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6th District—Edmund H. Deas.

7th District—Wm. H. Thompson.

Samuel Lee on Committee to notify nominees. Major John R. Lynch, delegate from Mississippi, was elected temporary chairman, the first and only time that a colored man ever presided over a Republican National Convention.

1888—Chicago, Illinois, June 19-25.

At-Large—Wm. F. Myers, Robert Smalls.

1st District—John M. Freeman.

2nd District—Fred Nix, Jr., Paris Simpkins.

3rd District—F. L. Hicks.

4th District—Peter F. Oliver, F. A. Saxton.

5th District—Charles C. Levy, Zachariah E. Walker.

6th District—Edmund H. Deas.

7th District—George E. Herriott.

Paris Simpkins on Committee to notify nominees. Peter Oliver seconded the nomination of General Alger for president.

1892—Minneapolis, Minn., June 7-10.

At-Large—Edmund H. Deas, Dr. Wm. D. Crum.

1st District—John H. Fordham.

2nd District—Paris Simpkins, Seymour E. Smith.

3rd District—A. S. Jamison.

4th District—Irwin I. Miller.

5th District—Wm. E. Boykin.

6th District—Rev. Joshua E. Wilson.

7th District—R. H. Richardson.

E. H. Deas on Committee to notify presidential nominee. J. H. Fordham on Committee to nominate vice-presidential nominee.

1896—St. Louis, Mo., June 16-18.

At-Large—Dr. Wm. D. Crum, Robert Smalls.

1st District—Robert C. Brown.

2nd District—Wm. S. Dixon.

4th District—Charles M. Wilder.

5th District—Wm. E. Boykin.

6th District—Edmund H. Deas, Rev. Joshua E. Wilson.

7th District—Zachariah E. Walker, John H. Fordham.

E. H. Deas on Committee to notify presidential nominee.