Richard Christmas was an American state legislator in Mississippi. He represented

Copiah County Copiah County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,368. The county seat is Hazlehurst. With an eastern border formed by the Pearl River, Copiah County is part of the Jackson, MS Me ...

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 ...

in 1874 and 1875. He was born in North Carolina. He served in the 5th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery.Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner Louisiana State University Press 1996 page 46 Either a man born in Tennessee with the same name or one from North Carolina have been identified as likely being this Richard Christmas.

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People from Copiah County, Mississippi Members of the Mississippi House of Representatives African-American state legislators in Mississippi Year of death missing Year of birth missing African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era {{Mississippi-politician-stub

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