Ebenezer Howard Harper was a lawyer[1] and state legislator in West Virginia.[2]
Ebenezer Howard Harper | |
|---|---|
| Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates | |
| In office January, 1927 – December 2, 1927 | |
| Succeeded by | Minnie Buckingham Harper |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 4, 1864 Tazewell, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | December 2, 1927 (aged 63) |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Minnie Buckingham Harper |
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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edit- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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. Archived from the original on 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ↑ Virginia, West (February 2, 1920). "West Virginia Blue Book" – via Google Books.
- ↑ "The Crisis". The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. August 2, 1916 – via Google Books.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Callahan, James Morton (February 2, 1923). "History of West Virginia, Old and New". American Historical Society – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Howard Sutherland Papers". 129.71.204.160.
- ↑ "May 15, 1886: West Virginia's First African-American Female Legislator Born in Putnam Co". May 15, 2020.