Alonzo j ransier biography

  • alonzo j ransier biography

    • Alonzo J. Ransier

    American politician

    Alonzo Jacob Ransier

    In office
    March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
    Preceded byRobert C. De Large
    Succeeded byEdmund W.M. Mackey
    In office
    December 3, 1871 – December 7, 1872
    GovernorRobert Kingston Scott
    Preceded byLemuel Boozer
    Succeeded byRichard Howell Gleaves
    In office
    November 24, 1868 – March 1, 1870
    Born(1834-01-03)January 3, 1834
    Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
    DiedAugust 17, 1882(1882-08-17) (aged 48)
    Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
    Political partyRepublican
    ProfessionClerk, politician, tax collector

    Alonzo Jacob Ransier (January 3, 1834 – August 17, 1882) was an American politician in South Carolina who served as the state's first black Lieutenant Governor and later was a United States Congressman from 1873 until 1875. He was a Reconstruction eraRepublican.

    Biography

    Ransier was born a free person of color in Charleston, South Carolin