William H. Moore (North Carolina politician)
William H. Moore was a state legislator in North Carolina.[1] He served in the North Carolina House of Representatives during the Reconstruction era. He represented New Hanover County and served with other African Americans in the state legislature.[2] His post office was in Wilmington, North Carolina.[3] He served with Henry Brewington and Alfred Lloyd who also represented New Hanover in the 1874-1875 session.[4] All three were African Americans.[2]
He represented New Hanover County in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1874 and in the North Carolina Senate in 1876. In the 1874, all three of New Hanover's state representatives were African American. Henry Brewington and Alfred Lloyd were the others.[5] He was African American.[6]
In 1876 and 1877 he was one of five African American state senators in North Carolina. The others were Hanson T. Hughes, George A. Mebane, John R. Byrant, and William P. Mabson.[7]
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[edit]- ^ Work, Monroe N.; Staples, Thomas S.; Wallace, H. A.; Miller, Kelly; McKinlay, Whitefield; Lacy, Samuel E.; Smith, R. L.; McIlwaine, H. R. (1920). "Some Negro Members of Reconstruction Conventions and Legislatures and of Congress" (PDF). The Journal of Negro History. 5 (1): 63–119. doi:10.2307/2713503. JSTOR 2713503. S2CID 149610698.
- ^ a b "North Carolina State House of Representatives - 1874-1875". www.carolana.com.
- ^ Carolina, North (January 9, 1875). "Acts Passed by the General Assembly of the State of North-Carolina". Observer Print. House – via Google Books.
- ^ Carolina, North (January 9, 1875). "Public Laws and Private Laws of the State of North Carolina (other Slight Variations)" – via Google Books.
- ^ McDuffie, Jerome A. (December 29, 1981). "Politics in Wilmington and New Hanover County, North Carolina, 1865-1900: The Genesis of a Race Riot". Kent State University – via Google Books.
- ^ "North Carolina State Senate - 1876-1877". www.carolana.com.
- ^ "The North Carolina Historical Review". North Carolina Historical Commission. December 29, 1984 – via Google Books.
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