Saturday 22 August 2015

BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRICAN AMERICA " ALONZO J. RANSIER " WAS A POLITICIAN IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND A CONGRESSMAN : GOES INTO THE HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

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                                                                                                                                                                                          Alonzo J. Ransier


Alonzo Jacob Ransier
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875
Preceded byRobert C. De Large
Succeeded byEdmund W.M. Mackey
56th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
In office
December 3, 1870 - December 7, 1872
GovernorRobert Kingston Scott
Preceded byLemuel Boozer
Succeeded byRichard Howell Gleaves
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Charleston County
In office
November 24, 1868 - March 1, 1870
Personal details
BornJanuary 3, 1838
Charleston, South Carolina
DiedAugust 17, 1882 (aged 48)
Charleston, South Carolina
Political partyRepublican
Professionclerk, politiciantax collector
Alonzo Jacob Ransier (January 3, 1834–August 17, 1882) was an African-American politician in South Carolina. He was the state's first black Lieutenant Governor and later was a Republican United States Congressman from 1873 until 1875.
Born free in Charleston, South Carolina, Ransier was the son of parents who were light-skinned free people of color, with visible European ancestry. He worked as a shipping clerk until he was appointed after the Civil War as state registrar of elections in 1865.
He was elected in 1868 to the South Carolina House of Representatives serving to 1869, and also was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1868. It authorized a public school system for the first time, as well as charitable institutions.
In Congress he fought for the Civil Rights Bill of 1875. He also backed high tariffs and opposed a federal salary increase. He campaigned for President Ulysses S. Grant and advocated a six-year presidential term.
After leaving Congress in 1875, Ransier was appointed by Republicans as a collector for the Internal Revenue Service.

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