| LC control no. | nr 96000939 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Menard, John Willis, 1838-1893 |
| Biography/History note | Individual was a political activist. |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 18380403 |
| Death date | 18931008 |
| Place of birth | Kalkaska (Ill.) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Immigration and Naturalization Service Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) United States. Internal Revenue Service Florida. Legislature |
| Profession or occupation | Poets Journalists |
| Found in | The poetry of John Willis Menard, 1995: Database of African-American poetry, 1760-1900 : bibliography (John Willis Menard; b. 1838; d. 1893) OCLC, 12/22/95 (hdg.: Menard, John Willis, 1838-1893) RLIN, 12/22/95 (hdg.: Menard, John Willis, 1838-1893) Afro-American poetry and drama, 1760-1975, 1979: p. 72 (John Willis Menard; b. 1838; d. 1893) Sherman, J. Invisible poets, 1974: p. 97 (John Willis Menard; b. 1838; d. 1893) African American National Biography, accessed February 24, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Menard, John Willis; poet, journalist, political activist, justice of the peace; born 03 April 1838 in Kalkaska, Illinois, United States; worked for Interior Department, Bureau of Immigration and as a customs inspector in New Orleans; joined the Republican Party; elected to the US House from Louisiana's Second Congressional District, but Congress denied the seat (1868); postal clerk and deputy collector of Internal Revenue, Jacksonville, Florida; won a seat in the state legislature of Florida (1873); justice of the peace in Duval County, Florida (1874); delegate to the Republican National Convention in Cincinnati (1876); died 08 October 1893 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States) |
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