James M. Hinds

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James M. Hinds of Little Rock, represented Arkansas in the United States Congress from June 24, 1868 through October 22, 1868 when he was assassinated by a member of the Ku Klux Klan. [Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877 by Eric Foner, HarperCollins: March 1989, p. 342.]

The assassination of Congressman Hinds is described on p. 154 of White terror: the Ku Klux Klan conspiracy and Southern Reconstruction (1995) by Allen W. Trelease, professor emeritus at University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

[edit] Preceded and followed by in congressional office

40th United States Congress

• 1. Logan H. Roots (1841-1893), Republican ...readmitted state, seated June 24, 1868.
• 2. James M. Hinds (1833-1868), Republican ...readmitted state, seated June 24, 1868, died October 22, 1868.

  James T. Elliott (1823-1875), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 13, 1869.

[edit] References

• Foner, Eric. Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877 HarperCollins: March 1989, p. 342.
• Trelease, Allen W.White terror: the Ku Klux Klan conspiracy and Southern Reconstruction Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1995 (2nd edition); New York : Harper & Row, c1971 (1st edition).
• U.S. Congress (2006). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - 2005. U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved on May 1, 2006.
• Office of the Clerk (2006). Congressional History. U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved on May 1, 2006.

[edit] External links

• The Klu Klux Klan first came to national prominence during the 1868 presidential campaign, when its members assassinated Arkansas congressman James M. Hinds, three South Carolina legislators, and other Republican leaders.

• Find-a-Grave entry