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Samuel E. Gaillard
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Samuel Eden Gaillard (c. 1839–1879) was an African-American businessman and politician during the Reconstruction era in South Carolina. He represented Charleston County in the state senate from 1871 until 1877, when he resigned after Democrats regained control of South Carolina and engaged in a purge of Republicans.
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