John Adams Hyman
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John Adams Hyman was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina from 1875 to 1877. A Republican, he was the first African American to represent the state in the House of Representatives. He was elected fr
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Curtis Hooks Brogden
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Curtis Hooks Brogden was an American farmer, attorney and politician who served as the 42nd governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1874 to 1877 during the Reconstruction era. He succeeded t
John Adams Hyman
…served for one term (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877). After unsuccessfully running for the Republican renomination to Congress in 1876 and losing to Curtis Brogden, the immediate past governor, Hyman returned to agricultural pursuits. Hyman was appointed as special deputy collector of internal revenue for the…
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