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James McCleery

The Civil Rights Act of 1875

(December 2, 1837 — November 5, 1871) McCleery was a lieutenant, captain, major, brigadier general, lawyer, and politician. James McCleery was born in Trumbull County, Ohio and moved to Louisiana after the Civil War. He served in the Union Army and retired to Louisiana in 1870 after purchasing a plantation. McCleery practiced law in Louisiana and was connected to the Freedmen’s Bureau in North Carolina and Louisiana. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served during the Forty-Second Congress from March 4, 1871 until his death on November 5, 1871. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000327]

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