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Born: July 4 1819, Philadelphia, PA
Died: November 1907, Washington, D.C.
55th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina in 1872, 1874, 1876
President Ex Officio of the South Carolina senate, and State Executive Committeeman
Special Customs Inspector in 1880, 1882
Richard Gleaves helped to organize and form the Republican Party of South Carolina, and
served as the party’s president of the State Convention in 1867. He served in the South
Carolina state militia as a major and judge advocate in the 1st Brigade, Colonel and Aide
to the Governor, and Colonel and judge advocate with the 2nd Division. He worked as a
clerk in the U.S. Treasury Department from 1877 to 1879.
Source:
(https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/richard-howell-gleaves-1819-1907/)
(https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/gleaves-richard-howell/)