Charles Reese was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented
Hinds County, Mississippi
Hinds County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. With its county seats (Raymond and the state's capital, Jackson), Hinds is the most populous county in Mississippi with a 2020 census population of 227,742 residents. Hinds Coun ...
in the
Mississippi House of Representatives
The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature, the lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Mississippi. According to the state constitution of 1890, it is to comprise no more than 122 members elected fo ...
in 1872 to 1873.
In April 1872 he signed, along with many representatives and senators, a petition for the equal rights and treatment of African Americans many of whom had been freed from slavery during and after the American Civil War.
He was born circa 1835 in Mississippi, worked as a farm laborer and served as an inspector in the 1871 special election in Hinds County.
See also
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African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era
References
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Members of the Mississippi House of Representatives
1830s births
Year of birth uncertain
Year of death missing
19th-century American farmers