Background
Langston, John Mercer was born on December 14, 1829 in Louisa, Virginia, United States.
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Langston, John Mercer was born on December 14, 1829 in Louisa, Virginia, United States.
Graduate collegiate department Oberlin College, 1849, graduate theological department, 1853. Studied law under Philemon Bliss.
Emancipated by his father, 1834. Admitted to Ohio bar, 1854. Clerk Brownhelm Township, O. (1st Negro elected to public office in the United States), 1855.
Helped raise 1st Colored regts., 54th Massachusetts, 55th Massachusetts and 5th Ohio regts. during Civil War.
Member Council of Oberlin, 1865-1867. Member Oberlin Board Education.
1867-1868. Inspector general Bureau Freedmen, Refugees, and Abandoned Lands, 1868.
Dean Howard U. Law Department, 1869-1876, vice president, acting president, 1872. Member District of Columbia Board Health, 1871.
Minister resident and consul general to Haiti, charge d’affaires to Santo Domingo, 1877-1885. President Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute, St. Petersburg, 1885.
Member United States House of Representatives from Virginia, 51st Congress, September 23, 1890-1891.
Author: From the Virginia Plantation to the National Capital (autobiography), 1894.
Member Council of Oberlin, 1865-1867. Member Oberlin Board Education. Member District of Columbia Board Health, 1871.
Member United States House of Representatives from Virginia, 51st Congress, September 23, 1890-1891.
Married Caroline M. Wall, October 1854.