Simeon Farr was an American politician who was elected as a state representative in 1868 in South Carolina during the Reconstruction era.[1][2] He represented Union County, South Carolina.[3] His photograph was used in a composite of Radical Republican officials from South Carolina.[4] His name is spelled Simon Farr in an 1868 House document.[5]
Farr was white.[6] Farr's fellow legislators from Union County in the House, Samuel Nuckles and June Mobley were African American.[6] Nuckles gave testimony about intimidation that went on during the 1870 election.[7]
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edit- ^ Martin, Mart (April 24, 2018). The Almanac Of Women And Minorities In American Politics 2002. Routledge. ISBN 9780429976483 – via Google Books.
- ^ Work, Monroe N.; Staples, Thomas S.; Wallace, H. A.; Miller, Kelly; McKinlay, Whitefield; Lacy, Samuel E.; Smith, R. L.; McIlwaine, H. R. (1920). "Some Negro Members of Reconstruction Conventions and Legislatures and of Congress". The Journal of Negro History. 5 (1): 63–119. doi:10.2307/2713503. JSTOR 2713503. S2CID 149610698 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Baker, Bruce E. (January 15, 2009). This Mob Will Surely Take My Life: Lynchings in the Carolinas, 1871-1947. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781441137227 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Radical Members of the South Carolina Legislature composite photograph at the National Museum of African American History". nmaahc.si.edu.
- ^ House, United States Congress (June 3, 1868). "House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d Session-49th Congress, 1st Session" – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Report of and Testimony". 1872.
- ^ Mulberry Chapel Methodist Church National Register of Historic Places nomination form pdf