Samuel Green (politician)

For the mayor of Boston, see Samuel Abbott Green.

Samuel Green
South Carolina House of Representatives
In office 1870–1875
South Carolina State Senate
In office 1875–1877
Personal details
Born	South Carolina
Political party	Republican

Samuel Green^{[note 1]} was a carpenter, farmer and state legislator who served in the South Carolina House of Representatives and South Carolina State Senate during the Reconstruction era.^[1]

Biography

Green was born enslaved in Beaufort County in either 1825 or August 1847 and was put to work in the fields.^[1][2]

After the American Civil War he worked as a carpenter and a farmer owning a farm on Lady's Island.^[1]

In November 1873 Green was appointed adjutant general of the state militia with the rank of major.^[3][1]

Political career

He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1870 to 1875 representing Beaufort County, South Carolina.^[1] When Robert Smalls resigned his senate seat in early 1875 Green and fellow representative Nathaniel B. Myers resigned to run for the seat.^[4] Green went on to win the election,^[5] and served in the South Carolina State Senate from 1875 until 1877.^[1]

He was elected as the chairman of the Beaufort County Republican Party September 1876.^[6]

Green resigned his senate seat at the end of the 1877 session when the Democrats gained overall control of the legislature.^[7][1]

In 1880 he was made a United States Customs official.^[1]

Death

His date of death is unknown but he was listed alive in the 1910 United States census.^[1]

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

Notes

1. He was also recorded as Samuel Greene including in the Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of South-Carolina 1873-1874

References

1. Foner, Eric (1 August 1996). Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction. LSU Press. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-8071-2082-8. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
2. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Green, S to T". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
3. "Military Affairs". The Beaufort Tribune and Port Royal Commercial. 6 November 1873. p. 3. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
4. "Legislative Notes". The Intelligencer. 4 February 1875. p. 2. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
5. "The Beaufort election case". The Daily Phoenix. 3 June 1875. p. 2. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
6. "Mr Samuel Green". The Beaufort Tribune and Port Royal Commercial. 21 September 1876. p. 3. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
7. "Legislative". The Newberry Weekly Herald. 5 December 1877. p. 2. Retrieved 22 September 2022.