James M. Hinds, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James M. Hinds

American politician

Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1833

Place of Birth: Salem, New York, United States

Date of Death: 22-Oct-1868

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

James M.
Hinds (December 5, 1833 – October 22, 1868) represented Arkansas in the United States House of Representatives for the 2nd congressional district from June 24, 1868 until his death in office four months later.
The first sitting member of Congress assassinated, he was murdered by a Klansman for advocating civil rights for former slaves. Born and raised in a small town in upstate New York, Hinds went west at the age of nineteen and graduated in 1856 from the Cincinnati Law School in Cincinnati, Ohio.
He settled in Minnesota, where he opened a private law practice and was elected district attorney of his county.
Looking for a fresh start, Hinds moved to the capital city of Little Rock, Arkansas in 1865.
In 1867, he was elected to represent Pulaski County as a Republican at the Arkansas Constitutional Convention tasked with rewriting the constitution to allow Arkansas' readmission to the Union following its secession and the American Civil War.
At that convention, Hinds successfully advocated for constitutional provisions establishing the right to vote for adult freedmen and public education for both black and white children. Campaigning for Republican candidate Ulysses S.
Grant in the 1868 presidential election, Hinds was threatened and targeted by the Ku Klux Klan.
In October 1868, while travelling to a political meeting with Joseph Brooks in Monroe County, Hinds was shot to death by a Klansman.