Thomas Pressley

Thomas Pressley was a state legislator in South Carolina. He represented Williamsburg County in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1872 to 1874.[1][2] He was elected from Williamsburg along with Fortune Giles and James F. Peterson[3] who were also "colored".[4]

He was sworn in November 26, 1872.[5]

References
  1. Freedoms Lawmakers by Eric Foner, Louisiana State University Press (1996) page 173
  2. Bryant, Lawrence Chesterfield (1974). "South Carolina Negro Legislators: A Glorious Success: State and Local Officeholders; Biographies of Negro Representatives, 1868-1902".
  3. General Assembly, South Carolina (1873). "Report of State Officers, Board and Committees to the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina".
  4. "Clipped from the Charleston Daily News". The Charleston Daily News. 28 October 1872. p. 1.
  5. "Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of South-Carolina". 1873.


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