David Dewitt Turpeau Sr. (November 8, 1873 – February 13, 1947) was a Methodist minister and state legislator in
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
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He wrote an autobiography. He was elected to the
Ohio House of Representatives in 1939 and served in it until his death. He was a
Republican.
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He was born in ]St. Martinville, Louisiana
St. Martinville (french: Saint-Martin)Jack A. Reynolds. "St. Martinville" entry i"Louisiana Placenames of Romance Origin."LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses #7852. 1942. p. 480. is a city in and the parish seat of St. Martin Parish, Louisiana ...
.Leontine T. Kelly
Leontine Turpeau Current Kelly (March 5, 1920 – June 28, 2012) was an American bishop of the United Methodist Church. She was the second woman elevated to the position of bishop within the United Methodist Church, and the first African American ...
(Leontine Turpeau) was one of his children.
See also
*List of African-American officeholders (1900–1959)
The following is a list of African-American holders of public office from 1900 to 1959. This period saw setbacks for African Americans following the Reconstruction era after "Redeemer" Democrats retook control of the South and restored white supre ...
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1873 births
1947 deaths
African-American state legislators in Ohio
Place of death unknown
American Methodist clergy
20th-century African-American writers
20th-century American male writers
American autobiographers
People from St. Martinville, Louisiana
Republican Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives
Methodists from Ohio
African-American Methodist clergy
Politicians from Cincinnati
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