From Slave to State Legislator: John W. E. Thomas, Illinois' First African American Lawmaker

Index

247 Index Abrahams, Albert, 54 Abrahams, Isaac, 54, 72, 77, 79, 80, 132, 134, 135 Adair, John M., 27 Adams, George, 76 Adler, Dankmar, 187 African Americans: attorneys, 51–52, loyalty to Republican Party, 3, 11, 14, 17–18, 33, 36, 44, 47–50, 58, 61, 63, 66, 82–86, 89–90, 92, 102, 117–20, 124, 148, 157, 161, 162, 166, 168, 185, 195–96, as percentage of Chicago’s population, 2, 144–45, 160, 191, 199, suffrage, 10, 17, 63, 162 Afro-American Citizen’s Protective League, 173 Afro-American League, xii, 169–73, 196, 198, 201 Aldrich, Frank, 177 Aldrich, William, 18, 67, 68, 100 Allen Bill, 198 Allerton, Samuel W., 186 Altgeld, John Peter, 185 American Citizens Civil Rights Association of the United States, 172 Anderson, Charles, 196 Anderson, Louis, 185 Anderson, William B., 28–29 Andrews, Charles, 154 Anthony, Elliot, 16 Anti-Monopoly Party, 71 Appleton, James, 65, 110, 126, 141, 160 Armory Hall, 178 Armour, George, 16 Armstrong, George W., 27, 32–33 Arnett, Benjamin, 196 Arthur, Chester Alan, 61, 85, 169 Ashton, Andrew, 27, 28 Australian ballot law, 184, 223n85 Babcock, W. S., 138 Baird, Frederick, 114 Baker, William, 47, 60, 110, 115, 148, 150; and Afro-American League, 170; active in Republican Party, 11, 126, 127; biography 205; candidate for county commissioner, 143–44; candidate for legislature, 62, 63, 67–69, 97, 99–100; candidate for South Town clerk, 137– 40; House doorman, 26, 37; and Illinois Colored Conventions, 92, 123, 124; and Thomas’s 1876 nomination, 18, 22 Ballard, Addison, 14, 16, 36, 57, 65, 165 Barnard, Frank P., 159 Barnett, Ferdinand L., 47, 92, 97, 114, 141, 143, 148, 196; and Afro-American League, 170–71; as attorney, 52, 167; biography of, 205; as candidate for office, 156, 175; and 1883 Illinois Colored Convention, 86–89; marriage of, to Ida B. Wells, 231n51; and patronage fight with Thomas, 109–12, 208; publishes Conservator, 51; as social leader, 142, 189; and World’s Columbian Exhibition, 188 Barr, William V., 101 Barry, Patrick, 50 Bash, D. N., 18–19, 61 Bass, George, 159, 164–65, 166, 167 Beard, George, 56, 60, 61, 101–2, 111 Bentley, Charles E., 142, 143, 170, 185, 188, 213n15 INDEx 248 Best, Martin, 126 Bethel A. M. E. Church, 18, 144, 200 Beveridge, John, 27, 86 Billings, Henry F., 65 Bird, John J., 16, 62–63, 109, 124, 205; and 1883 Illinois Colored Convention, 86–87, 89–90, 92, 94 Bish, James, 148, 152, 161, 166, 189; as African American political leader, 168, 173, 176, 188; and Afro-American League, 170; biography of, 205; as candidate for legislature, 156, 181–83, 185–86, 192, 193, 195 black belt neighborhood, 4, 187 Black Hawk War, 26 Black Laws, 2, 58, 76, 109, 206 Blaine, James G., 59–61, 97, 101, 102, 103, 137 Blair, Henry, 93 Bliss, E. R., 47, 157, 167; as Thomas ally and supporter, 67, 99, 126, 138, 139, 149 Blue, Richard, 122, 124 Boyd, A., 171 Boyle, Lawrence, 164 Bradley, A. F., 61, 62, 72 Bradwell, James, 52, 55; as candidate for legislature, 46–50, 67–73, 79, 80, 98, 101, 145 Bradwell, Myra, 46 Braidwood mining disaster, 77–78, 81–82 Brenan, Thomas, 144, 151, 154–55, 156, 157, 158 Brents, George, 32, 33 British American Council, 168 Brockway, James, 57 Brokoski, F. A., 152, 163; as candidate for legislature, 128, 131, 132, 134, 135, 150, 156–57, 158 Brothers of Union, 10 Brown, George, 96 Brown, John, 58, 206 Brown, Thomas, T., 87, 120, 121 Bruce, Blanche, 56, 172 Bruce, William A., 132, 134, 135 Bryan, R. S., 151, 157, 159 Bryant and Chase’s Business College, 9 Buckley, William, 158 Buckmaster, Samuel, 27 Buckner, John C., 123, 179, 187, 189, 192, 200, 206; candidate for legislature, 133–35, 192, 193, 195, 198 Burke, Charles, 50 Burrell, R. A., 135 Butler, Benjamin, 95, 97, 101, 102, 103 Cairo Convention resolution, 89–91 Cameron, Don, 59 Campbell, William J., 149 Cannon, Joseph, 178 Carey, A. J., 200 Carroll, Vincent, 137 Carson, Perry, 170, 172 Carter, Hannibal: active in Republican Party, 147, 148, 49, 150, 157, 159, 164; biography of, 206; as candidate for legislature, 165, 167–68, 184; leaves Republican Party, 187, 198; and Logan Hall Association, 159, 187; opposes Hertz, 152–54, 185; as president of John W. E. Thomas Club, 156 Carter, Henry, 57 Carter, Orrin N., 200 Carver, George Washington, 188 Cary, Eugene, 127, 129, 131, 149 Cass, George, 101...