=============+==============+==============+==============+ | 1873-74 | 1874-75 | 1876 | +--------------+--------------+--------------+ |Whites|Negroes|Whites|Negroes|Whites|Negroes| -------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+ Alabama | | | | | | | Senate | 29 | 4 | 27 | 6 | 27 | 6 | House | 73 | 27 | 71 | 29 | 77 | 23 | Arkansas | | | | | | | Senate | 22 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | House | 71 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | Georgia | | | | | | | Senate | .. | .. | .. | .. | | .. | House | .. | .. | .. | .. | | .. | Mississippi | | | | | | | Senate | 28 | 9 | .. | .. | 32 | 5 | House | 60 | 55 | .. | .. | 100 | 16 | N. Carolina | | | | | | | Senate | 46 | 4 | 46 | 4 | .. | | House | 107 | 13 | 107 | 13 | 113 | 7 | S. Carolina | | | | | | | Senate | .. | .. | .. | .. | | .. | House | .. | .. | .. | .. | 70 | 54 | Texas | | | | | | | Senate | .. | .. | .. | .. | | .. | House | .. | .. | .. | .. | | .. | Virginia | | | | | | | Senate | 37 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 37 | 3 | House | 115 | 17 | 112 | 17 | 112 | 13 | -------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+ There were Negro members of the North Carolina legislature to 1899 and of the Virginia legislature to 1891 as follows: _North Carolina_ _Virginia_ Senators Representatives Senator Representatives 1879 2 6 1876-77 3 12 1881 1 4 1877-78 3 4 1883 3 5 1878-79 3 4 1885 2 2 1883-84 3 8 1887 3 3 1884-85 1 7 1889 2 1885-86 1 1 1891 1 1886-87 1 1 1893 1 1887-88 1 7 1895 1 1888-89 1 7 1897 1 1889-90 1 4 1899 1 1 1890-91 1 3 SPEECH OF WILLIAM H. GRAY BEFORE THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, 1868[1]