Frederick Hill was a politician in Florida during the

Reconstruction era The Reconstruction era was a period in American history following the American Civil War (1861–1865) and lasting until approximately the Compromise of 1877. During Reconstruction, attempts were made to rebuild the country after the bloo ...

. He was a delegate to the 1868 Florida Constitutional Convention and represented

Gadsden County Gadsden County is a county located in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 43,826. Its county seat is Quincy. Gadsden County is included in the Tallahassee, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Ga ...

in the Florida Legislature. He also served as a Gadsen County Commissioner and was the postmaster in Quincy, Florida for several years. He served in the

Florida House of Representatives The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida, the Florida Senate being the upper house. Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of Florida, adopted ...

representing

from 1868 until 1870 and then in the Florida State Senate from 1871 until 1872. In 1874, he was accused of being on the receiving end of a bribery scheme related to the impeachment of Harrison Reed. William.Saunders, also African American, was another representative for Gadsden County during Reconstruction.

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