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

Data Tables on Delegates and Leaders

24 Data Tables on Delegates and Leaders table 2.1. breakdown of delegates by convention Convention Originally elected Replacements Total Absent Not seated Total participants Alabama 100 0 100 1 0 99 Arkansas 75 0 75 2 0 73 Florida 46 5 51 0 1 50 Georgia 169 0 169 5 0 164 Louisiana 98 1 99 2 0 97 Mississippi 100 0 100 4 0 96 North Carolina 120 4 124 2 0 122 South Carolina 124 0 124 3 0 121 Texas 90 4 94 1 1 92 Virginia 105 0 105 0 1 104 Total 1,027 14 1,041 20 3 1,018 table 2.2. delegate groups (number and percentage) Convention Southern whites Blacks Outside whites Unclassified whites No. Pct. No. Pct. No. Pct. No. Pct. Alabama 56 56.6 17 17.2 24 24.2 2 2.0 Arkansas 48 65.7 8 11.0 17 23.3 0 0.0 Florida 17 34.0 19 38.0 13 26.0 1 2.0 Georgia 114 69.5 37 22.6 12 7.3 1 0.6 Louisiana 31 32.0 50 51.5 14 14.4 2 2.1 Mississippi 54 56.3 17 17.7 21 21.9 4 4.1 North Carolina 90 73.7 14 11.5 18 14.8 0 0.0 South Carolina 34 28.1 72 59.5 15 12.4 0 0.0 Texas 70 76.1 10 10.9 10 10.9 2 2.2 Virginia 60 57.7 24 23.1 20 19.2 0 0.0 Total 574 — 268 — 164 — 12 — 25 Delegates and Leaders table 2.3. black parity index by state, from lowest to highest State BPI Texas 25 Alabama 27 North Carolina 29 Mississippi 29 Arkansas 32 Georgia 44 Virginia 49 Florida 68 Louisiana 78 South Carolina 92 table 2.4. percentage of blacks among electorates in districts returning southern white, black, and outside white delegates Convention Southern whites Blacks Outside whites Overall Alabama 44.1 68.0 69.2 54.1 Arkansas 23.8 66.3 51.8 35.0 Florida 47.3 67.1 60.7 58.3 Georgia 44.4 61.4 65.0 49.9 Louisiana 63.4 65.6 75.1 66.3 Mississippi 49.1 70.6 69.6 58.3 North Carolina 35.2 60.8 53.7 40.9 South Carolina 55.2 63.4 70.7 62.0 Texas 43.6 59.6 45.9 45.6 Virginia 38.6 60.0 56.1 46.9 Overall 42.7 64.1 62.4 51.6 blacks, carpetbaggers, and scalawags 26 table 2.5. total delegates and delegates found in 1850–1880 census rolls Convention Total delegates Southern whites Blacks Outside whites Total found Pct. found Alabama 99 52 13 20 85 85.9 Arkansas 73 47 7 13 67 91.8 Florida 50 17 14 9 40 80.0 Georgia 164 109 22 7 138 84.1 Louisiana 97 21 34 10 65 67.0 Mississippi 96 49 12 14 75 78.1 North Carolina 122 88 10 8 106 86.9 South Carolina 121 29 56 14 99 81.8 Texas 92 63 4 5 72 78.3 Virginia 104 59 17 16 92 88.5 Total 1,018 534 189 116 839 Pct. all states 93 71 70.7 82.4 Note: One southern white delegate from Alabama was found only in the 1850 census. All other white delegates in these totals were found in the 1860 and/or 1870 census. All black delegates enumerated here were found in the census of 1870 except for three from Louisiana who were found in the 1860 census and one from South Carolina found in the 1880 census. table 2.6. southern white delegates found in 1860 and/or 1870 census State 1860 1870 Both Either Alabama 39 42 30 51 Arkansas 34 45 32 47 Florida 9 16 8 17 Georgia 95 86 72 109 Louisiana 17 16 12 21 Mississippi 41 40 32 49 North Carolina 79 82 73 88 South Carolina 24 23 18 29 Texas 48 55 40 63 Virginia 53 50 44 59 Total 439 455 361 533 Percent 76.5 79.3 62.9 93.0 27 Delegates and Leaders table 2.7. average age of delegates by convention, delegate group, and overall State Southern whites Blacks Outside whites All delegates Avg. age...