Isaac Alston
Isaac Alston was a reverend[1] and state legislator in North Carolina. He represented Warren County, North Carolina in the North Carolina Senate in 1870 and 1891.[2] He lived in Warrenton, North Carolina.[3] He was the only African American elected to the North Carolina Senate in 1890. Three African Americans were elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives that year.[4]
In the legislature in 1891 he proposed establishing a college in North Carolina for African Americans.[5] His photograph is included in a montage of 1891 North Carolina State senators.[5] He was a Baptist.[6]
See also
- African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era
- List of first African-American U.S. state legislators
References
- ISBN 9780674254282– via Google Books.
- ISBN 9780865263017– via Google Books.
- ^ Carolina, North (December 8, 1879). "Laws and Resolutions of the State of North Carolina" – via Google Books.
- ISBN 9780813930527– via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Blog Archives". BELLAMY MANSION MUSEUM.
- ^ https://archive.org/stream/tarheelsketchboo00tomli/tarheelsketchboo00tomli_djvu.txt
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