Английская Википедия:Clinton Wesley Battle
Шаблон:Short description Clinton Wesley Battle was a state legislator and public official in North Carolina during and after the Reconstruction era. He represented Edgecombe County in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1879[1] and 1881.
Enslaved at birth, Battle was born in Edgecombe County.[2] He also served as a postmaster in Battleboro in Nash County.[3][4][5] He served as a trustee of Swift Creek Township and then served two years as a county commissioner before being elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives. He married and had at least one child.[6]
He and W. W. Watson, both "colored", were Republican nominees for North Carolina House seats[7] and served together in 1881.
See also
- African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era
- List of first African-American U.S. state legislators
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