Clinton Wesley Battle
Clinton Wesley Battle was a state legislator and public official in North Carolina during and after the Reconstruction era. He represented Edgecombe County in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1879[1] and 1881.
Enslaved at birth, Battle was born in Edgecombe County.[2] He also served as a postmaster in Battleboro in Nash County.[3][4][5] He served as a trustee of Swift Creek Township and then served two years as a county commissioner before being elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives. He married and had at least one child.[6]
He and W. W. Watson, both "colored", were Republican nominees for North Carolina House seats[7] and served together in 1881.
See also[edit]
- African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era
- List of first African-American U.S. state legislators
References[edit]
- ^ Carolina, North (December 9, 1879). "Laws and Resolutions of the State of North Carolina" – via Google Books.
- ^ https://rockymountnc.gov/RockyMountNC/Documents/CityClerk/CouncilMeetings/2021/Minutes/2021-06-28%20-%20Minutes.pdf
- ^ Commission, United States Civil Service (December 9, 1899). "Official Register of the United States". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
- ^ Justesen, Benjamin R. (2005). "Black Tip, White Iceberg: Black Postmasters and the Rise of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1897-1901". The North Carolina Historical Review. 82 (2): 193–227. JSTOR 23523507 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "The North Carolina Historical Review". North Carolina Historical Commission. December 9, 2005 – via Google Books.
- ^ Tomlinson, John S. (December 9, 1879). "Tar heel sketch-book. A brief biographical sketch of the life and public acts of the members of the General assembly of North Carolina. Session of 1879". Raleigh, [N.C.] Raleigh news steam book and job print – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Turner, Joseph Kelly; Bridgers, John Luther (1920). "History of Edgecombe County, North Carolina".
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