Alonzo j ransier biography for kids
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Alonzo J. Ransier
American politician
Alonzo Jacob Ransier | |
|---|---|
| In office March 4, – March 3, | |
| Preceded by | Robert C.
De Large |
| Succeeded by | Edmund W.M. Mackey |
| In office December 3, – December 7, | |
| Governor | Robert Kingston Scott |
| Preceded by | Lemuel Boozer |
| Succeeded by | Richard Howell Gleaves |
| In office November 24, – March 1, | |
| Born | ()January 3, Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | August 17, () (aged&#;48) Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Profession | Clerk, politician, tax collector |
Alonzo Jacob Ransier (January 3, &#; August 17, ) was an American politician in South Carolina who served as the state's first black Lieutenant Governor and later was a United States Congressman from until He was a Reconstruction eraRepublican.
Biography
Ransier was born a free person of color in Charleston, South Carolina. He worked as a shipping clerk until, after the Civil War, he was appointed as state r