Arthur Antoine was a state legislator in Louisiana. He represented Saint Mary Parish in the

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from 1872 to 1874 along with Isaac Sutton.Freedom's Lawmakers by

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Louisiana State University Press 1996 npage 8 Charles Vincent documented him as having been born in Louisiana and "

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". He served on the Committee on Land and Levees as well.as the Committee on Pensions.

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Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives Year of birth missing African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era People from St. Mary Parish, Louisiana African-American state legislators in Louisiana Year of death missing {{Louisiana-politician-stub