Blacks, Carpetbaggers, and Scalawags: The Constitutional Conventions of Radical Reconstruction

Appendix C: Delegate Biographical Data

308 APPENDIX C DELEGATE BIOGRAPHICAL DATA All southern white, black, and outside white delegates are listed in this appendix, arranged by state within each group. Dashes indicate that pertinent information in the category is unavailable for that delegate. Abbreviations are defined and symbols explained following each state section. Unclassified whites and delegates who were absent or not seated or did not vote are listed following the southern whites section for each state. alabama southern white delegates Name Region of state District no. % dist. black County represented Age Native state/ country Profession 1860 real/ personal property 1870 real/ personal property Slaves owned (Former office), future office Other biographical data Adams, Thomas P 28 41.5 Talladega 55 SC Merchant $400 $2,000 — — 0 — Whig, anti-secessionist, antagonized Confederate authorities Alexander, John* P 20 57.3 Autauga 28 AL Planter $0 $3,000 $35,000 $5,000 0 County commissioner Union League Austin, William TV 38 18.9 Jackson 55 TN Merchant $23,000 $22,500 $700 $3,500 20 — Unionist, refugee in North during war Autrey, James P 30 22.5 Calhoun 45 AL Farmer $3,000 $400 — — 0 — A constant Union man Brigham, Arthur P 28 41.5 Talladega 45 NY Cabinetmaker $3,000 $4,000 $10,000 $500 2 State treasurer Whig, Douglas supporter in 1860, opposed secession, refugee Brigham, Daniel TV 43 47.4 Limestone 65 VT Editor $2,000 $1,800 Died in 1868 0 (Registrar of bankruptcy) Unionist, driven out of AL Blackford, William B 22 79.2 Hale 39 VA Physician $4,000 $2,700 $5,000 $5,500 0 Probate judge Unionist, Confederate veteran Brunson, Simeon P 18 71.8 Pickens 58 GA Farmer $400 $5,760 $500 $500 5 State house Sometimes classified as black Cabot, Charles* P 20 57.3 Elmore 42 VT Farmer $5,000 $26,000 $12,000 $10,000 8 (Delegate to 1865 const. convention), county commissioner Democrat Collins, Alfred M 37 6.6 DeKalb 50 TN Farmer $3,000 $5,000 $5,000 $1,000 4 — Whig, Unionist, accused of murdering Congressman Haughey Davis, Joseph P 27 14.3 Randolph 48 GA Physician $2,000 $5,000 $2,000 $1,425 3 (Delegate to 1865 const. convention) Surgeon in Union army Deal, H. Ransom* PW 5 28.3 Dale 40 AL Farmer $0 $400 $750 $750 0 (Delegate to 1865 const. convention) — Dykes, George M 36 14.2 Cherokee 52 GA Farmer — — $8,000 $1,500 — — Voted for Douglas in 1860, antisecessionist , Unionist Ewing, William* M 35 11.7 Baine 43 VA Physician $3,200 $2,200 $4,000 $150 0 Postmaster Voted for Douglas in 1860, antisecessionist , left GA for northern AL in 1862 Folmar, James* PW 7 54.8 Pike 45 AL Merchant — — $3,500 $5,000 — Mayor of Troy Anti-secessionist Garrison, William M 35 11.7 Blount — — Minister — — — — — Justice of peace Unionist, refugee in North, Freedmen’s Bureau agent Graves, George* B 21 77.9 Perry 35 VA Physician $0 $1,000 — — 0 — Unionist, Confederate officer Greathouse, Early* P 23 38.1 Tallapoosa 56 GA Farmer $5,000 $9,500 $1,000 $800 12 (Delegate to 1865 const. convention) Pro-North before war Haughey, Thomas TV 40 31.4 Morgan 43 Scotland Physician $1,600 $5,400 Murdered in 1869 1 U.S. congressman Union surgeon Hayes, Charles B 22 79.2 Greene 31 AL Planter $112,500 $98,750 $50,000 $6,000 93 U.S. congressman Douglas Democrat, Confederate officer, threatened by KKK Horton, Gustavus M 1 60.7 Mobile 59 MA Cotton broker $0 $0 $1,600 $1,000 0 (Mayor of Mobile, organized Mobile public schools in 1850s), probate judge Jacksonian Democrat, Unionist Howard, James PW 8 26.0 Crenshaw 25 AL Farmer — — $1,000 $3,000 — (County superintendent of education) Democrat alabama southern white delegates (continued) Name Region of state District no. % dist. black County represented Age Native state/ country Profession 1860 real/ personal property 1870 real/ personal property Slaves owned (Former office), future office Other biographical data Hurst, James* P 24 26.8 Coosa 40 GA Lawyer $1,200 $2,200 $500 $860 0 U.S. commissioner — Jackson, James PW 11 62.0 Clarke 57 GA Warehouse keeper $10,000 $10,000 $5,000 $1,200 15 (Justice of peace) — Jolly, John* PW 5 28.3 Coffee 32 GA Grocery merchant — — $100 $1,000 — Notary public — Jones...