The 19th-century African-American state representatives were: Edwin G. Walker, 1866 Charles L. Mitchell, 1866 John J. Smith, 1868, 1869, 1872 George L. Ruffin, 1870, 1871 Joshua B. Smith, 1873, 1874 George W. Lowther, 1878, 1879 Julius C. Chappelle, 1883-86 William O. Armstrong, 1887, 1888 Andrew B. Leattimore, 1889, 1890 Charles E. Harris, 1892 Robert T. Teamoh, 1894 William L. Reed, 1896, 1897
