| LC control no. | no2008120811 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Cain, Richard Harvey, 1825-1887 |
| Variant(s) | Cain, Mr. (Richard Harvey), 1825-1887 Cain, Rev. R. H., 1825-1887 Cain, R. H., 1825-1887 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 18250412 |
| Death date | 18870118 |
| Place of birth | Greenbrier County (W. Va.) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Affiliation | Wilberforce University Methodist Episcopal Church African Methodist Episcopal Church Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Paul Quinn College South Carolina. General Assembly. Senate |
| Profession or occupation | Clergy Politicians Legislators African American editors |
| Found in | Production of rain by artillery-firing, 1874: p. 1 (Mr. Cain, from the Committee on Agriculture) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed Aug. 20, 2008 (Cain, Richard Harvey, a Representative from S.C.; b. Apr. 12, 1825; d. Jan. 18, 1887; apptd. a bishop of the A.M.E. Church in 1880) African American National Biography, accessed January 6, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Cain, Richard Harvey; clergyman, politician; born 12 April 1825 in Greenbriar County, West Virginia, United States; preacher in Methodist Episcopal Church (1844); joined African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, Muscatine, Iowa, ordained deacon (1859); attended Wilberforce University, Ohio (1860); pastor at Bridge Street Church, Brooklyn, New York (1861-1865); pastor at Emanuel AME Church, Charleston S.C. (1871); superintendent of the southern division of AME Conference (1866); elected to the state senate (1868); chair of Republican Party in Charleston (1870-1871); elected to Congress as South Carolina's at-large representative (1873-1875) and (1877-1879); president of the Enterprise Railroad Company, Charleston (1870); ordained a bishop in the AME Church (1880); co-founded and served as president of Paul Quinn College, Texas; died 18 January 1887 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States) South Carolina leader, July 14, 1866: front page (Rev. R. H. Cain) https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025783/1866-07-14/ed-1/seq-1/ viewed October 22, 2021 (Rev. R. H. Cain) https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/essays/318/ viewed October 22, 2021 (Richard Harvey Cain) Missionary record (Charleston, S.C.), July 5, 1873: publisher block (R. H. Cain) https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025781/1873-07-05/ed-1/seq-4/ viewed January 27, 2022 (R. H. Cain) |
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