the almanac has no list of the
members. For the session of 1882-3 the almanac does not differentiate.
For the session of 1883-4 there were 3 negro senators and 8 members of
the House. For the session of 1884-5 there was one negro senator, and
7 members of the House, out of a total membership of one hundred. In
the session of 1885-6 there was only one senator out of a membership
of 39, and only one member of the House of Delegates, out of one
hundred. In the session of 1886-7 there was one senator and one member
of the House. In the session of 1887-8 there was one negro senator,
and there were seven members of the House. In the session of 1889-9
there was one senator, and seven members of the House. In the session
of 1889-90 there was one negro senator, and three members of the
House. In the session of 1890-91 there was one negro senator, and
three members of the House. In the session of 1891-2 there were no
negroes in either the Senate or the House, that is, none marked. For
the session of 1892-3 no negroes were marked. For the session of
1893-4 there seem to have been none. I have not looked further, but I
do not believe there has been a negro member in either House since
that time.

Very truly yours,
(Signed) H. R. MCILWAINE
_State Librarian._

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Compiled by Monroe N. Work.

[2] Beverly, _History of Alabama_, 202, 208.

[3] Not returned for the 1875-1876 session.

[4] Beverly, _History of Alabama_, pp. 202-208.

[5] Served only in the session of 1874-1875.

[6] Served only in the session of 1875-1876.

[7] Alexander is said to have been counted out. He is said to have
held the position of postmaster at Madison and also to have had a
deputy reserve collector.

[8] Lewis and Scott were the last Negro members of the Florida
Legislature.

[9] Lewis and Scott were the last Negro members of the Florida
Legislature.

[10] Letter on October 11, 1916, from L. L. Knight, official compiler
of Georgia Records; Thompson, _Reconstruction in Georgia_, pp.
211-214, 262, 264.

[11] The names of these four were later stricken out. They were so
nearly white that their race was indeterminate. They remained in the
house after the others were expelled.--Thompson, _Reconstruction in
Georgia_, p. 213; House Journal Georgia Legislature, p. 229.

[12] Letter on October 11, 1916, from L.L. Kni