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.[1][2]

He was a native of Georgia born in 1849 or 1850.[1]

He signed on to a Memorial by Republican members of the legislature describing election issues and partisan actions by Democrats.[3] He is listed on a historical marker commemorating the service of African American state legislators in Alabama.[4]

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  1. 1 2 Foner, Eric (October 18, 1993). Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507406-2 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Report ... To Inquire ... Whether in and of the Elections in the State of Alabama in the Elections of 1874, 1875, and 1876 the Right of Male Inhabitants ... To Vote Had Been Denied or Abridged". 1877.
  3. ↑ Elections, United States Congress Senate Committee on Privileges and (October 18, 1877). "Report ... to Inquire ... Whether in and of the Elections in the State of Alabama in the Elections of 1874, 1875, and 1876 the Right of Male Inhabitants ... to Vote Had Been Denied Or Abridged". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Black Members of the Alabama Legislature Who Served During The Reconstruction Period of 1868-1879 Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.


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