Lucius Wimbush

American legislator and businessman

Lucius Wimbush

Lucius Wimbush (c. 1839 – 1872) was a state legislator, businessman, and public official. After being freed from slavery, he became a state senator during the Reconstruction Era in South Carolina.[1][2][3] Wimbush was elected from Chester County[4] and was secretary of the Chester Union League.[1] He is buried in Randolph Cemetery where eight other Reconstruction era legislators were also interred.[3]

Wimbush was born in South Carolina. He was a body servant for Matthew C. Butler at the University of South Carolina. He served in the South Carolina Senate from 1868 to 1872 when he died in office. He also served as a deputy marshal, commissioner of elections, and county agent for the state land commission. He was a director of the Enterprise Railroad and other businesses.[5]

## See also

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* African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

## References

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1. ^ a b Saville, Julie (1996). The Work of Reconstruction: From Slave to Wage Laborer in South Carolina 1860-1870. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521566258.
2. ^ "Coshocton Democrat Newspaper Archives, Nov 8, 1870, p. 2". NewspaperArchive.com. 8 November 1870. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
3. ^ a b National register of Historic Places - Randolph Cemetery. 12 Dec 1994. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
4. ^ "Clipped from the Charleston Daily News". The Charleston Daily News. 28 October 1872. p. 1.
5. ^ Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner, Louisiana State University Press (1996) pages 234 and 235

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