John R. Lynch

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(September 10, 1847 — November 2, 1939) Lynch was a businessman, photographer, lawyer, and politician. John Roy Lynch was born in Louisiana and moved to Mississippi in 1863, where he and his mother were slaves. After emancipation, Lynch worked as a photographer and attended night school. He served in the State House of Representatives from 1869 to 1873, and was the speaker during the last term of his service. Lynch was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1877. He successfully contested the election on of James Chalmers during the Forty-Seventh Congress and served again from April 1882 to March 3, 1883. After serving in Congress, Lynch studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1896. He practiced law in Washington, D. C., until he was appointed a major and paymaster in the Regular Army by President McKinley. He practiced law until his death in 1939. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/L000533]

Member of Mississippi Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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