James K. Greene Explained

James K. Greene was a carpenter and coach maker in Alabama,[1] United States, who served in the state legislature. He lived in Hale County, Alabama.[2] He is listed on a historical marker commemorating Black legislators in Alabama during the Reconstruction era.[3]

He was a delegate to the 1867 Alabama Constitutional Convention representing Hale along with W T Blackford.[4] [5] In 1869 he served in the state senate.[6] In 1872 he represented Hale County in the Alabama House of Representatives.[7] He was a Republican.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SCHWENINGER . LOREN . Alabama Blacks and the Congressional Reconstruction Acts of 1867 . 19 March 2021.
  2. Web site: THE PARTICIPATION OF NEGROES IN THE GOVERNMENT OP ALABAMA 1867-1874 . 19 March 2021.
  3. Web site: Black members of the Alabama Legislature who served during reconstruction - Alabama Historical Markers on Waymarking.com. www.waymarking.com.
  4. Web site: African-American Legislators in Reconstruction Alabama . 19 March 2021.
  5. News: State Republican Convention . 19 March 2021 . Daily State Sentinel . 5 June 1867 . 2.
  6. Web site: The Alabama Manual and Statistical Register for 1869. Hodgson. Joseph. 1869.
  7. Web site: Journal of the House of Representatives, State of Alabama. 1873.

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