Thomas Cardozo | |
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Mississippi Superintendent of Public Instruction | |
In office 1874–1876 | |
Governor | Adelbert Ames |
Preceded by | Henry R. Pease |
Succeeded by | Thomas S. Gathright |
Personal details | |
Born | Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. | December 19, 1838
Died | April 13, 1881 Newton, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 42)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Laura J. Williams |
Relatives | Henry Weston Cardozo (brother) Francis Lewis Cardozo (brother) Benjamin N. Cardozo (distant relative) |
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Thomas Whitmarsh Cardozo (December 19, 1838[1] – April 13, 1881[2]) was an American educator, journalist, writer, and public official during the Reconstruction Era in the United States.[1][3] He adopted the name Civis as a nom de plume and wrote as a correspondent for the New National Era, founded by Frederick Douglass. He was the first African American to hold the position of State Superintendent of Education in Mississippi.[4]