Samuel Petty (March 15, 1842 – ?) was a local politician and state legislator in

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. He was also a delegate to Florida's 1885 Constitutional Convention. He served for several year on

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's council and represented

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in the

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from 1873 to 1875. When he served in the Florida House,

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represented Fernandina in the

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. He bid on a school construction project in Fernandina. He testified that during the 1876 election "colored" railroad employees were compelled to vote the

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ticket with marked ballots that were tracked to ensure they complied. He testified that those who did not were fired.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Petty, Samuel 1842 births Year of death missing Republican Party members of the Florida House of Representatives Members of the Florida House of Representatives 19th-century African-American politicians African-American state legislators in Florida African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era

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