David Higgins (Mississippi politician) explained

David Higgins (1823 – ?) was an African American preacher and state legislator in Mississippi between 1870 and 1872. He was a Republican.

Biography

Higgins was born around 1823 in South Carolina and was African American. He worked as a preacher.^[1] In the 1880 census, he is recorded as being married to a woman named Maria and having sons.^[2]

He represented Oktibbeha County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1870 to 1872.^[3] He was elected alongside George H. Holland, both of them members of the Mississippi Republican Party.^[4] Higgins received 1,581 votes.^[5] In 1873, he represented Oktibbeha County at the state's Republican convention.^[6]

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

Notes and References

1. Book: Carroll . Thomas Battle . Historical sketches of Oktibbeha County . 1931 . Dixie Press . Gulfport, MS . 131.
2. Web site: Baldwin . DeeDee . David Higgins (Oktibbeha County) . Against All Odds.
3. Work . Monroe N. . Some Negro Members of Reconstruction Conventions and Legislatures and of Congress . The Journal of Negro History . 1920 . 5 . 1 . 63–119 . 10.2307/2713503 . 2713503 . 149610698 . 0022-2992.
4. News: Members elect to the Legislature . Weekly Mississippi Pilot . 8 January 1870 . 1.
5. News: State Legislature: Representatives . Weekly Mississippi Pilot . 8 January 1870 . 2.
6. News: State convention: The good work completed . Vicksburg Times . 2 September 1873 . 2.