Lewis Thomas Christmas (November 5, 1855 - June 27, 1928)[1] was a reverend, teacher, school principal and state legislator in North Carolina. He represented Warren County, North Carolina, in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1879 to 1880.[2][3]
Lewis Thomas Christmas | |
|---|---|
| North Carolina House of Representatives | |
| In office 1879–1880 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 5, 1855 Warren County, North Carolina |
| Died | June 27, 1928 (aged 72) Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Political party | Republican |
Biography edit
Christmas was born November 5, 1855, in Warren County.[4]
He graduated from the Theological Department of Shaw University in 1884, the same department he would later teach at.[5]
Christmas was elected to represent Warren County, North Carolina, in the North Carolina House of Representatives in August 1878.[6] He served the county with fellow African-American Republican Hawkins Wesley Carter.[6] In the 1879 session he served on the Counties, Cities, Towns and Townships and the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind Asylum committees and introduced a bill to provide compensation for people who had been wrongfully imprisoned.[7]
He served as principal of the Wilmington Training School.[8]
He was a Baptist[1] and was a Reverend working as the pastor of the Central Baptist Church in Wilmington, North Carolina.[9] He also served as State Missionary for the Negro State Baptist convention for many years.[4] In 1920 he was awarded a Doctor of Divinity degree from the Florida Baptist College.[5]
He authored a publication titled An Evil Router in 1900 which was a missionary pamphlet intended to "medicate moral derelicts".[10]
He died June 27, 1928, at home in Raleigh, North Carolina, and was survived by his wife and daughter as well as seven siblings.[4]
See also edit
- African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era
- Isaac Alston, state senator from Warren County in 1879
References edit
- ^ a b Williams, M. W. (December 11, 1940). "Who's who Among North Carolina Negro Baptists: With a Brief History of Negro Baptist Organizations" – via Google Books.
- ^ A History of African Americans in North Carolina (1997) page 209
- ^ Wellman, Manly Wade (October 10, 2017). The County of Warren, North Carolina, 1586-1917. UNC Press Books. ISBN 9781469617077 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c "Rev L. T. Christmas dies at home here". The News and Observer. 28 June 1928. p. 2. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ^ a b ""Rev. L.T. Christmas Honored," The Warren Record (Warrenton, North Carolina) 12 Oct 1920, Page 1". The Warren Record. 12 October 1920. p. 1. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ a b "The General Assembly". The News and Observer. 6 August 1878. p. 3. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ Journal of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina (PDF). North Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives. 1879. pp. 44, 76, 106. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ Instruction, North Carolina Dept of Public (December 11, 1893). "Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction". North Carolina Department of Public Instruction – via Google Books.
- ^ Instruction, North Carolina Department of Public (December 11, 1897). "Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina, for the Scholastic Years ..." Department of Public Instruction – via Google Books.
- ^ Mitchell, Michele (October 12, 2005). Righteous Propagation: African Americans and the Politics of Racial Destiny after Reconstruction. Univ of North Carolina Press. p. 135. ISBN 9780807875940 – via Google Books.
