Who were The Original 33?

The Original 33 were the first Black legislators elected in Georgia during Reconstruction. Elected in 1868 to the Georgia General Assembly, the men were forcibly expelled from office when white Democrats conspired with some white Republicans to have them removed.

State Representatives

First NameLast NameCounty
PeterO’NealBaldwin
Henry McNealTurnerBibb
UlyssesHoustonBryan
MalcolmClaibornBurke
JohnWarrenBurke
James WardPorterChatham
JamesSimmsChatham
MadisonDavisClarke
AlfredRichardsonClarke
RomulusMooreColumbia
PhilipJoinerDougherty
AbramColbyGreene
EliBarnesHancock
William HenryHarrisonHancock
SamuelWilliamsHarris
ThomasAllenJasper
AlexanderStoneJefferson
GeorgeLinderLaurens
WilliamGoldenLiberty
F. H.FyallMacon
RobertLumpkinMacon
TunisCampbell, Jr.McIntosh
GeorgeClowerMonroe
MondayFloydMorgan
AbrahamSmithMuscogee
ThomasBeardRichmond
JohnCostinTalbot
WilliamGuilfordUpson
SamuelGardnerWarren
EdwinBelcherWilkes
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State Senators

First NameLast NameCounty
Aaron AlpeoriaBradleyChatham (also represented Bryan and Effingham)
GeorgeWallaceHancock (also presented Baldwin and Washington)
TunisCampbell, Sr.McIntosh (also represented Liberty and Tattnall)
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Election announcement in the August 29, 1868 Daily Columbus Enquirer