James Hinds
| James M. Hinds | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 2nd district |
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In office June 22, 1868 – October 22, 1868 |
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| Preceded by | No representation because of the American Civil War (Albert Rust prior to March 3, 1861) |
| Succeeded by | James T. Elliott |
| Representative for Pulaski County at Arkansas Constitutional Convention of 1868 | |
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In office January 7, 1868 – March 13, 1868 |
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| District Attorney for Nicollet County, Minnesota | |
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In office November 1856 – 1860 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Flandrau |
| Succeeded by | E. P. Davis |
| District Attorney for Minnesota Territory | |
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December 5, 1833 Hebron, New York, U.S. |
| Died | October 22, 1868 (aged 34) Near Indian Bay in Monroe County, Arkansas |
| Resting place | Evergreen Cemetery in Salem, New York |
| Political party | Democratic, later Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Anna Pratt |
| Children | Three children |
| Alma mater | Cincinnati Law School |
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Lawyer Politician Real estate owner |
| Website | history |
James M. Hinds (December 5, 1833 – October 22, 1868) represented Arkansas in the United States House of Representatives for the 2nd congressional district from June 24, 1868 until his death in office four months later. The first sitting member of Congress assassinated, he was murdered for advocating civil rights for former slaves.
Born and raised in a small town in upstate New York, Hinds went west at the age of nineteen and graduated in 1856 from the Cincinnati Law School in Cincinnati, Ohio. He settled in Minnesota, where he opened a private law practice and was elected district attorney of his county. Looking for a fresh start, Hinds moved to the capital city of Little Rock, Arkansas in 1865. In 1867, he was elected to represent Pulaski County as a Republican at the Arkansas Constitutional Convention tasked with rewriting the constitution to allow Arkansas' readmission to the Union following its secession and the American Civil War. At that convention, Hinds successfully advocated for constitutional provisions establishing the right to vote for adult freedmen and public education for both black and white children.
Campaigning for Republican candidate Ulysses S. Grant in the 1868 presidential election, Hinds was threatened and targeted by the Ku Klux Klan. In October 1868, while travelling to a political meeting with Joseph Brooks in Monroe County, Hinds was shot to death by a Klansman.
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