Harry Lott was an

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Republican politician in Louisiana during

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. He was elected to the

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, representing

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, 1868 and 1870. Lott accused the registrar of Rapides Parish of refusing and omitting a large number of African Americans from the voter rolls. Joseph B. Lott also represented Rapides Parish in the House. He and Harry Lott were among the "colored" legislators who appealed to U.S. president

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to intervene in a dispute with governor

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. He later worked as a night inspector at the United States Custom House. His sister was allegedly a "Voudou queen".

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