Francis Lewis Cardozo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Francis Lewis Cardozo

clergyman, politician, educator

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1836

Place of Birth: Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Date of Death: 22-Jul-1903

Profession: teacher, politician, educator, minister

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Francis Lewis Cardozo (February 1, 1836 – July 22, 1903) was an American clergyman, politician, and educator.
When elected in South Carolina as Secretary of State in 1868, he was the first African American to hold a statewide office in the United States.
Born free during the slavery time in Charleston, South Carolina to a mother who was a free woman of color and a Sephardic Jewish father, Cardozo gained his higher education in Scotland.
He served as a minister in New Haven, Connecticut, before returning to South Carolina in 1865 with the American Missionary Association to establish schools for freedmen after the Civil War.
After working in South Carolina during Reconstruction, Cardozo received an appointment in 1878 at the Department of Treasury in Washington, DC.
Later he served twelve years as principal of a major public high school, and lived in the capital for the rest of his life.