Noah B. Cloud
Noah B. Cloud | |
|---|---|
| Alabama House of Representatives | |
| In office 1873–1873 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 26, 1809 South Carolina |
| Died | 1875 (aged 65–66) |
| Alma mater | Jefferson Medical College |
Noah B. Cloud (January 26, 1809 – 1875) was an American politician who served as Alabama's superintendent of education after the American Civil War, and served as a state representative for Montgomery County, Alabama in 1873 in the Alabama House of Representatives.[1] As state superintendent of education he sought to establish a public school system in Alabama for white and African Americans.[2]
Cloud was born in South Carolina and moved to Alabama. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Pennsylvania in 1835.[3] He was a Whig, a Unionist, and then a Republican. He served as a surgeon during the American Civil War and afterwards was appointed Alabama's first superintendent of education.[2] He edited American Cotton Planter. He married Mary M. Barton. He had a farm on Uchee Creek in Russell County, Alabama.[3]
Some of his correspondence as superintendent of education are extant.[4]
References[]
- ^ "section5". www.digitalhistory.uh.edu.
- ^ a b "Book Note: A Scene in the City of Oaks: Searching for Freedom after the Civil War, by G. Ward Hubbs". May 27, 2016.
- ^ a b Ante-Bellum Alabama: Town and Country
- ^ "Q14536 - Q14537". digital.archives.alabama.gov.
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- 1809 births
- 1875 deaths