Anderson Ebberson
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Anderson Ebberson (c. 1843–1916)[1] was an American politician.
He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1877 and 1881, representing Jefferson County, Arkansas,[2][3] as a Republican.[1]
In the 1876 elections he was one of eight African-Americans to win seats in the general assembly, seven representatives and one in the senate.[4] He was one of three representatives for Jefferson County, Arkansas, serving alongside C. H. Rice and William Murphy.[5] All three representatives for Jefferson County, Arkansas in 1881, Ebberson, W. C. Payne and Carl Polk were black.[6][1]
In 1886 he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter of Thomas Cotton and sentenced to one year in prison.[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Encyclopedia of Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "Carl H. Moneyhon". peace.saumag.edu.
- ^ "Arkansas African American Legislators, 1868-1893" (PDF). Southern Arkansas University. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ Moneyhon, Carl H. (1985). "Black Politics in Arkansas during the Gilded Age, 1876-1900". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 44 (3): 231. doi:10.2307/40025863. JSTOR 40025863. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "Historical Report of the Secretary of State" (PDF). Office of the Arkansas Secretary of State. 2018.
- ^ "Results of Election - 1881 Representatives". Daily Arkansas Gazette. 1880-09-18. p. 8. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "Anderson Ebberson". Arkansas Democrat. May 27, 1886. p. 6 – via newspapers.com.
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- African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era
- Arkansas politicians convicted of crimes
- Republican Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives
- 1840s births
- 1916 deaths
- 19th-century American legislators
- Politicians from Jefferson County, Arkansas
- African-American state legislators in Arkansas
- 20th-century African-American people