The Original Black Republican Leaders

Representative	Party	State	Term	Lifespan	Former slave
John Willis Menard	Republican	Louisiana	1868	1838-1893	No
Joseph Rainey	Republican	South Carolina	1870-1879	1832-1887	Yes
Jefferson F. Long	Republican	Georgia	1870-1871	1836-1901	Yes
Robert C. De Large	Republican	South Carolina	1871-1873	1842-1874	No
Robert B. Elliott	Republican	South Carolina	1871-1874	1842-1884	No
Benjamin S. Turner	Republican	Alabama	1871-1873	1825-1894	Yes
Josiah T. Walls	Republican	Florida	1871-1873, 1873-1875, 1875-1876	1842-1905	Yes
Richard H. Cain	Republican	South Carolina	1873-1875, 1877-1879	1825-1887	No
John R. Lynch	Republican	Mississippi	1873-1877, 1882-1883	1847-1939	Yes
James T. Rapier	Republican	Alabama	1873-1875	1837-1883	No
Alonzo J. Ransier	Republican	South Carolina	1873-1875	1834-1882	No
Jeremiah Haralson	Republican	Alabama	1875-1877	1846-1916	Yes
John Adams Hyman	Republican	North Carolina	1875-1877	1840-1891	Yes
Charles E. Nash	Republican	Louisiana	1875-1877	1844-1913	No
Robert Smalls	Republican	South Carolina	1875-1879, 1882-1883, 1884-1887	1839-1915	Yes
James E. O'Hara	Republican	North Carolina	1883-1887	1844-1905	No
Henry P. Cheatham	Republican	North Carolina	1889-1893	1857-1935	Yes
John Mercer Langston	Republican	Virginia	1890-1891	1829-1897	No
Thomas E. Miller	Republican	South Carolina	1890-1891	1849-1938	No
George W. Murray	Republican	South Carolina	1893-1895, 1896-1897	1853-1926	Yes
George Henry White	Republican	North Carolina	1897-1901	1852-1918	No