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Edward H. Sutton was an inventor, author, and state legislator in North Carolina. He served in the state legislature in 1883. He lived in Edenton, North Carolina.

An African American, he served with James W. Poe, A. R. Bridgers, Wiley Baker, James H. Harris, and John Newell.

He patented a "cotton cultivator".

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

References

1. Carolina Quest. Prentice-Hall. 1978. ISBN 9780131149007.
2. "The North Carolina Historical Review". North Carolina Historical Commission. 2009.
3. Justesen, Benjamin R. (2009). "'The Class of '83': Black Watershed in the North Carolina General Assembly". The North Carolina Historical Review. 86 (3): 282–308. JSTOR 23523861.
4. "North Carolina State House of Representatives – 1883". www.carolana.com.
5. "Inventors, North Carolina | NCpedia". www.ncpedia.org.
6. Specifications and Drawings of Patents Issued from the U.S. Patent Office. 1874.
7. The Heritage of Blacks in North Carolina. North Carolina African American Heritage Foundation. 1990. ISBN 9780912081120.

• African-American state legislators in North Carolina
• Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives
• 19th-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly
• 19th-century African-American politicians