James D. Lynch

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James D. Lynch (1839-1872) Was the first African-American Secretary of State in Mississippi, and a minister.[1] Lynch attended Kimball Union Academy in New Hampshire, where he spent two years, and then moved to Indianapolis where he committed himself to ministry.[1]

Coincidentally, another future Reconstruction politician, Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, also attended Kimball Union Academy, later becoming the first African-American Secretary of State in Florida.

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  1. ^ a b H. Scott Wolfe (1999). The Idol of the Negroes. Galena Historical Society. Retrieved on 2007-11-03.


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