Pope B. Billups

Pope Barrow Billups (October 11, 1889 – December 6, 1955) was an American lawyer and politician. He represented the 21st district in the New York State Assembly.^[1][2]

Pope Billups was born in Athens, Georgia,^[3] and graduated from the Florida Baptist Academy in 1910, and then attended Florida A&M University. He earned a Bachelor of Laws from New York University in 1916, and was admitted to the New York State Bar Association the year after.^[4] He was elected in 1925.^[5]

See also

• List of African-American officeholders (1900–1959)

References

1. "The New York Red Book". Williams Press. February 5, 1925 – via Google Books.
2. Osterdahl, Andy (February 10, 2020). "The Strangest Names In American Political History: Pope Barrow Billups (1889-1955)".
3. Yanser, Thomas, ed. (1942). Who's Who in Colored America (6th ed.). Brooklyn. p. 54. OCLC 1644797.
4. "Atty. Pope B. Billups Named For Assemblyman". The New York Age. August 2, 1924. p. 1.
5. Walton, Hanes; Puckett, Sherman C.; Deskins, Donald R. (May 1, 2012). The African American Electorate: A Statistical History. CQ Press. ISBN 9781452234380 – via Google Books.

New York State Assembly
Preceded by Henri W. Shields	New York State Assembly New York County, 21st District 1925	Succeeded by Albert Grossman