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Perry Matthews
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United States
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Perry Matthews was a teacher and state legislator in Alabama. He represented Bullock County, Alabama in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1872 to 1876. He was a native of Georgia born in 1849 or 1850. He signed on to a Memorial by Republican members of the legislature describing election issues and partisan actions by Democrats. He is listed on a historical marker commemorating the service of African American state legislators in Alabama.
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