Subjects – De Large, Robert
Representative Robert De Large of South Carolina
February 14, 1874
Representative Robert De Large of South Carolina—one of nearly two dozen African Americans to serve in Congress during the Reconstruction Era—died on this date.
Representative Alonzo Ransier of South Carolina
August 17, 1882
On this date, South Carolina Representative Alonzo Ransier, a Reconstruction Era African American, died at the age of 48.