district dead succeeded death_date death_place birth_place party preceded birth_date term image article_title state name
1st dead james t. jones 1916 1846 near denver , colorado near columbus , georgia republican frederick george bromberg april 1 , 1846 march 4 , 1875 - march 3 , 1877 jeremiah haralson - brady-handy . jpg jeremiah haralson
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jeremiah haralson

jeremiah haralson -lrb- april 1 , 1846 -- 1916 -rrb- , was among the first ten african-american congressmen in the united states .
born in slavery in columbus , georgia , haralson eventually rose to serve in the united states house of representatives from alabama 's 1st congressional district in the 44th united states congress .
he had previously been elected to the state house and state senate .
he also received appointments to republican patronage positions .
