James A. Shorter, Jr. was a farmer, teacher, and state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the
Mississippi House of Representatives
The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature, the lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Mississippi. According to the state constitution of 1890, it is to comprise no more than 122 members elected fo ...
from 1874 to 1875 and in 1882.
He was a Republican. In 1879 he was reportedly attacked by white
Greenback Party member William Miller.
His father was an A.M.E. bishop. The son graduated from Tougaloo. He served on the Hinds County Board of Registrars. He was a chosen as a delegate to the 1875 Mississippi Republican Party Convention as one of three delegates for
Dry Grove, Mississippi.
See also
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African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era
References
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Republican Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives
African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era
African-American state legislators in Mississippi
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
Methodists from Mississippi
County officials in Mississippi