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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Alonzo Jacob Ransier |
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Charleston, South Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
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January 03, 1834
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| Died | August 17, 1882
(48 years)
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| Contributor | Joshua L. |
| Last Modifed | Joshua L.
May 24, 2004 08:18pm |
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| Info | January 3
Alonzo Ransier
On this date, Alonzo Jacob Ransier was born in 1834. He was an African-American politician known for his honesty.
Born free in Charleston, South Carolina, he received limited education becoming a shipping clerk at the age of sixteen. After the Civil War he was appointed as that state’s registrar of elections. Ransier’s activity in gaining equality for Blacks was based not on politics. He traveled to Washington with a petition from a Charleston meeting of the Friends of Equal Rights, pushing for more consideration for the rights of Blacks.
In 1868 he was a presidential elector for Ulysses S. Grant and two years later he was nominated for lieutenant governor. Here Ransier urged Blacks to not support Horace Greeley for president though he was widely admired. In 1872 he ran for and won the second districts Republican Congressional seat. Responding to attacks from Democrats, Ransier defended the record of Black soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War, recalling their support for President Grant in his 1872 reelection bid.
Soon after leaving congress, his wife Louisa died. He stayed employed as an internal revenue collector but later fell into poverty. Alonzo Ransier died on August 17th 1882.
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