Lewis Thomas Christmas

Lewis Thomas Christmas (November 5, 1855 - June 27, 1928)[1] was a reverend, teacher, school principal and state legislator in North Carolina. He represented Warren County, North Carolina, in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1879 to 1880.[2][3]

Lewis Thomas Christmas
North Carolina House of Representatives
In office
1879–1880
Personal details
BornNovember 5, 1855
Warren County, North Carolina
DiedJune 27, 1928(1928-06-27) (aged 72)
Raleigh, North Carolina
Political partyRepublican

Biography

Christmas was born November 5, 1855, in Warren County.[4]

He graduated from the Theological Department of Shaw University in 1884, the same department he would later teach at.[5]

Christmas was elected to represent Warren County, North Carolina, in the North Carolina House of Representatives in August 1878.[6] He served the county with fellow African-American Republican Hawkins Wesley Carter.[6] In the 1879 session he served on the Counties, Cities, Towns and Townships and the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind Asylum committees and introduced a bill to provide compensation for people who had been wrongfully imprisoned.[7]

He served as principal of the Wilmington Training School.[8]

He was a Baptist[1] and was a Reverend working as the pastor of the Central Baptist Church in Wilmington, North Carolina.[9] He also served as State Missionary for the Negro State Baptist convention for many years.[4] In 1920 he was awarded a Doctor of Divinity degree from the Florida Baptist College.[5]

He authored a publication titled An Evil Router in 1900 which was a missionary pamphlet intended to "medicate moral derelicts".[10]

He died June 27, 1928, at home in Raleigh, North Carolina, and was survived by his wife and daughter as well as seven siblings.[4]

See also

References
  1. Williams, M. W. (December 11, 1940). "Who's who Among North Carolina Negro Baptists: With a Brief History of Negro Baptist Organizations" – via Google Books.
  2. A History of African Americans in North Carolina (1997) page 209
  3. Wellman, Manly Wade (October 10, 2017). The County of Warren, North Carolina, 1586-1917. UNC Press Books. ISBN 9781469617077 – via Google Books.
  4. "Rev L. T. Christmas dies at home here". The News and Observer. 28 June 1928. p. 2. Retrieved 11 December 2022.open access
  5. ""Rev. L.T. Christmas Honored," The Warren Record (Warrenton, North Carolina) 12 Oct 1920, Page 1". The Warren Record. 12 October 1920. p. 1. Retrieved 1 February 2023.open access
  6. "The General Assembly". The News and Observer. 6 August 1878. p. 3. Retrieved 1 February 2023.open access
  7. Journal of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina (PDF). North Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives. 1879. pp. 44, 76, 106. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  8. Instruction, North Carolina Dept of Public (December 11, 1893). "Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction". North Carolina Department of Public Instruction – via Google Books.
  9. Instruction, North Carolina Department of Public (December 11, 1897). "Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina, for the Scholastic Years ..." Department of Public Instruction – via Google Books.
  10. Mitchell, Michele (October 12, 2005). Righteous Propagation: African Americans and the Politics of Racial Destiny after Reconstruction. Univ of North Carolina Press. p. 135. ISBN 9780807875940 – via Google Books.
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