Clinton Wesley Battle was a state legislator and public official in North Carolina during and after the Reconstruction era. He represented
Edgecombe County
Edgecombe County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,900. Its county seat is Tarboro.
Edgecombe County is part of the Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Metropolitan Statistical Area ...
in the
North Carolina House of Representatives
The North Carolina House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. The House is a 120-member body led by a Speaker of the House, who holds powers similar to those of the President pro-tem in the North Ca ...
in 1879 and 1881.
Enslaved at birth, Battle was born in
Edgecombe County
Edgecombe County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,900. Its county seat is Tarboro.
Edgecombe County is part of the Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Metropolitan Statistical Area ...
. He also served as a postmaster in
Battleboro in
Nash County. He served as a trustee of
Swift Creek Township and then served two years as a county commissioner before being elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives. He married and had at least one child.
He and
W. W. Watson, both "colored", were Republican nominees for North Carolina House seats
and served together in 1881.
See also
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African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era
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List of first African-American U.S. state legislators
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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