Peter H. Booth

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Peter H. Booth - Arkansas House of Representatives 1893

Peter H. Booth served in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1893 from January 9 to April 8.[1] He and other legislators from the 1893 session were pictured in a composite of their photographs.[2]

He was described years after his service as having introduced a single bill that was tabled by white legislators.[1]

By 1917 he was working as a bootblack for the House of Representatives rather than serving it as a member, and at the time there no be no other black member of the house after the 1893 session.[3] One paper claimed "Water had sought its level" regarding Booth's change in status at the House.[3]

See also[]

  • African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Once a lawmaker, Now he shines shoes of lawmakers". Daily Arkansas Gazette. 19 February 1917. p. 8. Retrieved 11 February 2021.open access
  2. ^ "1893 House of Representatives composite photo of the Twenty-Ninth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas". Arkansas General Assembly Composite Images, 1866-2011. December 31, 1893.
  3. ^ a b "Constitutional Convention in November (Part 1)". The Osceola Times. 23 February 1917. p. 1. Retrieved 11 February 2021.open access
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