The Civil Rights Act of 1875

J. Marshall Hagans

(August 13, 1838 — June 17, 1900) Hagans was a lawyer, law reporter, and politician. John Hagans was born in Preston County, Virginia (now in West Virginia). He studied law at Harvard University and was admitted to the bar in 1859. Hagans served as the prosecuting attorney for Monongahela County, Virginia from 1862 to 1864, and 1870. Later he was Mayor of Morgantown from 1866 to 1869, and was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1871. Hagans was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives 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/H000011]

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

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