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First African American to serve in West Virginia legislature per https://www.clarencemitchellpapers.org/node/1991 FloridaArmy (talk) 11:34, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This source https://books.google.com/books?id=1lOIjQUG4aoC&pg=PA242&dq="Fleming+Adolphus+Jones+Jr.+"&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiz-KfX2YGLAxWcgoQIHURAJsAQ6AF6BAgIEAI says an African American served in West Virginia's legislature in 1897. FloridaArmy (talk) 11:42, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See Christopher Payne. FloridaArmy (talk) 12:05, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]