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Henry Z. Burckmeyer was an American politician. He was a state legislator in South Carolina. He represented Charleston County as an Independent in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1874 to 1876. He was documented as a merchant who was free before the American Civil War. He has been described as "mullato".

He and other African-American political leaders in South Carolina were honoured in a 2019 / 2020 resolution.

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

References

1. Carolina, South (1873). Acts and Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina. p. 367. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
2. ^ Foner, Eric (1993). Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507406-2.
3. Holt, Thomas (1979). Black over White: Negro Political Leadership in South Carolina During Reconstruction. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252007750.
4. "South Carolina H3818 | 2019-2020 | 123rd General Assembly".

• African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era
• African-American state legislators in South Carolina
• People from Charleston County, South Carolina
• South Carolina independents
• Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives
• 19th-century members of the South Carolina General Assembly