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William P. Lucas
Member From: 1874 - 1875
- Birth Date: 1843 Birth Place:Prince William, Virginia
- Death Date: May 30, 1887
- Gender: Male Race: African American
- Spouse: Annie Robinson (m. 1866, div. 1871) Phillis B. Broxton (m. 1871, d. 1875) Hannah W. Willis (m.1876)
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- Occupation/Profession: Teacher and postal clerk for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
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Additional Info Links:
Bio from Virginia's Martin Luther King Jr. Commission
Bio from Encylopedia Virginia
- Bio: William P. Lucas, member of the House of Delegates (1873–1875), was born into slavery about 1843 in Prince William County. Prepared by his mother’s enslaver to be a house servant, he was taught the alphabet. When the American Civil War (1861–1865) ended, he lived in Orange County, where he had been in service to a Confederate surgeon who operated a hospital. Lucas attended a Freedmen’s Bureau school in the county and became a teacher. He became involved in Republican Party politics and won election in 1873 to a two-year term in the House of Delegates representing Louisa County. Lucas married three times; his first marriage ended in divorce and his second upon the death of his wife, a teacher. He had seven children who lived to adulthood. In 1875 he helped arrange and attended a convention of about 100 African American delegates that met to address economic and political discrimination in Virginia. Lucas purchased a farm in 1874 and in 1881 worked as a postal clerk for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. He died in Louisa County on May 30, 1887.
| Session | District | District Number | Party | Leadership | Committees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1874-1875 | Louisa | Republican | Officers and Offices at the Capitol |
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