Henry P. Cheatham

Henry P. Cheatham

Henry Plummer Cheatham (born December 27, 1857 in Henderson , North Carolina , †  November 29, 1935 in Oxford , North Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1889 and 1893 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Henry Cheatham attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1883 at Shaw University in Raleigh . In 1883 and 1884 he directed the State Normal School for African American students in Plymouth . Cheatham studied law but did not work as a lawyer. After moving to his native Henderson, he served as a notary ( Register of Deeds ) in Vance County between 1884 and 1888 . Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party . In 1892 and 1900 he took part as a delegate at the respective Republican National Conventions .

In the congressional election of 1888 Cheatham was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the second constituency of North Carolina , where he succeeded Furnifold McLendel Simmons on March 4, 1889 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1893 . There he was a member of the Education Committee, the State Building Expenditure Control Committee, and the Agriculture Committee. In 1892 it was not confirmed.

Between 1897 and 1901 Cheatham worked as a notary. In 1907 he moved to Oxford. There he took over the management of the state orphanage for African-American children, in whose establishment he was involved in 1887. He held this post until his death in 1935. Cheatham was also President of the Association of African Americans in North Carolina. He also worked in agriculture and as a guest speaker.

Web links

• Henry P. Cheatham in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Henry P. Cheatham in the database of Find a Grave (English)