Albert R. Howe
(January 1, 1840 — June 1, 1884) Howe was a cotton planter and politician. Albert Richards Howe was born in Worcester County, Massachusetts in 1840 and moved to Mississippi in 1865. During the Civil War, Howe served in the Union Army as a private and rose through the ranks until he was discharge in 1865. After the war, he moved to Mississippi where he became a cotton planter and served in the Mississippi constitutional convention in 1868 and in the State House of Representatives from 1870 to 1872. Howe was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875.
[Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000850]
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Mississippi Delegation - The Civil Rights Act of 1875
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