)
- William Fabriel Myers - Colleton County (1874-1878)
- William B. Nash - Richland County (1868-1877)
- Joseph H. Rainey - Georgetown (1868-18170)
- Benjamin F. Randolph - Orangeburg County (1868)
- Thomas J. Reynolds - Beaufort County
- Hamilton Robinson - Beaufort County
- Robert Simmons - Berkeley County (1882-1886)
- Robert Smalls - Beaufort County (1870-1875)
- Dublin I. Walker - Chester County (1874-1877)
- Reverend Jared D. Warley - Clarendon County (1874-1877)
- Reverend Bruce H. Williams - Chester County (1876-1887)
- Lucius Winbush - Chester County (1868-1872) may be Wimbush
- Jonathan Jasper Wright - Beaufort County, South Carolina (1840-1887)
Members of South Carolina House of Representatives
- William Adamson representing Kershaw County from 1868 until 1870
- Frank Adamson representing Kershaw County from 1870 until 1874
- Jacob C. Allman representing Marion County from 1872 until 1876
- Robert B. Artson representing Charleston County from 1872 until 1874
- R. B. Anderson Georgetown County from 1890 to 1898
- William J. Andrews Sumter County from 1874 to 1876
- Samuel J. Bampfield Beaufort
- John B. Bascomb representing Beaufort County
- J. A. Baxter Georgetown County from 1884 to 1890
- W. W. Beckett representing Berkeley Countyfrom 1882 to 1884
- W. A. Bishop representing Greenville Countyfrom 1868 until 1870
- J. W. Bolts Georgetown County from 1898 to 1900 also served from 1900 to 1902
- Benjamin A. Bosemon representing Charleston County from 1868 until 1873
- John Boston representing Darlington County
- Joseph D. Boston representing Newberry County from 1868 until 1876
- James A. Bowley representing Georgetown County from 1869 until 1874
- E. M. Brayton Aiken
- Sampson S. Bridges Newberry
- Peter Bright Charleston
- William Brodie Charleston
- Stephen Brown Charleston
- Richard Bryan Charleston
- Benjamin Byos representing Berkeley County/Orangeburg County from 1870 until 1872
- H. Z. Burchmeyer Charleston
- Barney Burton Chester
- Everidge Cain Abbeville
- Edward J. Cain Orangeburg
- Lawrence Cain Edgefield
- Richard H. Cain Orangeburg
- Christian Wesley Caldwell representing Orangeburg from 1876 to 1878
- John A. Chestnut Kershaw
- Caesar P. Chisolm Colleton
- Simon P. Coker Barnwell
- Wilson Cooke Greenville
- Samuel Coleman Chester in 1875 and 1876
- Augustus Collins Clarendon
- Andrew W. Curtis Richland
- Abram Dannerly representing Orangeburg County
- Nelson Davies York County from 1873 to 1876
- James Davis Richland
- Thomas A. Davis representing Charleston County from 1870 until 1876
- Robert C. DeLarge Charleston
- Eugene Herriot Dibble Kershaw
- John Dix Orangeburg
- Samuel B. Doiley Charleston
- Paul B. Drayton representing Charleston County from 1880 to 1882
- William A. Driffle Colleton
- Samuel L. Duncan Orangeburg County
- S. C. Eckhard representing Charleston County from 1878 to 1880
- W. T. Elfe Charleston
- Robert B. Elliott representing Barnwell/Edgefield/Aiken
- William E. Elliott Charleston
- Henry H. Ellison Abbeville
- John Evans Williamsburg
- Philllip E. Ezekiel Beaufort
- Simeon Farr Union
- Simeon Farrow Union
- T. R. Fields Beaufort
- Adam P. Ford Charleston
- Ellis Forrest Orangeburg
- William H. Frazier Colleton
- B. G. Frederick Orangeburg
- John M. Freeman, Jr. Charleston
- Florian Henry Frost Williamsburg
- Reuben Gaither representing Kershaw County from 1870 until 1877
- William H. Gardner Sumter
- Stephen Gary representing Kershaw County from 1870-1872 and 1874-1876
- Hastings Gantt Beaufort
- John Gardner Edgefield
- Ebenezer F. George Kershaw
- John Gibson Fairfield
- Fortune Giles representing Williamsburg County
- John T. Gilmore Richland
- William C. Glover Charleston
- Mitchell Goggins Abbeville
- Aesop Goodson Richland
- David Graham Edgefield
- John G. Grant Marlboro
- William A. Grant Charleston
- Charles Samuel Green Georgetown
- John Green Edgefield
- Samuel Greene representing Beaufort County from 1870 until 1875
- Ishom Greenwood Newberry
- Thomas Hamilton Beaufort
- James J. Hardy representing Charleston County in 1870 and 1871
- Alfred Hart Darlington
- R. M. Harriett Georgetown
- David Harris Edgefield
- Eben Hayes representing Marion County
- Charles D. Hayne Barnwell
- James N. Hayne Barnwell
- William A. Hayne Marion
- Plato P. Hedges Charleston
- John T. Henderson Newberry
- James A. Henderson Newberry
- Gloster H. Holland Aiken County
- Abraham P. Holmes Colleton
- A. H. Howard Marion
- Allison W. Hough Kershaw
- Richard H. Humbert Darlington
- Barney Humphries Chester
- Allen Hudson Lancaster
- Alfred T. B. Hunter, state representative from Laurens County (1874 – 1876)
- Austin Jackson Barnwell
- Henry Jacobs Fairfield
- Burrell James Sumter
- James L. Jamison Orangeburg
- Paul W. Jefferson Aiken
- William R. Jervay Charleston
- Griffin C. Johnson Laurens
- John W. Johnson Marion
- D. J. J. Johnson Chesterfield
- Henry Johnson Fairfield
- William E. Johnston representing Sumter County in 1868-69 and 1769
- Samuel Johnson Charleston
- Marshall Jones Orangeburg
- A. H. Jones Charleston
- Paul E. Jones Orangeburg
- William H. Jones Georgetown
- Samuel I. Keith Darlington
- Jordan Lang Darlington
- John Lee Chester
- Levi Lee Fairfield
- George H. Lee Charleston
- Samuel J. Lee representing Edgefield County/Aiken County from 1868 until 1874
- Joseph W. Lloyd Charleston
- John Lilley Chester
- Aaron Logan Charleston
- Hutson J. Lomax representing Abbeville County
- William Lowman Richland
- William Maree Colleton
- Thomas Martin Abbeville
- Julius Mayer Barnwell
- James P. Mays Orangeburg
- Harry McDaniels Laurens
- Thomas D. McDowell Georgetown
- William J. McKinlay representing Orangeburg/Charleston
- John W. Meade York
- George M. Mears Charleston
- Edward C. Mickey Charleston
- Benjamin Middleton Barnwell
- Isaac Miller Fairfield
- M. Miller Fairfield
- Thomas E. Miller Beaufort from 1874 until 1880
- James Mills Laurens
- L. S. Mills Beaufort
- Syphax Milton Clarendon
- Charles S. Minort Richland
- F. S. Mitchell Beaufort
- Junius S. Mobley Union
- Alfred M. Moore Fairfield
- Shadrack Morgan Orangeburg
- William C. Morrison Beaufort
- William J. Moultrie Georgetown
- Jonas W. Nash representing Kershaw County
- William Nelson Clarendon
- Richard Neabitt Charleston
- Frederick Nix Jr. Barnwell
- Charles F. North Charleston
- Samuel Nuckles Union
- Nathaniel B. Myers Beaufort County 1870-75 and 1876–77
- Joseph Alexander Owens Barnwell County
- Robert John Palmer Richland
- Joseph Parker Charleston
- Jeffrey Pendergrass Williamsburg
- Wade Perrin Laurens
- James F. Peterson Williamsburg County from 1872 to 1878
- Edward Petty Charleston
- William G. Pinckney Charleston
- Thomas Pressley Williamsburg
- Isaac Prioleau Charleston
- Henry W. Purvis Lexington
- Warren W. Ramsey representing Sumter County from 1869 until 1876
- Alonzo J. Ransier Charleston
- Cain Ravenel Berkeley
- George A. Reed Beaufort
- A. C. Reynolds Beaufort
- J. C. Rice Beaufort
- Thomas Richardson Colleton
- Mark P. Richardson Berkeley
- Henry Riley Orangeburg
- Prince R. Rivers Edgefield/Aiken
- J. R. Rivers Beaufort
- Joseph Robinson Beaufort
- J. C. Rue Beaufort
- Alfred Rush Darlington
- Thaddeus K. Sasportas Orangeburg
- Sancho Saunders Chester
- William C. Scott Williamsburg
- Robert F. Scott Williamsburg
- W. H. Sheppard Beaufort
- Henry L. Shrewsburg Chesterfield
- Augustus Simkins Edgefield
- Paris Simpkins Edgefield
- Hercules Simmons Colleton
- Aaron Simmons Orangeburg
- Benjamin Simmons Beaufort
- Limus Simons Edgefield
- William Simons Richland
- Charles Sims Chester
- Andrew Singleton Berkeley
- James Singleton Berkeley
- Asbury L. Singleton Sumter
- J. P. Singleton Chesterfield
- Robert Smalls Beaufort
- Sherman Smalls Colleton
- Rev. W. Smalls Charleston
- James E. Smiling Sumter
- Abraham W. Smith Charleston
- Jackson A. Smith Darlington
- Powell Smythe Clarendon
- Butler Spears Sumter
- James A. Spencer Abbeville
- Nathaniel T. Spencer Charleston
- Charles H. Sperry Georgetown
- Henry Steele York
- Caesar Sullivan Laurens
- Robert Tarlton Colleton
- John W. Thomas Marlboro
- Benjamin A. Thompson Marion
- Samuel B. Thompson Richland
- Joseph Thompson Richland
- William M. Thomas Colleton
- Julius C. Tingman Charleston
- Robert Turner representing Charleston County from 1872 until 1873
- Richard M. Valentine representing Abbeville County in 1868
- John Vanderpool Charleston
- Thomas H. Wallace Berkeley
- Dublin Walker Chester from 1874 until 1877
- John Wallace Orangeburg
- Jared D. Warley Clarendon
- J. J. Washington Beaufort
- Archie Weldon Edgefield
- James Wells Richland
- John W. Westberry Sumter
- Ellison M. Weston Richland
- William James Whipper Beaufort
- John H. White
- Hannibal A. Wideman Abbeville County
- James Wigg Beaufort
- Charles M. Wilder Richland
- Bruce H. Williams Georgetown
- James Clement Wilson Sumter
- Zachariah W. Wines Darlington
- John B. Wright Charleston York County
- Smart Wright Charleston
- Prince Young Chester
- James M. Young Laurens
Local offices
- Harrison N. Bouey, probate judge in Edgefield County
- James Wagoner, trial justice in York County
Tennessee
Only one African American served in the Tennessee Legislature during the 1870s, but more than a dozen followed in the 1880s as Republican's retook the governorship. They advocated for schools for African Americans, spoke against segregated public facilities some of which were off limits completely to African Americans, and advocated for voting rights protections.
- Sampson W. Keeble (1873)
- John W. Boyd (1881 - 1884)
- Thomas F. Cassels (1881 - 1882)
- Isaac F. Norris (1881 - 1882)
- Thomas A. Sykes (1881 - 1882), also served in the North Carolina House of Representatives
- Leon Howard
- David F. Rivers (1883 - 1884)
- Greene E. Evans
- William A. Feilds (1885 - 1886)
- William C. Hodge
- Monroe W. Gooden (1887-1889)
- Samuel A. McElwee, member of the Tennessee General Assembly (1883 - 1888)
- Styles Linton Hutchins (1887 - 1888)
- Jesse M. H. Graham
Texas
Four African-Americans won election to the Texas Senate and 32 others served in the Texas House of Representatives during the Reconstruction era.
Members of the Texas Senate
- George Thompson Ruby (1870-1871 and 1873)
- Walter Moses Burton represented District 13 (Austin, Fort Bend, and Wharton Counties) 1874-1876 and District 17 (Fort Bend, Waller, and Wharton Counties) 1876-1883
- Matthew Gaines represented District 16 from 1870-1873
- Walter E. Riptoe (Riptoe/Ripeton)
Members of the Texas House of Representatives
- Richard Allen (1869), ran for Lieutenant Governor in 1878
- Edward Anderson
- Alexander Asberry
- Houston A. P. Bassett
- Thomas Beck
- D. W. Burley
- Silas Cotton
- Bird Davis
- Goldsteen Dupree
- Robert J. Evans
- Jacob E. Freeman
- Harriel G. Geiger
- Melvin Goddin
- Bedford G. Guy
- Nathan H. Haller
- Jeremiah J. Hamilton
- William H. Holland
- Mitchell Kendall
- Robert A. Kerr
- Doc C. Lewis
- Robert A. Kerr (1842–1912)
- David Medlock
- John Mitchell (Texas legislator)
- Henry Moore (Texas legislator)
- Robert J. Moore
- Sheppard Mullens
- Edward Patton
- Henry Phelps
- Meshack R. Roberts
- Alonzo Sledge
- Robert Lloyd Smith
- Henry Sneed
- James H. Washington
- Allen W. Wilder
- Benjamin Franklin Williams
- Richard Williams
- George W. Wyatt
- E. C. Mobley (1883) representing Robertson County
Virginia
The Virginia Senate enacted Joint Resolution No. 89 in 2012 recognising that although federal Reconstruction ended in 1877 due to Jim Crow laws Reconstruction in Virginia lasted from 1869 to 1890.
Members of the Virginia Senate
- James W. D. Bland represented Prince Edward County from 1869 to 1870
- Cephas L. Davis represented Mecklenburg County from 1879 to 1880
- John M. Dawson represented Charles City, Elizabeth City, James City, Warwick, and York counties from 1874 to 1877
- Joseph P. Evans represented Petersburg County from 1874 to 1875
- Nathaniel M. Griggs represented Prince Edward County from 1887 to 1890
- James R. Jones represented Mecklenburg County from 1875 to 1877 and from 1881 to 1883
- Isaiah L. Lyons represented Surry, York, Elizabeth City, and Warwick counties from 1869 to 1871
- William P. Moseley represented Goochland County from 1869 to 1871
- Francis "Frank" Moss represented Buckingham County from 1869 to 1871
- Daniel M. Norton represented James City and York Counties from 1871 to 1873 and from 1877 to 1887
- Guy Powell representing Nottoway , Lunenburg , and Brunswick Counties from 1875 to 1878
- John Robinson represented Cumberland County from 1869 to 1873
- William N. Stevens represented Petersburg County from 1871 to 1878, and Sussex County from 1881 to 1882
- George Teamoh represented Norfolk County from 1869 to 1871
Members of the Virginia House of Delegates
- William H. Andrews represented Surry County from 1869 to 1871
- William H. Ash represented Amelia and Nottoway counties from 1887 to 1888
- Briton Baskerville, Jr. represented Mecklenburg County from 1887 to 1888
- Edward David Bland represented Prince George and Surry counties from 1879 to 1884
- Phillip S. Bolling represented Cumberland and Buckingham counties
- Samuel P. Bolling represented Cumberland and Buckingham Counties 1884 - but his eligibility was successfully challenged by the Democratic Party and he was removed
- Tazewell Branch represented Prince Edward County from 1874 to 1877
- William H. Brisby represented New Kent County from 1869 to 1871
- Goodman Brown represented Prince George and Surry counties from 1887 to 1888
- Peter J. Carter represented Northampton County from 1871 to 1878
- Matt Clark represented Halifax County from 1874 to 1875
- George William Cole represented Essex County from 1879 to 1880
- Asa Coleman represented Halifax County from 1871 to 1873
- Johnson Collins represented Brunswick County from 1879 to 1880
- Aaron Commodore represented Essex County from 1875 to 1877
- Miles Connor represented Norfolk County from 1875 to 1877
- Henry Cox represented Chesterfield and Powhatan counties from 1869 to 1877
- Isaac Dabbs represented Charlotte County from 1875 to 1877
- McDowell Delaney represented Amelia County from 1871 to 1873
- Amos A. Dodson represented Mecklenburg County from 1883 to 1884
- Shed Dungee represented Cumberland and Buckingham counties from 1879 to 1882
- Jesse Dungey represented King William County from 1871 to 1873
- Isaac Edmundson represented Halifax County from 1869 to 1871
- Ballard T. Edwards represented Chesterfield and Powhatan counties from 1869 to 1871
- Joseph P. Evans representing Petersburg County from 1871 to 1873 (also Senator)
- William D. Evans represented Prince Edward County from 1877 to 1880
- William W. Evans represented Petersburg County from 1887 to 1888.
- William Faulcon represented Prince George and Surry counties from 1885 to 1887
- George Fayerman represented Petersburg County from 1869 to 1871
- James A. Fields represented Elizabeth City and James City counties from 1889 to 1890
- Alexander Q. Franklin represented Charles City County from 1889 to 1890
- William Gilliam represented Prince George County from 1871 to 1875
- James P. Goodwyn represented Petersburg County from 1874 to 1875
- Armistead Green represented Petersburg County from 1881 to 1884
- Robert G. Griffin represented James City and York counties from 1883 to 1884
- Nathaniel M. Griggs represented Prince Edward County from 1883 to 1884 (also Senator)
- Ross Hamilton represented Mecklenburg County from 1869 to 1882, and from 1889 to 1890
- Alfred W. Harris represented Petersburg County from 1881 to 1888
- H. Clay Harris represented Halifax County from 1874 to 1875
- Henry C. Hill represented Amelia County from 1874 to 1875
- Charles E. Hodges representingNorfolk County from 1869 to 1871
- John Q. Hodges represented Princess Anne County from 1869 to 1871
- Henry Johnson represented Amelia and Nottoway counties from 1889 to 1890
- Benjamin Jones represented Charles City County from 1869 to 1871
- James R. Jones represented Mecklenburg County from 1885 to 1887 (also Senator)
- Peter K. Jones representing Greensville County from 1869 to 1877
- Robert G. W. Jones represented Charles City County from 1869 to 1871
- Rufus S. Jones represented Elizabeth City and Warwick counties from 1871 to 1875
- William H. Jordan represented Petersburg County from 1885 to 1887
- Alexander G. Lee represented Elizabeth City and Warwick from 1877 to 1879
- Neverson Lewis represented Chesterfield and Powhatan counties from 1879 to 1882
- James F. Lipscomb represented Cumberland County from 1869 to 1877
- William P. Lucas represented Louisa County from 1874 to 1875
- John W. B. Matthews represented Petersburg County from 1871 to 1873
- J. B. Miller, Jr. represented Goochland County from 1869 to 1871
- Peter G. Morgan represented Petersburg County from 1869 to 1871
- Francis "Frank" Moss representing Buckingham County from 1874 to 1875 (also Senator)
- Armistead S. Nickens represented Lancaster County from 1871 to 1875
- Frederick S. Norton represented James City and Williamsburg counties in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1869 to 1871
- Robert Norton representing Elizabeth City and York counties from 1869 to 1872 and from 1881 to 1882
- Alexander Owen represented Halifax County from 1869 to 1871
- Littleton Owens represented Princess Anne County from 1879 to 1882
- Richard G. L. Paige represented Norfolk County from 1871 to 1875 and from 1879 to 1882
- William H. Patterson represented Charles City County from 1871 to 1873
- Caesar Perkins represented Buckingham County from 1869 to 1871 and from 1887 to 1888
- Fountain M. Perkins represented Louisa County from 1869 to 1871
- John W. Poindexter represented Louisa County from 1875 to 1877
- Joseph B. Pope represented Southampton County from 1879 to 1880
- Guy Powell represented Brunswick County from 1881 to 1882 (also Senator)
- William H. Ragsdale represented Charlotte County from 1869 to 1871
- John H. Robinson represented Elizabeth City and James City, and York counties from 1887 to 1888
- R. D. Ruffin represented Dinwiddie County from 1875 to 1876
- Archer Scott represented Amelia and Nottoway counties from 1875 to 1877 and from 1879 to 1884
- George L. Seaton represented Alexandria County from 1869 to 1871
- Dabney Smith represented Charlotte County from 1881 to 1882
- Henry D. Smith represented Greensville County from 1879 to 1880
- Robert M. Smith represented Elizabeth City and Warwick counties from 1875 to 1877
- John B. Syphax represented Arlington County from 1874 to 1875
- Henry Turpin represented Goochland County from 1871 to 1873
- John Watson represented Mecklenburg County in 1869
- Maclin C. Wheeler represented Brunswick County from 1883 to 1884
- Robert H. Whittaker or Whitaker represented Brunswick County from 1875 to 1877
- Ellis Wilson represented Dinwiddie County from 1869 to 1871
Virginia Constitutional Convention
- Thomas Bayne
- John Wesley Cromwell, Clerk of the Virginia Constitutional Convention (1867), Washington D.C. government clerk
Other offices
- P. H. A. Braxton, constable in King William County in 1872, collector at the United States Custom House in Westmoreland County
Washington
Washington did not have any African American legislators during the Reconstruction era. William Owen Bush was the first African American to serve in the Washington state legislature 1889–1891.
West Virginia
West Virginia did not have any African American legislators during the Reconstruction era, Christopher Payne was the first African American to serve in the West Virginia state legislature in 1896.
Wyoming
Wyoming did not have any African American legislators during the Reconstruction era. William Jefferson Hardin was the first African American to serve in the Wyoming state legislature 1879 - 1883.
Washington, D.C.
- Solomon G. Brown, House of Delegates for Washington D.C. (1871-1874), employee at the Smithsonian
- John Mercer Langston, appointed member of the Board of Health of the District of Columbia
- John H. Smythe, 1872, clerk in the U.S. Census Bureau, clerk in the Treasury department, 1878 ambassador to Liberia
- William E. Matthews, clerk in the United States Postal Service in Washington D.C. in 1870, the first black person to receive an appointment in that department
- Josiah T. Settle, reading clerk of the Washington, D.C. House of Delegates (1872), clerk in the Board of Public Works, as an accountant in the Board of Audits, and as a trustee of the county schools for the district