Henry Turpin (1836 - 1905) was a house painter and state legislator in the U.S. state of Virginia. His father was white. He served from 1871 to 1873 in the Virginia House of Delegates. He moved to the Bronx in New York City, married, worked as a porter, and had a daughter.
He was involved in a contested election. Edmund S. Pendleton was determined to have beaten him in the 1873 election.
He and his seven brothers and sisters were freed by their father, most in 1855. Eric Foner documented him as a carpenter in Freedom's Lawmakers. →
References
- Jackson, Luther Porter (November 15, 1945). Negro Office-holders in Virginia, 1865-1895. Guide Quality Press. ISBN 9780598580269 – via Google Books.
- Tarter, Brent. "Henry Turpin (1836–1908)".
- "House documents". November 15, 1875 – via Google Books.
- "Henry Turpin, Representing Goochland in Virginia's General Assembly, 1871 – 1873". February 26, 2021.
- Library, Virginia State; Swem, Earl Gregg (November 15, 1917). "A Bibliography of Virginia ...: Titles of the printed official documents of the Commonwealth, 1776-1916". D. Bottom, Superintendent of Public Printing – via Google Books.
- Delegates, Virginia General Assembly House of (November 15, 1874). "Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia". Commonwealth of Virginia – via Google Books.
- Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner page 217
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