David Higgins (Mississippi politician)

American politician

David Higgins (c. 1823 – ?) was an African American preacher and state legislator in Mississippi between 1870 and 1872. He was a Republican.

## Biography

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Higgins was born around 1823 in South Carolina and was African American. He worked as a preacher.[1] In the 1880 census, he is recorded as being married to a woman named Maria and having sons.[2]

He represented Oktibbeha County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1870 to 1872.[1][3] He was elected alongside George H. Holland, both of them members of the Mississippi Republican Party.[4] Higgins received 1,581 votes.[5] In 1873, he represented Oktibbeha County at the state's Republican convention.[6]

## See also

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* African American officeholders from the end of the Civil War until before 1900

## References

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1. ^ a b Carroll, Thomas Battle (1931). Historical sketches of Oktibbeha County. Gulfport, MS: Dixie Press. p. 131.
2. ^ Baldwin, DeeDee. "David Higgins (Oktibbeha County)". Against All Odds.
3. ^ Work, Monroe N. (1920). "Some Negro Members of Reconstruction Conventions and Legislatures and of Congress". The Journal of Negro History. 5 (1): 63–119\. doi:10.2307/2713503. ISSN 0022-2992. JSTOR 2713503. S2CID 149610698.
4. ^ "Members elect to the Legislature". Weekly Mississippi Pilot. 8 January 1870. p. 1.
5. ^ "State Legislature: Representatives". Weekly Mississippi Pilot. 8 January 1870. p. 2.
6. ^ "State convention: The good work completed". Vicksburg Times. 2 September 1873. p. 2.

*[c.]: circa