Alfred Brown Osgood Explained

Office1:Florida House of Representatives
Term Start1:1868
Term End1:1874
Office2:Florida State Senate
Term Start2:1875
Term End2:1876
Birth Date:July 16, 1843
Birth Place:Florida
Party:Republican

Alfred Brown Osgood (July 16, 1843 - 1911) was an American legislator and Christian minister in Florida.[1]

Biography

He was born enslaved July 16, 1843 in Madison, Florida.[2] He worked as a shoemaker and A.M.E. minister.

On July 27, 1867 Osgood registered as a voter in Madison County having lived in the state for at least 12 months.[3] Osgood was elected to the Florida House in 1868 as a Republican. He was allied to David Montgomery. He resigned in 1873 as a result of a policy that forbade state and county officeholders from also having any federal appointments. In 1874 he ran for speaker of the house, but was defeated by fellow Republican Malachi Martin[4] due to his connection to Montgomery. The Republican Party had divisions between African American Floridians and northerners who relocated from northern states seeking office, derisively termed carpetbaggers.[5]

A Republican he represented Madison and served in 1868 until 1874 and in 1879, 1883, and 1885.[6] He also served in the state senate in 1875 and 1876.[7] [8]

In November 1874 he was elected to the Florida State Senate for the 10th senatorial district beating George Franklin Drew.[9] After his term he joined the African Methodist Episcopal Church clergy.[10] He was still active in politics a member of the state central committee in December 1907.[11]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Fortune, T. Thomas. After War Times: An African American Childhood in Reconstruction-Era Florida. September 30, 2014. University of Alabama Press. 9780817318369. Google Books.
  2. Book: Finkelman . Paul . Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895: From the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass Three-volume Set . 6 April 2006 . Oxford University Press, USA . 978-0-19-516777-1 . 24 . Volume 2 F-Q . 27 November 2022 . en.
  3. Web site: Osgood, Alfred B. - Voter registration . Florida Memory . 27 November 2022.
  4. News: Last GOP speaker reigned in 1874 (Florida) . 27 November 2022 . The Miami Herald . 4 March 1997 . 18.
  5. Book: Brown, Canter. Florida's Black Public Officials, 1867-1924. September 22, 1998. University of Alabama Press. 9780817309152. Google Books.
  6. Web site: https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/FileStores/Web/HouseContent/Approved/ClerksOffice/ThePeopleOfLawmakingInFlorida.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwj0tNyj4PzrAhUC2VkKHdQxC2wQFjAHegQICRAB&usg=AOvVaw31puuqCJoPPnfsAtkMph4c. www.myfloridahouse.gov.
  7. Book: Foner . Eric . Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction . 1 August 1996 . LSU Press . 978-0-8071-2082-8 . en . November 27, 2022. 165 .
  8. Book: Fortune, T. Thomas. After War Times: An African American Childhood in Reconstruction-Era Florida. September 30, 2014. University of Alabama Press. 9780817318369. Google Books.
  9. Book: House . United States Congress . Miscellaneous Documents: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session . 1876 . 21, 29 & 108 . 27 November 2022 . en.
  10. Book: Rivers . Larry E. . Brown . Canter Jn. . Laborers in the Vineyard of the Lord - The Beginnings of the AME Church in Florida, 1865–1895 . 2001 . 75 . 27 November 2022.
  11. News: To Hold Convention: Florida Republicans will meet... . 27 November 2022 . Live Oak Daily Democrat . 20 December 1907 . 3.

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