Perry Howard

This article is about the nineteenth-century politician. For his son, the twentieth-century lawyer, see Perry Wilbon Howard II.
Howard, c. 1874
Howard, c. 1874

Perry Wilbon Howard (c. 1835–1907) was an American blacksmith,[1] and a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Holmes County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1872 to 1875; and served on the county board of supervisors.[1][2]

He was born in c. 1835 into slavery in South Carolina, and was brought to Mississippi before the American Civil War. His children became doctors, an attorney, and teachers.[1] Noted lawyer, Perry Wilbon Howard II was one of his sons.[2]

He was a delegate from Mississippi at the 1924 Republican National Convention[3] and 1928 Republican National Convention.[4]

  1. ^ a b c Foner, Eric (1996). Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction (rev. ed.). Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-8071-2082-8.
  2. ^ a b "Perry W. Howard – Against All Odds".
  3. ^ Official report of the proceedings of the eighteenth Republican national convention, held in Cleveland, Ohio. Tenny Press. 1924. p. 66.
  4. ^ Hart, George Luzerne (1928). Official Report of the Proceedings of the Nineteenth Republican National Convention, Held in Kansas City, Missouri. Tenny Press. p. 81.