The Civil Rights Act of 1875

Lemuel Todd

(July 29, 1817 — May 12, 1891) Lemuel Todd was a lawyer and public servant. Todd was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1817. He later graduated from Dickinson College and was admitted to the bar in 1841. Todd was first elected to the United States Congress as a Republican to the Thirty-Fourth Congress. He served from March 4, 1855 to March 3, 1857. He enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War and served as a major and inspector general. After the war, he was again elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Republican and served for a second time from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/T000293]

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

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