Lucius Wimbush (c. 1839 1872) was a state legislator, businessman, and public official. After being freed from slavery, he became a state senator 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 ...

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. Wimbush was elected from

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and was secretary of the Chester

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. He is buried in

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where eight other Reconstruction era legislators were also interred. Wimbush was born in South Carolina. He was a body servant for

Matthew C. Butler Matthew Calbraith Butler (March 8, 1836April 14, 1909) was a Confederate soldier, an American military commander and attorney and politician from South Carolina. He served as a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American ...

at the University of South Carolina. He served in the

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from 1868 to 1872 when he died in office. He also served as a deputy marshal, commissioner of elections, and county agent for the state land commission. He was a director of the Enterprise Railroad and other businesses.Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner, Louisiana State Universitt Press (1996) pages 234 and 235

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African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era African-American state legislators in South Carolina 1830s births 1872 deaths {{SouthCarolina-politician-stub

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