Harry Lott (American politician) explained

Harry Lott was an African American Republican politician in Louisiana during Reconstruction. He was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives, representing Rapides Parish, 1868 and 1870.^{[1] [2]}

Lott accused the registrar of Rapides Parish of refusing and omitting a large number of African Americans from the voter rolls.^[3]

Joseph B. Lott also represented Rapides Parish in the House. He and Harry Lott were among the "colored" legislators who appealed to U.S. president Ulysses S. Grant to intervene in a dispute with governor Henry C. Warmoth.^[4]

He later worked as a night inspector at the United States Custom House.^[5]

His sister was allegedly a "Voudou queen".^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Actes Passés À la Session de la Législature de L'état de la Louisiane. April 18, 1871. W. Van Benthuysen & P. Besancon, Jr., State Printers. Google Books.
2. Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana Index Including Thirteen Parishes
3. Web site: Condition of Affairs in Louisiana: Message from the President of the United States, in Answer to a Resolution of the House, of December 16 Last, Relative to the Condition of Affairs in Louisiana. United States President (1869-1877. Grant). April 18, 1873. Google Books.
4. Web site: House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d Session-49th Congress, 1st Session. United States Congress. House. April 18, 1872. Google Books.
5. Web site: United States Congressional Serial Set. 1877.
6. Web site: Mysteries and Miseries of America's Great Cities: Embracing New York, Washington City, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, and New Orleans. James William. Buel. April 18, 1883. Historical Publishing Company. Google Books.