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E. H. Harper

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Ebenezer Howard Harper was a lawyer[1] and state legislator in West Virginia.[2]

He became a lawyer[3] and was nominated from McDowell County.[4] His office was in Keystone.[5]

Howard Sutherland and Alfred S. Paull, an insurance businessman who was active in the Republican Party,[6] corresponded about Harper seeking their political support.[7]

He was elected in 1926. After he died in office governor Howard Gore appointed his wife, Minnie Buckingham Harper, to fill his seat.[8]

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  1. ^ Trotter, Joe William (February 2, 1990). Coal, Class, and Color: Blacks in Southern West Virginia, 1915-32. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252061196 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Read the eBook Negro year book : an annual encyclopedia of the Negro 1931-1932 by Monroe Nathan Work online for free (page 17 of 91)". www.ebooksread.com.
  3. ^ Virginia, West (February 2, 1920). "West Virginia Blue Book" – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Inc, The Crisis Publishing Company (August 2, 1916). "The Crisis". The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ Smith, J. Clay Jr. (February 2, 1999). Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0812216857 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Callahan, James Morton (February 2, 1923). "History of West Virginia, Old and New". American Historical Society – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Howard Sutherland Papers". 129.71.204.160.
  8. ^ "May 15, 1886: West Virginia's First African-American Female Legislator Born in Putnam Co". May 15, 2020.