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 due to 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, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democrat, later Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Anna Pratt |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Cincinnati Law School |
| Profession | Lawyer Politician Real estate owner |
| Website | house%20website |
James M. Hinds (December 5, 1833 – October 22, 1868) was a Reconstruction politician and lawyer who represented Arkansas in the United States House of Representatives from June 24, 1868 until his death on October 22, 1868. The first sitting member of Congress assassinated, Hinds was murdered for advocating civil rights for former slaves.
Born and raised in a small town in upstate New York, Hinds went west at age 19, and graduated from Cincinnati Law School in 1856. Settling in Minnesota, he opened a private practice and was elected district attorney of his county. Looking for a fresh start, Hinds moved to 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's readmission to the Union following the Civil War. At that convention, Hinds successfully advocated for constitutional provisions establishing the right to vote for adult freedmen (former slaves) and public education for both black and white children. In early 1868 he was elected United States Congressman from Arkansas's Second District.
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 member of the Klan.
Hinds was born in Hebron, New York on December 5, 1833 to Charles and Jane Hinds. The youngest of six children, his brother Henry also became an attorney. Hinds' other siblings were brothers William, John, and Calvin, and his sister, Jane. He attended high school at Washington Academy in Salem, New York, college at the Albany Normal School. Hinds read law at a school in St. Louis, Missouri before graduating from Cincinnati Law School four years after his brother Henry.
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