James K. Greene

James K. Greene was a carpenter and coach maker in Alabama,[1] United States, who served in the state legislature. He lived in Hale County, Alabama.[2] He is listed on a historical marker commemorating Black legislators in Alabama during the Reconstruction era.[3]

He was a delegate to the 1867 Alabama Constitutional Convention representing Hale along with W T Blackford.[4][5] In 1869 he served in the state senate.[6] In 1872 he represented Hale County in the Alabama House of Representatives.[7] He was a Republican.[1]

References
  1. SCHWENINGER, LOREN. "Alabama Blacks and the Congressional Reconstruction Acts of 1867" (PDF). Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  2. "THE PARTICIPATION OF NEGROES IN THE GOVERNMENT OP ALABAMA 1867-1874". Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  3. "Black members of the Alabama Legislature who served during reconstruction - Alabama Historical Markers on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com.
  4. "African-American Legislators in Reconstruction Alabama" (PDF). Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  5. "State Republican Convention". Daily State Sentinel. 5 June 1867. p. 2. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  6. Hodgson, Joseph (1869). "The Alabama Manual and Statistical Register for 1869".
  7. "Journal of the House of Representatives, State of Alabama". 1873.


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