John Willis Menard
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John Willis Menard (1838-1893) was the first African-American elected to the U.S. Congress. However, he was denied his seat. He was born on April 3, 1838 in Kashaskia, Illinois. He died on October 8, 1893 in Washington, D.C. His daughter, Alice Menard married Thomas Van Renssalaer Gibbs, the son of Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs.
References
- [A Brief Biography of John Willis Menard from Southern University's John B. Cade Library]
- ["Reconstructing the Poetry of John Willis Menard" by Gilbert Wesley Purdy.] Book review/essay with considerable historical information about the Reconstruction South.
- Canter Brown, Jr. Florida's Black Public Officials, 1867-1924. Tuscaloosa and London: The University of Alabama Press, 1998.
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