John S. Harris

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"(December 18, 1825 -- January 25, 1906) John Spafford Harris was a(n) clerk, merchant, cotton planter, public servant, surveyor general, and American politician. Harris was born in Truxton, Cortland County, New York and moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and then Natchez, Louisiana in 1863. John was a member of the State constitutional convention (1868), was one of a committee of seven to conduct the affairs of the state until the constitution could be adopted, member of the state senate (1868), and was appointed surveyor general for Montana by President Arthur (November 21, 1881). Harris was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate (July 8,1868 - March 3, 1871). [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=H000246]"

Member of Louisiana Delegation—United States Fifteenth Amendment, Louisiana Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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