Negroes in the Arkansas Legislature: Session April 2 to July 23, 1869, and session November 17, 1868, to April 10, 1869, were seven Negro members of whom J. W. Mason, the leading Negro in the Senate; W. H. Grey, leading Negro in the House. (_Daily Republican_, Oct. 1, 1868). In the Legislature of January 2 to March 25, 1871, there were eleven Negro members: J. W. Mason and J. T. White in the Senate: J. M. Alexander, Austin Barrow, Conway Barbour, John Webb, Adam Johnson, Jeff Haskins, A. Mays, William Young, Carl Pope, A. J. Robinson, E. A. Fulton in the House. (_Daily Republican_, March 25, 1871.) In the 19th session, January 6 to April 25, 1873, the last session before Baxter called his special session, something less than one fifth of all the members were Negroes. I have been unable to ascertain the exact number in this session, but from the standpoint of numbers, I would judge that there is no great difference between this session and the previous one. _The Arkansas Gazette_ of January 12, 1873, says of the Negro members: "There are a few men among these colored members who are bright and intelligent, and much superior to some white members, but as a rule, this is not the case." (Signed) THOMAS S. STAPLES, Hendrix College Conway, Arkansas NEGRO MEMBERS OF THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE DURING RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD AND AFTER _Senate_ Year Name County 1880-1888 H. W. Chandler Marion 1881 T. V. Gibbs Duval 80's Joseph E. Lee Duval .... Thomas W. Long Marion 1881 Robert Meacham Jefferson 1881-1865 Daniel C. Martin Alachua .... G. W. Proctor Jefferson 1863 John E. Proctor Leon 80's Egbert C. Sammis Duval .... John Wallace Leon _Representatives_