eceiving 19,124 votes against 20,180 votes for Jeremiah N.
Williams, Democrat.

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ROBERT SMALLS was born at Beaufort, South Carolina, April 5, 1839;
being a slave, was debarred by statute from attending school, but
educated himself with such limited advantages as he could secure;
removed to Charlestown in 1851; worked as a rigger, and led a
seafaring life; became connected in 1861 with "The Planter," a steamer
plying in Charlestown harbor as a transport, which he took over
Charlestown Bar in May, 1862, and delivered her and his services to
the commander of the United States blockading squadron; was appointed
pilot in the United States navy, and served in that capacity on the
monitor "Keokuk" in the attack on Fort Sumter; served as pilot in the
quartermaster's department, and was promoted as captain for gallant
and meritorious conduct December 1, 1863, and placed in command of
"The Planter," serving until she was put out of commission in 1866;
was elected a member of the State Constitutional Convention of 1868;
was elected a member of the State House of Representatives in 1868,
and of the State Senate (to fill a vacancy) in 1870, and re-elected in
1872; and was elected a representative from South Carolina in the
Forty-fourth Congress as a Republican, receiving 17,752 votes against
4,461 votes for J. P. M. Epping, Republican; and was re-elected to the
Forty-fifth Congress, receiving 19,954 votes against 18,516 votes for
G. D. Tillman, Democrat, serving from December, 6, 1875, to March 3,
1877; and is now a member.

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JOSIAH T. WALLS was born at Winchester, Virginia, December 30, 1842;
received a common-school education; was a planter; was elected a
member of the State Constitutional Convention in 1868; was elected a
member of the State House of Representatives in 1868; was elected to
the State Senate 1869-1872; claimed to have been elected a
representative from the State-at-large to the Forty-second Congress as
a Republican, but the election was contested by his competitor, Silas
L. Niblack, who took the seat January 29, 1873; was re-elected for the
State-at-large, receiving 17,503 votes against 15,881 votes for
Niblack, Democrat; and was re-elected to the Forty-fourth Congress,
receiving 8,549 votes against 8,178 votes for Jesse J. Finley,
Democrat.

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BENJ. STERLING TURNER was born in Halifax C