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H*3695 Session 117 (2007-2008) H*3695 Concurrent Resolution, By Govan, Sellers, Brantley, Hodges, Scott, Rutherford, J.H. Neal, Anderson, R. Brown, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Hart, Hosey, Jefferson, Kennedy, Mitchell, Weeks, Whipper and Williams A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 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. 03/13/07 House Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate HJ-48 03/13/07 Senate Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence SJ-15
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 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 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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