George Kelso

George Young Kelso was an American politician. He was delegate at Louisiana’s 1868 constitutional convention and state senator in Louisiana from 1868 to 1876.[1] He was a “colored”, “radical” Republican.[2][3]

Biography

George Young Kelso lived in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. He gave a statement about voter suppression in 1872.[4] He attended an 1873 "colored convention" in Louisiana.[5] He was part of a Republican parish convention.[6]

Eric Foner documented him as an editor and co-owner of the Louisianan newspaper in New Orleans and as an employee of the custom house in New Orleans who faced the violence during the 1876 election campaign.[1]

See also

References
  1. Foner, Eric (1996). Freedom's Lawmakers, A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction. LSU Press. p. 125. ISBN 9780807120828.
  2. "George Kelso in Senate". The Louisiana Democrat. November 2, 1868. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.
  3. "Senator George Young Kelso". The Louisiana Democrat. October 18, 1876. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.
  4. Grant), United States President (1869-1877 (June 17, 1873). "Condition of Affairs in Louisiana: Message from the President of the United States, in Answer to a Resolution of the House, of December 16 Lase, Relative to the Condition of Affairs in Louisiana". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  5. "Kelso, George Y. · Colored Conventions Database · Beta Coda". beta.coda.coloredconventions.org.
  6. "George Young Kelso". Rapides Gazette. April 27, 1872. p. 5 – via newspapers.com.
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