This article is about the Irish-born South Carolina state representative. For the politician who has served in both houses of the South Carolina General Assembly, see
Jimmy Leawood Martin.
James Martin (died October 5, 1868) was a
Republican state legislator in South Carolina during the
Reconstruction Era. He was born in
Ireland,[1] and his family moved to South Carolina when he was young. He worked in the mercantile business, married Anna Eliza, and had five children. After the Civil War,[2] he was elected to the
South Carolina House of Representatives, representing
Abbeville County. He was assassinated on October 5, 1868,[3][4] possibly by the
Ku Klux Klan.[1] Before his death, it was perceived that he had made "certain inflammatory appeals" to African Americans.[5]
References
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abWork, Monroe N.; Staples, Thomas S.; Wallace, H.A.; Miller, Kelly; McKinlay, Whitefield; Lacy, Samuel E.; Smith, R.L.; McIlwaine, H.R. (Jan 1920). "Some Negro Members of Reconstruction Conventions and Legislatures and of Congress". The Journal of Negro History. 5 (1). The University of Chicago Press: 63–119.
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