Henry Turpin

Henry Turpin (1836 - 1905) was a house painter and state legislator in the U.S. state of Virginia.[1] His father was white.[2] He served from 1871 to 1873 in the Virginia House of Delegates.[3] He moved to the Bronx in New York City, married, worked as a porter, and had a daughter.[4]

He was involved in a contested election.[5] Edmund S. Pendleton was determined to have beaten him in the 1873 election.[6]

He and his seven brothers and sisters were freed by their father, most in 1855. Eric Foner documented him as a carpenter in Freedom's Lawmakers.[7] →

References

1. Jackson, Luther Porter (November 15, 1945). Negro Office-holders in Virginia, 1865-1895. Guide Quality Press. ISBN 9780598580269 – via Google Books.
2. Tarter, Brent. "Henry Turpin (1836–1908)".
3. "House documents". November 15, 1875 – via Google Books.
4. "Henry Turpin, Representing Goochland in Virginia's General Assembly, 1871 – 1873". February 26, 2021.
5. Library, Virginia State; Swem, Earl Gregg (November 15, 1917). "A Bibliography of Virginia ...: Titles of the printed official documents of the Commonwealth, 1776-1916". D. Bottom, Superintendent of Public Printing – via Google Books.
6. Delegates, Virginia General Assembly House of (November 15, 1874). "Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia". Commonwealth of Virginia – via Google Books.
7. Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner page 217