Plato C. Fludd was a judge, public official, and politician in South Carolina.[1]
He had lived in Charleston and had been enslaved,[1] lived in Florence, South Carolina and was one of its first elected politicians.[2] In 1865, Fludd was one of a group who organized a mass meeting to discuss representation of Black citizens at the South Carolina state convention.[3] On Florence's incorporation in 1870, Fludd served as the town's postmaster.[4] He also served in the state legislature.[5] He represented Darlington County, South Carolina. He served as a judge and county treasurer. Governor Daniel H. Chamberlain dismissed him as a judge in 1875.[1]
Governor Robert K. Scott appointed him as an election official in 1870.[6] In 1875 the legislature passed an act allowing him to construct gates across a public lane running past his property.[7]