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Sampson W. Keeble
1833–1887
United States
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Biography
Sampson W. Keeble (May 18, 1833 – June 19, 1887) was a businessman and politician in Tennessee during the Reconstruction era. In 1872, he was the first African American elected to the Tennessee Legislature, serving from 1873 to 1875 in the Tennessee House of Representatives as a Republican member from Davidson County. Born into slavery in Rutherford County, Keeble became a barber.
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