Samuel Fitzhugh

Samuel Fitzhugh
Fitzhugh in 1874
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
In office 1874–1876
Personal details
Born	Samuel W. Fitzhugh c. 1844 Mississippi, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Delia Anna
Children	2
Profession	Politician, educator

Samuel W. Fitzhugh was an American politician. He was a state legislator representing Wilkinson County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1874 to 1876.[1]

The Vicksburg Daily Times referred to him as the "cider colored negro" and a "colleague of the tallow-faced Gubbs" in a blurb deriding African American Republicans.[2] He was one of the legislator signatories of a letter explaining their opposition to a convict labor bill.[3]

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

References

1. "Samuel W. Fitzhugh (Wilkinson County) · Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi · Mississippi State University Libraries". msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com.
2. Times, Vicksburg Daily (February 5, 1868). "Vicksburg Daily Times clipping".
3. Pilot, Weekly Mississippi (February 20, 1875). "Weekly Mississippi Pilot clipping".