Simeon Farr

Simeon Farr was an American politician who was elected as a state representative in 1868 in South Carolina during the Reconstruction era.[1][2] He represented Union County, South Carolina.[3] His photograph was used in a composite of Radical Republican officials from South Carolina.[4] His name is spelled Simon Farr in an 1868 House document.[5]

Farr was white.[6] Farr's fellow legislators from Union County in the House, Samuel Nuckles and June Mobley were African American.[6] Nuckles gave testimony about intimidation that went on during the 1870 election.[7]

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References
  1. Martin, Mart (April 24, 2018). The Almanac Of Women And Minorities In American Politics 2002. Routledge. ISBN 9780429976483 – via Google Books.
  2. Work, Monroe N.; Staples, Thomas S.; Wallace, H. A.; Miller, Kelly; McKinlay, Whitefield; Lacy, Samuel E.; Smith, R. L.; McIlwaine, H. R. (1920). "Some Negro Members of Reconstruction Conventions and Legislatures and of Congress". The Journal of Negro History. 5 (1): 63–119. doi:10.2307/2713503. JSTOR 2713503. S2CID 149610698 – via JSTOR.
  3. Baker, Bruce E. (January 15, 2009). This Mob Will Surely Take My Life: Lynchings in the Carolinas, 1871-1947. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781441137227 – via Google Books.
  4. "Radical Members of the South Carolina Legislature composite photograph at the National Museum of African American History". nmaahc.si.edu.
  5. House, United States Congress (June 3, 1868). "House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d Session-49th Congress, 1st Session" – via Google Books.
  6. "Report of and Testimony". 1872.
  7. Mulberry Chapel Methodist Church National Register of Historic Places nomination form pdf
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