Nathan E. Edwards
Appearance
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Nathan E. Edwards (1855 - 1908) was a state legislator in Arkansas.[1] He represented Chicot County as a Republican for the 1893 session.[2][3] He was one of at least four African Americans in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1893 along with George W. Bell in the state senate.[4][5] He and other Arkansas legislators were photographed in 1893.[6]
He worked as a farmer, farm laborer, and minister before and after his legislative service.[1] He was a pastor in Eudora a First Baptist Church.[7] He died 1908.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Arkansas History". The Lakeport Plantation.
- ^ "Southeast Arkansas's African-American Legislators, 1868-1893". The Lakeport Plantation. February 17, 2016.
- ^ "The legislature - A roster of te general assembly of 1893". Daily Arkansas Gazette. 17 September 1892. p. 5. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ Justesen, Benjamin R. (16 December 2020). Forgotten Legacy: William McKinley, George Henry White, and the Struggle for Black Equality. LSU Press. ISBN 9780807174623 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Once a lawmaker, Now he shines shoes of lawmakers". Daily Arkansas Gazette. 19 February 1917. p. 8. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ "1893 House of Representatives composite photo of the Twenty-Ninth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas". Arkansas General Assembly Composite Images, 1866-2011. December 31, 1893.
- ^ a b Plantation, Blake Wintory on behalf of Lakeport (2015). Chicot County. Arcadia Publishing. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-4671-1405-9. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
Categories:
- 1855 births
- 1908 deaths
- 19th-century American legislators
- Republican Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives
- Baptist ministers from the United States
- African-American state legislators in Arkansas
- People from Chicot County, Arkansas
- 19th-century American clergy
- 20th-century African-American politicians
- 19th-century American farmers
- Arkansas politician stubs