Ebenezer Howard Harper was a lawyer and state legislator in West Virginia.
He became a lawyer and was nominated from
McDowell County. His office was in
Keystone, West Virginia
Keystone is a city in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 176. Keystone is one of the few municipalities in West Virginia with an African-American majority, with 65 percent of the residents bei ...
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Howard Sutherland
Howard Sutherland (September 8, 1865March 12, 1950) was an American politician. He was a Republican who represented West Virginia in both houses of the United States Congress.
Sutherland was born near Kirkwood, Missouri. He lived in Missouri unt ...
and Alfred S. Paull, an insurance businessman who was active in the Republican Party, corresponded about Harper seeking their political support.
He was elected in 1926. After he died in office governor
Howard Gore appointed his wife,
Minnie Buckingham Harper, to fill his seat.
See also
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List of African-American officeholders (1900-1959)
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Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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References
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20th-century American legislators
African-American state legislators in West Virginia
1920s deaths
Year of birth missing
Year of death uncertain
West Virginia lawyers
People from Keystone, West Virginia
Republican Party members of the West Virginia House of Delegates
African-American men in politics