Richard A. Dawson

Richard A. Dawson (1848 - 1906) was a lawyer and state senator in Arkansas.[1][2] He was born in Virginia. His father was a minister and he studied at Oberlin College.[3] A Republican, he switched to become a Democrat by 1900.[3]

References
  1. "Minorities in the Arkansas Senate". Arkansas Senate.
  2. Williams, Bettye J. (January 22, 2020). "The Pioneers: Early African-American Leaders in Pine Bluff, Arkansas: Freedmen, Newly Freed, and First/Second Generation, Born from 1833-1892". Archway Publishing – via Google Books.
  3. "Richard A. Dawson - Arkansas Black Lawyers". arkansasblacklawyers.uark.edu.
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