{"id":749,"date":"2018-07-20T15:55:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T20:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=749"},"modified":"2026-02-05T16:36:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:36:54","slug":"sources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/sources\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"

Election Results and Rosters<\/strong><\/a> – Statewide election results from newspapers and rosters from the House and Senate journals<\/p>\n

If you’re a member of Ancestry.com, you can access this public tree<\/a> <\/strong>that I maintain for all the legislators with family information and hundreds of attached sources.<\/p>\n

The following books contain a great deal of information about these men, ranging from racist opinions of their time to modern understandings, and you will find quotes from them scattered throughout the individual pages on this site:<\/p>\n

Behrend, Justin.\u00a0Reconstructing Democracy: Grassroots Black Politics in the Deep South after the Civil War<\/em>. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2017.<\/p>\n

Bennett, Lerone.\u00a0Black Power U.S.A.: The Human Side of Reconstruction, 1867-1877<\/a>.<\/em> Chicago: Johnson, 1967.<\/p>\n

Cabinis, E. W.\u00a0The Clinton Riot: A True Statement, Showing Who Originated It<\/em><\/a>. Jackson: Democratic-Conservative Executive Committee, 1875.<\/p>\n

Foner, Eric.\u00a0Freedom’s Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders during Reconstruction<\/em>. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1993.<\/p>\n

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, editors. African American National Biography<\/em>. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.<\/p>\n

Journal of the Proceedings in the Constitutional Convention of the State of Mississippi.<\/em>\u00a01868<\/em><\/a>. Jackson: E. Stafford, 1871.<\/p>\n

Lynch, John Roy.\u00a0The Facts of Reconstruction<\/em><\/a>. New York: Neale Publishing Company, 1913.<\/p>\n

McFarlin, Annjennette Sophie.\u00a0Black Congressional Reconstruction Orators and Their Orations, 1869-1879<\/em>. Metuchen, NJ: 1976.<\/p>\n

Montgomery, Frank A.\u00a0Reminiscences of a Mississippian in Peace and War.\u00a0<\/em>Cincinnati: Robert Clarke, 1901.<\/p>\n

Satcher, Buford.\u00a0Blacks in Mississippi Politics 1865-1900<\/em>. Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1978.<\/p>\n

Thompson, Julius E.\u00a0The Black Press in Mississippi, 1865-1985<\/em>. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1993.<\/p>\n

Thompson, Patrick H.\u00a0The History of Negro Baptists in Mississippi<\/em><\/a>. Jackson: R. W. Bailey Printing, 1898.<\/p>\n

United States. Congress. Senate. Mississippi in 1875. Report of the Select Committee to Inquire into the Mississippi Election of 1875<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>Washington: GPO, 1876. (Link to Volume II<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Wharton, Vernon Lane.\u00a0The Negro in Mississippi: 1865-1890<\/em>. New York: Harper & Row, 1965.<\/p>\n

Images<\/strong>
\nUnless otherwise noted, all images are from the 1874-1875 Mississippi legislature composite<\/a>, the 1876 composite<\/a>, the 1878 composite<\/a>, the 1880 composite<\/a>, the 1882 composite<\/a>, the 1884 composite<\/a>, or public domain books and newspapers.<\/p>\n

Recommended Sources for Background Information \/ Further Research<\/strong>
\nCivil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi<\/a>
\nWPA County Histories<\/a>
\nMississippi History Now: The Mississippi Constitution of 1868<\/a>
\nMississippi History Now: The Clinton Riot of 1875<\/a>
\nThe Colored Conventions Project<\/a>
\nPeter Crosby and the Vicksburg Massacre<\/a>
\nThe 1873 Civil Rights Law<\/a>
\nWikipedia: Thomas W. Cardozo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Election Results and Rosters – Statewide election results from newspapers and rosters from the House and Senate journals If you’re a member of Ancestry.com, you can access this public tree that I maintain for all the legislators with family information and hundreds of attached sources. The following books contain a great deal of information about … <\/p>\n

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