John H. Carr
John H. Carr (November 14, 1849 – ?) was a farmer and member of the Arkansas Legislature in 1891. He represented Phillips County, Arkansas. He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1891.[1]
Carr was born and raised in Helena, Arkansas. He was a sergeant in the state militia. a Republican, he served as a state representative in 1889, 1890, and 1891. He was a Baptist and a member of a Masonic Lodge.[1] He represented Phillips County.[2]
He was included in a photo montage and series of profiles of African American state legislators serving in Arkansas in 1891 published in The Freeman newspaper in Indianapolis.[3] He voted against a poll tax.[4] He and other member of the 1893 Arkansas House of Representstives were photographed.[5]
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[edit]- ^ a b Gatewood, Willard B.; Gatewood, Willard G. (1972). "Negro Legislators in Arkansas, 1891: A Document". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 31 (3): 220–233. doi:10.2307/40038091. JSTOR 40038091.
- ^ Graves, John William (1990). Town and Country. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 9781610754316 – via Google Books.
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- ^ Graves, John (1990). Town and Country: Race Relations in an Urban-Rural Context, Arkansas, 1865–1905. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 9781682261385 – via Google Books.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on November 24, 2020.
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