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Hugh M. Foley
1847–1896
United States
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Biography
Hugh M. Foley (January 25, 1847 – 1896) was an American teacher, storekeeper, minister, farmer, newspaper publisher, and politician in Mississippi. He served as a Wilkinson County Board of Supervisor, and in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1870 to 1873. He was Black, and a Republican.
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