Alexander Stone Explained

State House:	Georgia
District:	Jefferson County
Term Start:	1868
Term End:	1868 Original 33
Party:	Republican

Alexander Stone was a member of Georgia's constitutional convention held in 1867 and 1868^[1] and was an elected member of the Georgia Legislature in 1868. He was a Republican.

Biography

Stone and 25 of 29 African Americans elected during the post-American Civil War Reconstruction Era were prohibited from taking office by their white colleagues. Stone was elected to represent Jefferson County, Georgia.^[2] After federal intervention, African Americans were able to hold office following the 1870 election in Georgia. But Ku Klux Klan activity, Jim Crow laws, poll taxes, and voter intimidation intensified as the Reconstruction era ended.

Stone was accused of graft while in office, but was cleared of charges he was bribed to oppose Reconstruction measures.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Constitution, Ordinances and Resolutions of the Georgia Convention: Assembled in Pursuance of the Reconstruction Acts of Congress, and Held, by Order of General Pope, in the City of Atlanta, in 1867 and 1868 .... 18 March 1868. New Era Office. Google Books.
2. Book: Can a Negro Hold Office in Georgia?. Georgia. Supreme Court. White, R.W.. Clements, W.J.. Davis, E.. 1869. Daily Intelligence Book and Job Office. 132. 2018-03-18.
3. Book: Drago, Edmund L.. Black Politicians and Reconstruction in Georgia: A Splendid Failure. 68. 18 March 1982. University of Georgia Press. 9780820314389. Google Books.