Samuel A. McElwee was born a slave in 1857 in Haywood County, Tennessee. His parents were Robert and Georgianna McElwee. He was a lawyer and the most influential Republic party leader in Haywood County during Reconstruction. He served in the Tennessee General Assembly from 1883 to 1888. He was the first African American to serve three terms in legislature and also the first one to be nominated as the Speaker of the House.
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1857
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1914 (aged 56)
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