PUBLIC OFFICES HELD BY BLACK OFFICERS
AFTER THE CIVIL WAR



Pinckney B. S. Pinchback
Acting Governor of Louisiana from December 9, 1872 to January 13, 1873.
Courtesy of the National Archives.

Name, dates, place of birth, status at birth, education, occupation, office.

Barrett, William B. 1833-1915 LA free literate barber, editor La. House of Representatives, 1870-72
Bertonneau, Arnold 1834-1912 LA free literate merchant Assistant internal revenue collector
Carter, Hannibal 1835-? MS free literate barber, merchant Miss. House of Representatives, 1872-73
Davis, Edgar C. 1830-1917 LA free literate cooper La. House of Representatives, 1870-72
Detiege, Emile 1840-? LA free literate mason La. State Senate, 1874-76
La. House of Representatives, 1877-80
Dumas, Francis E. 1837-1901 LA free literate clothing store owner ran unsuccessfully for several offices;
Engineer on federal levee project
Gla, Jacques A. 1833-1894 LA free literate planter La. State Senate, 1872, 1874-80
Ingraham, James H. 1832-1876 LA slave literate carpenter, editor La. Constitutional Convention of 1868
Surveyor of the Port of New Orleans
Isabelle, Robert H. 1837-1907 LA free literate clerk, lawyer, editor La. House of Representatives, 1868-70
New Orleans Police Department
Lewis, James 1832-1914 LA slave literate police officer Captain, New Orleans Police Department
Delegate to Republican Nat'l Conven. 1872
New Orleans City Council 1873
Administrator of Public Works
Morphy, Ernest C. ?-? LA free literate ? La. House of Representatives, 1870-72
Recorder of Births, Marriages, & Deaths
for Orleans Parish, 1873-?
Oliver, Joseph C. 1832-? LA free literate lawyer La. Constitutional Convention of 1868
Sheriff, St. James Parish, 1871
Pinchback, P. B. S. 1837-1921 LA free literate businessman, editor
lawyer		 La. Constitutional Cenvention of 1868
La. State Senate, 1868-71
Lieutenant-Governor, 1872
Acting Governor, 1872-73
various appointed offices, 1870s &1880s
Rapp, Eugene 1836-1922 LA free literate tailor Captain, New Orleans Police Department
Rey, Henry L. 1831-? LA free literate clerk La. House of Representatives, 1868-70
Rey, Octave 1837-1908 LA free literate cooper Captain, New Orleans Police Department
Sauvinet, Charles S. ?-? LA free literate cashier Sheriff, Orleans Parish, 1870-72

This information was absracted from Eric Foner (ed.), Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1993 & 1996 [paperback]).


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