Jordan Lang (1813 - March 9, 1893) was a state legislator in South Carolina 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 had been a slave owned by the Lang family. He served in the

South Carolina House of Representatives The South Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Carolina General Assembly. It consists of 124 representatives elected to two-year terms at the same time as U.S. congressional elections. Unlike many legislatures, seati ...

from 1868 until 1872 representing

Darlington County, South Carolina Darlington County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 62,905. Its county seat is Darlington. Hartsville is the largest city in the county. Darlington County is home to the Darlington Rac ...

. Lang Township and a school were named for him. Lang Township preceded the Palmetto School District. He married Kizzie Keith and had 10 children. He belonged to the Macedonoa Baptist Church in Darlington. He served with fellow African American state legislators representing Darlington John Boston (politician) and Alfred Rush as well as white legislator G. Holliman. Rush was ambushed and assassinated in 1867. Lawrence Chesterfield Bryant wrote about Lang and other African American politicians in South Carolina in his 1974 book ''South Carolina Negro Legislators: A Glorious Success''.

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1813 births 1893 deaths American former slaves People from Darlington County, South Carolina Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives African-American state legislators in South Carolina African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era 19th-century American politicians {{SouthCarolina-politician-stub

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