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Alonzo Jacob Ransier | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 2nd district | |
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | |
Preceded by | Robert C. De Large |
Succeeded by | Edmund W.M. Mackey |
56th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina | |
In office December 3, 1871 – December 7, 1872 | |
Governor | Robert Kingston Scott |
Preceded by | Lemuel Boozer |
Succeeded by | Richard Howell Gleaves |
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Charleston County | |
In office November 24, 1868 – March 1, 1870 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. | January 3, 1834
Died | August 17, 1882 Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. | (aged 48)
Political party | Republican |
Profession | Clerk, politician, tax collector |
Alonzo Jacob Ransier (January 3, 1834 – August 17, 1882) was an American politician in South Carolina who served as the state's first black Lieutenant Governor and later was a United States Congressman from 1873 until 1875. He was a Reconstruction era Republican.