During 1865–1877, when federal troops were in every formerly Confederate state, blacks were able to enter politics.
Pages in category "African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 377 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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A
- David Abner
- Frank Adamson
- George W. Albright
- James M. Alexander
- Benjamin F. Alexander
- Edward I. Alexander
- Richard Allen (Texas politician)
- Thomas M. Allen (Georgia politician)
- James H. Alston
- Edward Anderson (19th-century Texas politician)
- Arthur Antoine
- Caesar Antoine
- Felix C. Antoine
- Alexander Asberry
B
- Elijah Baldwin
- Alexander E. Barber
- George W. Barber (politician)
- Eli Barnes
- Houston A.P. Bassett
- Thomas Beck (politician)
- Edwin Belcher
- Richard Horatio Black
- Stephen Blackwell
- Raiford Blunt
- Phillip S. Bolling
- Samuel P. Bolling
- Killis B. Bonner
- Benjamin A. Boseman
- John Boston (politician)
- Countelow M. Bowles
- George F. Bowles
- James A. Bowley
- Anderson Boyd (politician)
- George W. Boyd
- John W. Boyd (Tennessee politician)
- Walter Boyd (politician)
- Aaron Alpeoria Bradley
- William Bradwell
- Tazewell Branch
- George W. Braxdell
- Nathan Brewington
- William Brown (Louisiana politician)
- Blanche Bruce
- Orange Brunt
- Joseph Henry Bufford
- Henry Burckmeyer
- Barney Burton
- Nicholas Burton
- Walter Moses Burton
- Edward Butler (Louisiana politician)
- Thornton Butler
- Benjamin Byas
C
- Thomas Cage
- Richard H. Cain
- C. W. Caldwell
- Charles Caldwell (politician)
- Tunis Campbell
- J. Wesley Caradine
- Francis Lewis Cardozo
- Henry Cardozo
- Thomas Cardozo
- Hugh A. Carson
- Hannibal C. Carter
- Peter J. Carter
- Thomas F. Cassels
- James Cessor
- Benjamin Chiles
- Caeser P. Chisolm
- Richard Christmas
- Malcolm Claiborne
- Charles P. Clemens
- Frederick Albert Clinton
- Joseph Newman Clinton
- George H. Clower
- Milton Coates
- Simon P. Coker
- Abram Colby
- Asa Coleman
- Barry Coleman (politician)
- Johnson Collins
- Aaron Commodore
- Joseph Connaughton (politician)
- Miles Connor
- Wilson Cooke
- William L. Copeland
- Felix L. Cory
- John T. Costin
- Thomas A. Cotton
- Henry Hunter Craig
- Oscar Crozier
- Harry Cruse
- Norris Wright Cuney
- Alexander H. Curtis
D
- Isaac Dabbs
- D. J. Daniels
- David Young (Louisiana politician)
- Cephas L. Davis
- Madison Davis
- John M. Dawson (Virginia politician)
- Robert C. De Large
- Henry Demas
- Robert H. Dennis
- Pierre G. Deslondes
- Emile Detiege
- James M. Dickson
- Thomas Diggs
- Mentor Dotson
- Amos Drane
- Antoine Dubuclet
- Andrew Dumont
- Jesse Dungee
- Oscar Dunn
E
F
G
- Adam Gachet
- Matthew Gaines
- Prince Gardner
- Samuel Gardner (Georgia politician)
- William Gaskin
- Theodore Gass
- George Washington Gayles
- Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs
- Thomas Van Renssalaer Gibbs
- William Gilliam
- Jacques Gla
- Richard Howell Gleaves
- Robert Gleed
- Mitchell Goggins
- Aesop Goodson
- George Graham (Georgia politician)
- George Caldwell Granberry
- William H. Gray (Mississippi politician)
- David S. Green
- William Henry Grey
- William Guilford
H
- Nathan H. Haller
- Jeremiah J. Hamilton
- Alfred Newton Handy
- Emanuel Handy
- Jeremiah Haralson
- Amos Hargrett
- Henry Harmon
- William Henry Harrison (Georgia politician)
- Monroe E. Hawkins
- W. T. J. Hayes
- Charles D. Hayne
- Henry E. Hayne
- William Henry Heard
- William W. Hence
- Wilson Hicks (politician)
- David Higgins (Mississippi politician)
- Edward Hill (Mississippi politician)
- Frederick Hill (politician)
- James Hill (Mississippi politician)
- Ned Hill (politician)
- Willis Augustus Hodges
- Samuel H. Holland
- William H. Holland (politician)
- Abraham P. Holmes
- Joseph R. Holmes
- Allison W. Hough
- Russell Walker Houston
- Ulysses L. Houston
- Leon Howard (Tennessee politician)
- Perry Howard
- Alfred Howe
- William R. Hoyt
- Allen Hudson
- Hanson Truman Hughes
- Alfred T. B. Hunter
- Hezekiah Hunter
- John Adams Hyman