John William Bolts (1861–1921) was a state legislator in South Carolina. He was elected in 1898 and 1900 from
Georgetown, South Carolina
Georgetown is the third oldest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina and the county seat of Georgetown County, South Carolina, Georgetown County, in the South Carolina Lowcountry, Lowcountry. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census ...
and served in the
South Carolina House of Representatives. Bolts was the last African American to serve in the South Carolina House of Representatives for seven decades that followed.
Bolts succeeded
Robert B. Anderson
Robert Bernard Anderson (June 4, 1910 August 14, 1989) was an American administrator, politician, and businessman. He served as the Secretary of the Navy between February 1953 and March 1954. He also served as the Secretary of the Treasury from ...
as the African American representative for the Georgetown County fusion ticket.
He was married to Gertrude Ford Bolts and had four children. He studied at
Benedict College.
References
Further reading
"For We are Making History": John W. Bolts and Archival Memory in South Carolina, Valerie McLaurin (2020). International Gullah Geechee and African Diaspora Conference. 3.
External links
Coastal Carolina M.A. candidate N. Valerie McLaurin's account of researching Bolts(She is now a graduate student and teaching assistant at the University of Georgia)
1861 births
1921 deaths
Benedict College alumni
Republican Party members of the South Carolina House of Representatives
Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives
South Carolina Republicans
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