The Civil Rights Act of 1875

Isaac H. Duval

(September 1, 1824 — July 10, 1902) Duval was a businessman, scout on the Western Plains, gold miner, and politician. Isaac Duval was born in Brooke County, Virginia (now in West Virginia) and traveled west as a youth. He moved to California in 1849 to mine gold and became a member of the Lopez Expedition to Cuba to help Cubans gain national independence. He returned to Virginia in 1853 and enlisted in the West Virginia Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. Duval served as a member of the State Senate from 1867 to 1869. He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-First Congress and served from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1871. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/D000576]

Member of West Virginia Delegation - The Civil Rights Act of 1875 [this display].

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