Afrique. He was later promoted to sergeant-major
and lost a leg in the storming of Fort Blakeley. He was elected to the
44th Congress, but defeated for the 45th.--_Biographical Congressional
Directory_, p. 713.

[12] Josiah T. Walls was born at Winchester, Virginia, December 30,
1842. He received a limited education, became a farmer, and in 1868
entered politics. Mr. Walls received a certificate of election as a
representative from Florida to the 42nd Congress, but his seat was
successfully contested by Silas Niblack. He was admitted, however, to
the 43rd and 44th Congresses.--_Biographical Congressional Directory_,
p. 864.

[13] Richard H. Cain was born in Greenbrier County, Virginia, April
12, 1825. In 1831, he moved with his father to Gallipolis, Ohio. Of
limited education prior to his marriage, and having entered the
ministry at an early age, he found it to his advantage, at the age of
35 years, to undertake formal study at a recognized school of
learning. Following a career as clergyman, missionary, and politician,
he was elected to the 43rd Congress and re-elected to the 45th. After
his retirement from Congress, Mr. Cain, was elected the fourteenth
bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. He died in
Washington, January 18, 1887. --_Biographical Congressional
Directory_, p. 434.

[14] Hiram B. Revels was born at Fayetteville, North Carolina,
September 1, 1822. Being unable to obtain an education in his own
State, he moved to Indiana and there began study for the ministry. At
the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Revels assisted in the organization
of the first two Negro regiments in Maryland. Having made a record for
service among his people in the central States, he went to Mississippi
and there became interested in managing the freedmen's affairs. He was
elected to several local offices and in 1870 was elected to fill an
unexpired term in the United States Senate. After his retirement from
Congress, Mr. Revels served as president of Alcorn University at
Rodney, Mississippi, and later as pastor of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church at Richmond, Indiana. He died January 16, 1901, at
Abeerden, Mississippi.--_Biographical Congressional Directory_, p.
763.

[15] Henry Plummer Cheatham of Henderson, North Carolina, was born at
Granville, North Carolina, December 27, 1857. After acquiring a good
education, he entered the teaching profession. Later he became
interested in politics and was elected to the 5