- Date:
- 1870
- Original Format:
- Carte de Visite
- Item#:
- MES15669
- Photographer:
- Mathew Brady
Alonzo Jacob Ransier (1834-1882)
Alonzo Jacob Ransier was a leading figure in Reconstruction and Republican politics in South Carolina. He was elected South Carolina's first black lieutenant governor in 1870 and served as a U.S. Congressman from 1873-75. He was an advocate of women's suffrage and an opponent of segregation in public education.