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Mississippi legislator From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James A. Shorter, Jr. was a farmer, teacher, and state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1874 to 1875 and in 1882.[1] He was a Republican.[2] In 1879 he was reportedly attacked by white Greenback Party member William Miller.[1] His father was an A.M.E. bishop. The son graduated from Tougaloo. He served on the Hinds County Board of Registrars.[3] He was a chosen as a delegate to the 1875 Mississippi Republican Party Convention as one of three delegates for Dry Grove, Mississippi.[4]
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