Joseph Rainey Jr.

GPTKB entity

Properties (38)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Politician
gptkbp:birthDate 1832-06-21
gptkbp:children gptkb:Joseph_Rainey_III
gptkbp:deathDate 1887-08-01
gptkbp:education gptkb:New_York_Institute_of_Technology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Joseph Rainey Jr.
gptkbp:image Joseph_Rainey.jpg
gptkbp:legislation 1872-1873
1879-1881
1875-1877
1883-1885
1885-1887
1881-1883
1877-1879
1874-1875
1870-1871
Chairman_of_the_Committee_on_Education
Chairman_of_the_Committee_on_Freedmen's_Affairs
Chairman_of_the_Committee_on_Indian_Affairs
Chairman_of_the_Committee_on_Military_Affairs
Chairman_of_the_Committee_on_Railways_and_Canals
Chairman_of_the_Committee_on_Roads_and_Canals
Chairman_of_the_Committee_on_Territories
Chairman_of_the_Committee_on_War_Claims
Chairman_of_the_Committee_on_Ways_and_Means
Chairman_of_the_Committee_on_the_Judiciary
Chairman_of_the_Committee_on_the_District_of_Columbia
Chairman_of_the_Committee_on_Post_Office_and_Post_Roads
gptkbp:notableFor First_African_American_to_serve_in_the_U.S._House_of_Representatives
gptkbp:occupation U.S._Congressman
gptkbp:party gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Georgetown,_South_Carolina
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Robert_B._Elliott
gptkbp:religion Baptist
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Rainey
gptkbp:state gptkb:South_Carolina
gptkbp:successor Alonzo J. Ransier