Henry Turpin Explained

Henry Turpin (1836 - 1905) was a house painter and state legislator in the U.S. state of Virginia.[1] His father was white.[2] He served from 1871 to 1873 in the Virginia House of Delegates.[3] He moved to the Bronx in New York City, married, worked as a porter, and had a daughter.[4]

He was involved in a contested election.[5] Edmund S. Pendleton was determined to have beaten him in the 1873 election.[6]

He and his seven brothers and sisters were freed by their father, most in 1855. Eric Foner documented him as a carpenter in Freedom's Lawmakers.[7] →

Notes and References

  1. Book: Jackson, Luther Porter. Negro Office-holders in Virginia, 1865-1895. November 15, 1945. Guide Quality Press. 9780598580269 . Google Books.
  2. Web site: Henry Turpin (1836–1908). Brent. Tarter.
  3. Web site: House documents. November 15, 1875. Google Books.
  4. Web site: Henry Turpin, Representing Goochland in Virginia's General Assembly, 1871 – 1873. February 26, 2021.
  5. Web site: A Bibliography of Virginia ...: Titles of the printed official documents of the Commonwealth, 1776-1916. Virginia State. Library. Earl Gregg. Swem. November 15, 1917. D. Bottom, Superintendent of Public Printing. Google Books.
  6. Web site: Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Virginia General Assembly House of. Delegates. November 15, 1874. Commonwealth of Virginia. Google Books.
  7. Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner page 217

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