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Henry Cox
Member From: 1869 - 1877
- Birth Date: 1832 Birth Place:Powhatan County, Virginia
- Death Date: after 1910
- Gender: Male Race: African American
- Spouse: Rachel E. Harris; (m. November 23, 1867)
- Children: 2 daughters and 1 son
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- Occupation/Profession: Shoemaker and Farmer
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Additional Info Links:
Bio from Encyclopedia Virginia
Bio from Virginia's Martin Luther King Jr. Commission
- Bio: Henry Cox served as a member of the House of Delegates for eight years. He was born in Powhatan County, whether free or enslaved is not certain. The 1870 census listed him as a farmer who was able to read and write. Cox represented Powhatan and Chesterfield counties in the House of Delegates beginning in 1869 and, following a redistricting of the assembly, won three more consecutive terms as the sole delegate from Powhatan County. In 1872 he was part of a multistate delegation that met with President Ulysses S. Grant to discuss federal civil rights legislation. When his fourth term ended, Cox did not seek reelection. He moved to Washington, D.C., about 1881, and last appears in public records in 1910.
| Session | District | District Number | Party | Leadership | Committees |
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| 1869-1871 | Chesterfield & Powhatan | Radical Republican | Labor and the Poor
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| 1871-1873 | Powhatan | Radical Republican | Labor and the Poor Committee (Dates Unknown)
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| 1874-1875 | Powhatan | Radical Republican | Labor and the Poor Committee (Dates Unknown)
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| 1875-1877 | Powhatan | Radical Republican | Labor and the Poor Committee (Dates Unknown)
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