Simeon Farr Explained

Simeon Farr was an American politician who was elected as a state representative in 1868 in South Carolina during the Reconstruction era.^{[1] [2]} He represented Union County, South Carolina.^[3] His photograph was used in a composite of Radical Republican officials from South Carolina.^[4] His name is spelled Simon Farr in an 1868 House document.^[5]

Farr was white.^[6] Farr's fellow legislators from Union County in the House, Samuel Nuckles and June Mobley were African American.^[6] Nuckles gave testimony about intimidation that went on during the 1870 election.^[7]

See also

• List of African-American officeholders during Reconstruction

Notes and References

1. Book: Martin, Mart. The Almanac Of Women And Minorities In American Politics 2002. April 24, 2018. Routledge. 9780429976483. Google Books.
2. Some Negro Members of Reconstruction Conventions and Legislatures and of Congress. Work, Monroe N.. Staples, Thomas S.. Wallace, H. A.. Miller, Kelly. McKinlay, Whitefield. Lacy, Samuel E.. Smith, R. L.. McIlwaine, H. R.. 1920. The Journal of Negro History. 5. 1. 63–119. JSTOR. 10.2307/2713503. 2713503. 149610698.
3. Book: Baker, Bruce E.. This Mob Will Surely Take My Life: Lynchings in the Carolinas, 1871-1947. January 15, 2009. Bloomsbury Publishing. 9781441137227. Google Books.
4. Web site: https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/collection/search?edan_q=*:*&edan_fq[=p.edanmdm.indexedstructured.name:%22Nash,+William+Beverly%22&edan_local=1&op=Search Radical Members of the South Carolina Legislature composite photograph at the National Museum of African American History]. nmaahc.si.edu.
5. Web site: House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d Session-49th Congress, 1st Session. United States Congress. House. June 3, 1868. Google Books.
6. Web site: Report of and Testimony. 1872.
7. http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/cherokee/S10817711024/S10817711024.pdf Mulberry Chapel Methodist Church National Register of Historic Places nomination form pdf